Mechanism to play external videos eg Youtube, Google etc....

[Panny]

Hi
Would really like a mechanism to be able to play external videos / display anthing like artist bio files.

I'm not a Java Programmer but have done some php.
Here are the mechanics:-

Choose a file extension that is unique maybe a .tub ?
The contents of the .tub is simple text
If the text in the .tub does not start with http://
display the contents in Main or a popup window echoing the file contents.
If text starts with http://
display the contents in an inline frame in Main or a popup window
the url being whatever is in the .tub file.

example bio.tub
contents This is the biography for Adam Ant ..................

example Single Ladies.tub
contents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHVQT8aIBM

example Poker Face.tub
contents <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bESGLojNYSo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bESGLojNYSo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>


So the last two example .tub's cover the most common access to many external videos that offer either embed or link.

The first .tub allows you to display anything.

Thougts Please
Regards
Panny