59935 - Javascript function calls to plugin do not work (in Real Player)

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

Description

[Emmanuel Cohen]

It seems that function calls like 'doPlay(), doStop(), doPause()' which are
Javascript calls to RealPlayer plugin provoke the following error :
"xxx.doPlay is not a function"
whatever xxx is between :
- document.pluginInstanceName
- document.getElementById('pluginInstanceID')

My plugin is embedded to the Web page using <EMBED> tag.

With netscape navigator, I use the following :
- document.pluginInstanceName.doPlay() to start playing a video.

We will be using Mozilla on Linux-based platforms as an interface for
interactive TV applications.
So far we've developed our interface on Windows NT platforms.

Q:
Is there another JavaScript syntax I can use ?
Is this problem related to Real Player plugin (I use V.8) ?

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Have you tried using the <OBJECT> tag
(http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.3)?

It may not help, but it's worth a try...

Comment 2

[Phil Schwartau]

Browser, not engine. Reassigning to Plugins component -

Comment 3

[sean echevarria]

LiveConnect (4x style of plugin scripting) is not supported in mozilla.  You'll 
have to wait for Real to ship an XPCOM plugin.

Comment 4

[Jason Eager]

Huh? I thought we had just fixed that bug.

Comment 5

[sean echevarria]

Lack of support for LiveConnect (as opposed to xpconnect) scripting of plugins
was an architectural decision made long ago and won't be 'fixed'.

Comment 6

[Emmanuel Cohen]

To sum up :
- I had a try with <OBJECT> tag but Mozilla simply ignores it.
- If I want to use plugin functions, I have to wait for the XPCOM component to 
be released (if it doesn't exist yet).
- La balle est dans le camp de Real Networks (only Real can solve this problem)

Is that it ?

Comment 7

[sean echevarria]

Pretty much.  I know that they are working on an update - it might already be 
included in the n6 download.

Comment 8

[Keyser Sose]

Reporter is this still a problem in the latest nightlies?

Comment 9

[Keyser Sose]

This is a Real problem not ours. When they get there act together I am sure we
will have many more bugs. Until then there is nothing we can do. Marking INVALID.

Comment 10

[Keyser Sose]

*** Bug 62275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[shrirang khanzode]

verif

Comment 12

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 90035 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 81136 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14

[Peter Lubczynski]

This bug is not invalid. Scripting isn't working in Real on Linux. This bug has
moved. See:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111773