Load videos remotely from the network

[brianchirls]

Right now, this component only works with local videos. AVPlayer works either way; you just have to change how you create the NSURL. Something like this:

- (void)setSrc:(NSString *)source
{
  // ...
  _videoURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:source];
  // ...

I think you'd want to do parse the incoming source string and decide whether to look in the mainBundle. I can try to take a stab at it myself if I have some time later, unless you have a preference as to how this would work.

[brianchirls]

As an alternative, consider defining the source as an object, to match how Image works.

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - absolutely would love to do this, just haven't had the time yet - feel free to take a stab at it!

[brianchirls]

@brentvatne In response to your comment in #8 about adding onLoadStart, it might be worth taking a look at the states and events fired by the HTML video element. They're pretty good about covering a lot of cases. For example, now you have onProgress, which appears to fire when the video progresses. HTML has progress for reporting when new chunks for data are buffered from the network and timeupdate for when the video currentTime changes, whether by playing or seeking, forward or backward. It makes sense because the play head can go forward or backward, whereas buffering typically only makes "progress" and does not get undone.

[johanneslumpe]

#9 addresses this - it's a work in progress though.

[brentvatne]

@brianchirls - looks like this is resolved now, let's take the discussion of how to best handle progress events to #10!