Video Extensions For Alias

[goehle]

PGalias will handle video files without any chage with a small change to add video extensions. This is useful if you want to serve video in pg directly with the

[goehle]

Would it be worth adding a video command like the image command? Right now you have to set things up manually with something like

$videoaddress = alias('VideoFile.mp4');

TEXT(MODES(TeX=>'The video must be viewed online.', HTML=><<"EOH"));
<video width="400"  controls>
  <source src="$videoaddress" type="video/mp4">
</video>
EOH

[mgage]

go ahead and add a video embedding command (like image). You can put it in PGbasicmacros.pl since it is short enough.

[goehle]

I added a video tag. You can test this by

1. Put a video file in a location where alias will find it (e.g. in the same folder as your .pg file).
2. Use the video command to print the video. Options are height and width. E.G:

\{video('filename.ogg',height=>300,width=>350)\}

Check that the options work and that it produces good out put in both html and latex.

[mgage]

I checked this with the file moodle_gradebook.mp4. Both the hand embedding using alias and the video() macro made the proper links. They also recorded things correctly in a PGresource object.

This is ready to go.