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Media Encoding Samples

Julia Flanders <foo_at_foo_dot_edu>, , Northeastern University

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Abstract

Sample media encoding

Section 1: Artificial examples

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This paragraph has three samples of our new element, <media>, which is used to represent audio-visual media that we formerly encoded with <ptr> and <graphic>. If it's working, for each example we should see a media player ready to play an audio file, with a "fallback" image and/or a description that reads "Fallback text content for audio file (local pointer to resources directory)". If it's not working, we see a "debug" message.
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Example 1.1: Oral history with Harold Short (MP3 file, stored in local resources folder, encoded with <media>):
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Example 1.2a: Video starting with TV test pattern, from "Locating Grid Technologies" (hosted on Vimeo, using the link for the video itself (not the embed link):
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Example 1.2b: Video starting with TV test pattern, from "Locating Grid Technologies" (hosted on Vimeo, using the partial embed link, i.e. just adding "player" to the URL from above):
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Example 1.2c: Video starting with TV test pattern, from "Locating Grid Technologies" (hosted on Vimeo, using the full embed link):
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Example 1.3: Short test video of dog and cat (.mov file, stored locally):
Debug: Unhandled media type.

Section 2. Examples of <media>, using videos from Vimeo and YouTube

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Derived with modification from Kim, 000514.xml. This section includes six examples, showing <media> and <dhq:passThroughCode> both nested inside <figure> and on their own, with both YouTube and Vimeo examples. If these are working, we should see the video player box for each example.
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Example 2.1a: <media> inside <figure>, video hosted on Vimeo, no specification of dimensions (results in surrounding white space):
Figure 1. 
"After Ghostcatching HD excerpts." Source credit: The OpenEndedGroup.
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Example 2.1b: <media> inside <figure>, video hosted on Vimeo, with height/width controlled using @height and @width:
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"After Ghostcatching HD excerpts." Source credit: The OpenEndedGroup.
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Example 2.2: <media> on its own, video hosted on Vimeo:
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Example 2.3: <media> inside <figure>, video hosted on YouTube:
Figure 3. 
"After Ghostcatching HD excerpts." Source credit: The OpenEndedGroup.

Section 6: Displaying SVG images

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Images from Sperberg-McQueen and Huitfeldt, article 000725.
An SVG image of a lattice or network
Figure 4. 
SVG image
An SVG image of a lattice or network
Figure 5. 
SVG image
An SVG image of a lattice or network
Figure 6. 
SVG image
An SVG image of a lattice or network
Figure 7. 
SVG image
An SVG image of a lattice or network
Figure 8. 
SVG image

Section 3. Examples of <dhq:passThroughCode>, using videos from Vimeo and YouTube.

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This encoding is deprecated! For videos, we prefer to use <media>. This section is purely for experimentation and debugging.
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Example 3.1: <dhq:passThroughCode> inside <figure> (video hosted on YouTube):
Figure 9. 
"Bloodlines: Dana Centre Performance 2013." Source credit: The Chimera Network.
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Example 3.2: <dhq:passThroughCode> on its own (video from YouTube):
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Para to test whether having <dhq:passThroughCode> as the last element breaks the HTML
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Example 3.3: <dhq:passThroughCode> inside <figure> (video from Vimeo):
Figure 10. 
"Bloodlines: Dana Centre Performance 2013." Source credit: The Chimera Network.
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Example 3.4: <dhq:passThroughCode> on its own (video from Vimeo):

Section 4: Examples of <media> with audio files

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This set of examples use <media> with audio files.
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Example 4.1. From Patrick, 000004.xml. If this is working, we should see an option to download or play an audio file.
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[This example uses <media>.] Click for an audio file audio file of a Tibetan mantra of a Tibetan mantra. Audio file © 2005 Karma Kagyu Institute. Chanted by Umdze Lodro Samphel.

Section 5. Examples showing <media> in odd places

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Example 5.1 From Jerz, 000009.xml.
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[This example is an audio file linked from inside the heading for a figure, and uses <media>.]
Two photos of cavers seated in a cave
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YOU ARE IN A LARGE ROOM, WITH A PASSAGE TO THE SOUTH, A PASSAGE TO THE WEST, AND A WALL OF BROKEN ROCK TO THE EAST. THERE IS A LARGE “Y2” ON A ROCK IN ROOMS CENTER.  (Room 33, “YOU'RE AT Y2”)

A HOLLOW VOICE SAYS “PLUGH”  (Table 6, Item 8)

In “Adventure”, entering the command “PLUGH” from this location transports the player to the small building. Click for audio: --> Jerz: “All right, well here I am underground with Dave West, Roger Brucker and Lynn Brucker at Y2. Dave, what would you say we're supposed to say at this point?” West: “Well… I've tried many ways to pronounce it. Plug, ploog, ploof, pluh. And I'm still here.” R. Brucker: ““PLUGH!!”” Jerz: “That didn't sound too hollow. It sounded… something. ” Photos by Lynn Brucker and Dennis G. Jerz, © Cave Research Foundation 2005. Reproduced by permission.
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Example 5.2: [This example is an audio file inside a caption for a figure, encoded with <media>.]
Two photos of cavers seated in a cave
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YOU ARE IN A LARGE ROOM, WITH A PASSAGE TO THE SOUTH, A PASSAGE TO THE WEST, AND A WALL OF BROKEN ROCK TO THE EAST. THERE IS A LARGE “Y2” ON A ROCK IN ROOMS CENTER.  (Room 33, “YOU'RE AT Y2”)

A HOLLOW VOICE SAYS “PLUGH”  (Table 6, Item 8)

In “Adventure”, entering the command “PLUGH” from this location transports the player to the small building. Click for audio: --> Jerz: “All right, well here I am underground with Dave West, Roger Brucker and Lynn Brucker at Y2. Dave, what would you say we're supposed to say at this point?” West: “Well… I've tried many ways to pronounce it. Plug, ploog, ploof, pluh. And I'm still here.” R. Brucker: ““PLUGH!!”” Jerz: “That didn't sound too hollow. It sounded… something. ” Photos by Lynn Brucker and Dennis G. Jerz, © Cave Research Foundation 2005. Reproduced by permission.

Section 7: Audio files using <media>

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From Nyhan oral histories of DH, 000131.xml, 000132.xml, 000133.xml, 000134.xml. All media files are MP3 files, stored in a local resources directory.
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[In this example, we should see an option to play an audio file.] Hear the accompanying audio interview: .

Works Cited

Flanders 1999 Flanders, Julia. “Scholarly Habits and Digital Resources: Observations from a User Survey”. Women Writers Project, 1999. http://www.wwp.brown.edu/about/rwo/rwo_initial_report.html.
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