Add support to embed videos.

IPython/core/display.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 b' from __future__ import print_function'
 
 import os
 import struct
+import mimetypes
 
 from IPython.core.formatters import _safe_get_formatter_method
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import (string_types, cast_bytes_py2, cast_unicode,
@@ -734,6 +735,90 b' class Image(DisplayObject):'
     def _find_ext(self, s):
         return unicode_type(s.split('.')[-1].lower())
 
+class Video(DisplayObject):
+
+    def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, embed=None, mimetype=None):
+        """Create a video object given raw data or an URL.
+
+        When this object is returned by an input cell or passed to the
+        display function, it will result in the video being displayed
+        in the frontend.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        data : unicode, str or bytes
+            The raw image data or a URL or filename to load the data from.
+            This always results in embedded image data.
+        url : unicode
+            A URL to download the data from. If you specify `url=`,
+            the image data will not be embedded unless you also specify `embed=True`.
+        filename : unicode
+            Path to a local file to load the data from.
+            Videos from a file are always embedded.
+        embed : bool
+            Should the image data be embedded using a data URI (True) or be
+            loaded using an <img> tag. Set this to True if you want the image
+            to be viewable later with no internet connection in the notebook.
+
+            Default is `True`, unless the keyword argument `url` is set, then
+            default value is `False`.
+
+            Note that QtConsole is not able to display images if `embed` is set to `False`
+        mimetype: unicode
+            Specify the mimetype in case you load in a encoded video.
+        Examples
+        --------
+        Video('https://archive.org/download/Sita_Sings_the_Blues/Sita_Sings_the_Blues_small.mp4')
+        Video('path/to/video.mp4')
+        Video('path/to/video.mp4', embed=False)
+        """
+        if url is None and (data.startswith('http') or data.startswith('https')):
+            url = data
+            data = None
+            embed = False
+        elif os.path.exists(data):
+            filename = data
+            data = None
+
+        self.mimetype = mimetype
+        self.embed = embed if embed is not None else (filename is not None)
+        super(Video, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
+
+    def _repr_html_(self):
+        # External URLs and potentially local files are not embedded into the
+        # notebook output.
+        if not self.embed:
+            url = self.url if self.url is not None else self.filename
+            output = """<video src="{0}" controls>
+      Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element.
+    </video>""".format(url)
+            return output
+        # Embedded videos uses base64 encoded videos.
+        if self.filename is not None:
+            mimetypes.init()
+            mimetype, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(self.filename)
+
+            video = open(self.filename, 'rb').read()
+            video_encoded = video.encode('base64')
+        else:
+            video_encoded = self.data
+            mimetype = self.mimetype
+        output = """<video controls>
+ <source src="data:{0};base64,{1}" type="{0}">
+ Your browser does not support the video tag.
+ </video>""".format(mimetype, video_encoded)
+        return output
+
+    def reload(self):
+        # TODO
+        pass
+
+    def _repr_png_(self):
+        # TODO
+        pass
+    def _repr_jpeg_(self):
+        # TODO
+        pass
 
 def clear_output(wait=False):
     """Clear the output of the current cell receiving output.