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How to change video (and start playing immediately) in Flowplayer via Javascript?

It should change the video and start playing regardless of whether or not a video is currently loaded and playing. Thanks. ...

Can i play a swf file /flv file in FlowPlayer ?

Can i play a swf file /flv file in FlowPlayer ? ...

RTMP & CDN - Is this the way to go to deliver movies on the web?

I'm kinda new to this whole CDN and RTMP stuff. But with regards to delivering movies over the web, be it streaming or buffering or whatever, what is the best way to do this? And is this also the best way according to latest web standards? I've read that some people say to put your movies files on a CDN and then stream them over RTMP. I...

FlowPlayer: Display video description from database when user clicks that playlist item

Hello I have setup FlowPlayer and a playlist using the jquery plugin. The items on the playlist are generated in a php while loop as the file names come from a database. I want to grab the video 'description' from the database and display it in a div, but only when the user clicks that playlist item. I have tried using the onStart even...

understanding rtmp buffer size

When streaming an flv to flash, I am not sure I understand the feedback from the NetStream buffer events listed here. This article from Adobe suggests that the files are never cached to disk: "When RTMP-based video streams into the Flash Player, the audio and video data is only stored in the Flash Player's memory buffer" Spe...

Video player (flow player or jw), which one is best for growing site?

We are making a site like twitter/facebook and it has an API, obviously. Which one has the best API implementation for developers so if we shared with others they could easily use it with their own skins? So far I like flow player, but jw has more features. I need your help to decide on which one to go for. JW player or flow player? ...

Flash FlowPlayer crossdomain.xml error

Hi, I posted a problem I'm having with the FlowPlayer jQuery plugin at http://static.flowplayer.org/forum/1/29367, but I've had no response, so I thought I'd try the larger user base here... :) I am having a problem with crossdomain.xml and the audio plugin to play an mp3. The player loads ok but I get an error like this when I click ...

How to add Flowplayer to a Flex Application?

I have a Flex application and I would like to add the FlowPlayer to it. I have downloaded the flowplayer.swc file, but I am not sure what to add to my MXML to include the flowplayer. ...

Using seek() in Flowplayer with an FLV file

Is it possible to use Flowplayer (flowplayer.org) and the seek() function with an FLV file? I'm not streaming. ...

JQuery Overlay does not auto close on Flowplayer video end

Hey guys, I am using both Flowplayer and Jquery Tools Overlay. I have my overlay to display when they click a link. The overlay displays correctly and the video auto-starts as it should but when it ends, I was trying to call the overlay's close function to close it out. Here is my div for the overlay. <script> var pla...

Surefire way to get html ontop of flash content?

Hello all, I've been struggling to get some absolutely positioned overlays to show above an flv movie(using flowplayer) in the firefox browser(works in safari) I have the overlays div placed underneath the video html "wrapper" and have tried using a high z-index on the overlays but to no avail. Is there anything i may be doing wrong? ...

flowplayer not working on firefox

Iam using flowplayer to embed an flv file in a page. It works just fine in IE8,Chrome and Opera, but firefox refuses to show anything. There is just blank space where the file is supposed to be. Is this a known issue ? Flowplayer version : 3.1.4 Firefox version : 3.5.5 Firefox extensions : Java Quick starter,RealPlayer Browser record ...

Flowplayer flash component plays sound but not video.

Okay, I've been researching this all day and it's driving me nuts. The flow player will play the audio of a *.flv, but doesn't play the video and I've no idea why. The initial example page using the default flowplayer flv url works fine. When I change the url to my godaddy site, it doesn't work. I've searched Stackoverflow, googled, and...

Using jQuery noConflict with flowplayer tools

hi, i appear to be in the midst of troubleshooting a namespace conflict of the $() function. i'm using validate 1.4. i've attempted to use jQuery's noConflict() method, but i'm still missing something. <link href="/c/jq/ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="http://cdn.jquerytools.org/1.1.2/full/ jquery.tools.min...

Flowplayer: Clicking on the player forces is to reload.

Hey everyone, I've got this damn annoying bug (or wrong setting) that makes the player reload whenever it's clicked. It's set to play when you click, so when you click it, it reloads. The circle begins.... The reloading only happens in Firefox. In Safari (and I assume Chrome), the video opens in its own window. Not ideal, but it still ...

How can I setup a WebTV platform in IIS/Windows?

I want to create a WebTV site in ASP.NET. At the moment I am thinking of using Flowplayer, serving .flv files. Since it will work with pseudostreaming, IIS will serve various .flv files in a schedule. Is there a platform/open source package to provide all the clip (and advertisement) scheduling to create the WebTV program? Or do I need ...

Alternative to FLVPlayback (like Flowplayer) for RTMP video stream? Or a fix for skinAutoHide not working in Firefox on Mac.

I just need a "simple" video player that I can manipulate from Javascript (via ExternalInterface). It needs to support RTMP sources. I like Flowplayer, but I need something that allows for commercial on multiple domains without a hefty license fee. I was simply going to use FLVPlayback, but I'm having headaches with the skin not proper...

flowplayer classid problems in firefox

Flash video player not showing in firefox when using classid attribute in object tag. I have to used the classid attribute or my CKEditor won't let me embed the video without it. ...

how to load json in separate method

I need to generate the playlist dynamically. What is the best way to extract the playlist so that the playlist json below is separated into a different method or variable. Mypage.foo <script type='text/javascript'> var videoid = '1413'; var videoUrl = 'myflv.flv'; </script>...

how to override flowplayer onError message

I have the following js. If the flv url doesn't exist the onError function is called which is great. However currently it displays the alert and then proceeds to display an unfriendly error message. How can i override this message with something more user friendly. $f(videoid, "/swf/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", { playlist: list1, ...