I have video that I've converted to FLV format. I'd rather host it on my own site than use a service like YouTube. What is the easiest player to use? I'd like to just put the .swf file of the player somewhere on my server, and give it the video as a parameter.
He is asking for an FLV player to embed in his website.
William Keller
2008-09-19 03:52:01
Then the title is confusing.
Thomas
2008-09-19 03:53:43
Sorry, I've now clarified the title.
Kip
2008-09-19 13:26:22
I like this better than JW FLV player because it has a better-looking default interface, and it doesn't have a restrictive license.
Kip
2008-09-19 14:37:35
... but it isn't perfect - you can get it to pause without changing the play/pause button graphic by clicking and dragging around on the scrub bar.
matt lohkamp
2008-09-30 03:38:31
You don't need PHP. There is a PHP library to generate the embeddable code, but there is also an HTML page that creates the embed code with javascript.
Jason Moore
2009-08-04 22:20:17
OSflv doesn't appear to support Safari. (If you care about Mac compatibility.)
zekel
2009-11-12 22:03:35
The latest version seems to work fine on Safari (verified both PC and MAC).
EfficionDave
2010-10-21 16:17:19
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I have tried many FLV players and i came across Applian FLV Player. this one has got to be my best. it is light weight, its free comes with an optional audio recorder and no spyware or such. check it out here
With this however you will not be able to embed it into your regular web page.
Steve Obbayi
2008-09-19 04:19:12
Sorry, my original title wasn't clear. I'm not looking for a player to watch videos on my PC, but a SWF file I can put on my website. I've updated the title to be more clear.
Kip
2008-09-19 13:25:43
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JW FLV Player : http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player
Michel
2008-09-19 06:22:30
This was helpful, but it has a very restrictive license (can't use it on any site that has even AdSense ads). I liked OSflv better.
Kip
2008-09-19 14:39:10
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I'm personally a big fan of JW, though I've heard Floplayer is good too. JW has an enormous number of features and has a very clean interface. It takes less than a minute to set up a video online; I host all my videos myself, mostly video game clips and x264 demos. (Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5)
Dark Shikari
2008-09-19 06:28:16
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I use JW FLV Player and it's very good. It also supports FLV streaming so if you use mod_flv with Lighttpd for example you can make you own little youtube. There's also a mod_flv for apache and you also can use a php(or any language of your choice) script to enable streaming.
daniels
2008-09-19 12:14:47
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This could be the obvious answer but the FLVPlayBack component is really nice if you have a single video you need to throw on a website in hurry. Drag it on the stage - select a control panel - double click controls to edit with the Flash drawing tools - post to the website.You might have to use a FlashVar to get the url into the url but that's fairly trivial...
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/video/FLVPlayback.html
onekidney
2008-09-20 14:09:00
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http://megafonts.free.fr/flv/index2.html
Html code generator + swf flash player, create a web page and share your videos on internet, just a mouse click away!
:)
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I think the easiest solution has to be the OSflv in the accepted answer. What could be easier than one line of code?
For completeness, I want to mention the embedded player I am currently considering a front-runner for my own site (Grinderschool.com): The Wimpy Wasp Player available as a demo and for $30 sale at http://www.wimpyplayer.com/products/wimpy_wasp.html
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I haven't tried yet Flowplayer which seems well documented
it is featured on arctic startup and only restriction to use it with opensource licence is to have their logo displayed
smoothdeveloper
2009-03-06 22:41:29
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- Options from minimalist to feature rich.
- Simple but very effective HTML generator lets you play with their code for the demo
- .swf as small as 5KB
- Creative Commons BY SA and MPL 1.1 licences
Liam
2009-04-03 14:55:07
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This will help. It's the easiest way I've found to embed flv video and audio on a website. Hope it helps; http://www.siteproweb.com/embed-flv
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There are many customize and free flash player for you http://www.flashconverterformac.com/player-skins/
panamadany
2010-01-09 08:39:14