Talk:Flash Media Player

I post a video, with the "movie poster" image. Upon clicking the poster image, I want the video to play. Currently, after clicking the poster, I have to click again to start the movie.

I'm using the following to get the player working: https://media.dreamhost.com/mediaplayer.swf?file=http://example.com/movie.flv Any workarounds? --Bren 13:41, 6 Dec 2006 (PST)

vPIP

Anybody successfully combined this FLV player with the also-excellent vPIP plugin for WordPress? Specifically, I'd like to be able to control the autoplay function in conjunction with vPIP. I can get the player to work, but not autoplay.

• Could you share how you got this to work? Dooser 07:25, 13 December 2007 (PST)

Playlist troubles

• I have successfully set this player up, and can get it to play a single file. When I try to impliment a playlist I get nothing. Does anyone have a sample playlist and HTML code they're using I can compare with mine?
  • How about this one? - http://media.dreamhost.com/playlist.xml --Jarv 15:13, 26 Dec 2006 (PST)

Flash Media in PostNuke

Has anyone had any success in posting the code in a PostNuke news story (using the news module)? I can post in a regular static HTML block, but when I try to submit it as a news story (both from admin module and the "submit story" function) it kicks me back to the main page instead of giving me a preview. Thanks

Preview image

This is sweet, and does most everything I want. BUT, it's only reasonable (and helpful to content consumers) to have a preview image of the video when the players loads. Who has the answer to make this happen: DH? Flash gurus? Somebody please step up to the plate. Thanks!

Upload and Convert

Is it possible to setup a page where users can visit a page, upload an avi/mpg/wmv/mov file and have the page convert it to flv and generate the code without having to have an admin go into the Control Panel and selct the file to convert?

I needed something like this also, i think i'm going to try this http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/ --Rata 0071 13:18, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Mutiple Instances on Same Page

• Multiple instances on same page doesn't seem to be working. Any solutions? --Eleazar 14:22, 26 Dec 2006 (PST)
  • Correct it doesn't seem to work. The best solution I think is to create a movie playlist with the .flv files. This will allow them to jump to the different videos but doesn't have a good way of indexing them. --Jarv 15:11, 26 Dec 2006 (PST)
  • Fixed - at least for me. I discovered that "swfobject.js" should have been "https://media.dreamhost.com/swfobject.js", and I corrected that in the wiki. Try it now. --Atrain 14:58, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

• It works if you link to the javascript file (ufo.js) just once per page (like in the html head) and then set unique IDs for each instance. --Notbot 20:01, 11 Jan 2007 (PST)

• I am using Worpress and the FLV-plugin. I only need to use a tag such as <flv href="http://www.mydomain.com/video.flv" width="320" height="240" autostart="true" />. I can only get one FLV video to play per page. Any ideas on how to solve this for Wordpress users? --Wtbates 22:59, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Flash Media on a MediaWiki page

Based on Flashow, I've been able to create an extension to MediaWiki to add a DreamHost's Flash Media Player on a wiki page.
I only needed a few parameters to play movies, so the script is a bit reductive. By the way, if anyone is interested in, feel free to copy and adapt the source at cosmochips.net (page in French, but code in English :). --PatrikRoy 13:33, 3 Jan 2007 (PST)

FLV files work locally, but not when deployed to DH server. Ideas?

I'm deploying some FLV files on my Dreamhost hosted site at http://chriswooster.net

My code is working locally and the FLV files are deploying fine in Lightview JavaScript modal windows, but when the same files are uploaded to my DH site, the FLV files simply hang, with a never-ending "waiting for chriswooster.net" on the call. It never errors out, just HANGS.

I've troubleshot this, and since the error only appears when it's uploaded to DH servers, I'm wondering if there's a problem related to my account.

Things I've confirmed: - Links in the HTML are correct - SWF file to deploy FLV is in correct location and referred to correctly - FLV file is in correct location and referred to correctly - FLV file is not corrupt - Problem exists on different browsers

The link I'm testing with is on the LEFT side of the homepage, labelled "renaissance site flythrough" (line 140 of my index.html code).

I'm suspecting that there's some sort of setting that i'm missing in my dreamhost panel or some other throttle on FLV files i'm unaware of.

Why the hidden macromedia link?

The DH code includes this reference in the player DIV: <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a>

However the desired player is really here: https://media.dreamhost.com/mp4/player.swf

What's the point of the macromedia link? Is this some carryover from a previous version? The Longtail page shows no such reference. Am I missing something basic?

It's for users who don't have Flash installed at all. It's possible that Longtail isn't bothering with this anymore because pretty much everyone has Flash installed nowadays! Andrew F 18:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Andrew. I think I am missing something basic here. If a user still needs Flash, what is the magic JW adds? Is it simply the ability to embed the Adobe player, using a reasonable js interface? The Longtail page says "The JW Player™ is the Internet's most popular and flexible media player." If JW really is the player, then what is the Flash part? Sorry if I am being a dolt. --Don H 01:48, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Yep. Flash has the ability to play video files, but there's no interface to that ability built in. So you need a Flash file that exposes the video player and gives you controls for it. That's what JW Player does. Andrew F 18:24, 23 December 2009 (UTC)