jwplayer

jwplayer can read only flv files?

I have a doubt jwplayer can read only flv files or it can read every files ...

JW player not working properly on wordpress

Hi everyone i am getting a weird error. i have wordpress site and jw flash player plugin. the problem is when page loads, autostart videos doesnt play, just keeping loading and loading but if i pause it and play it agian it works fine. same with the other click to start vidoes , if i play first time , video just keep loading but if i pa...

Playing FLV files on local share drive from Intranet site.

We would like to build a flash video player into our corporate intranet site, currently we are evaluating JW Player and have come across and issue accessing the FLV files stored on a mirrored share drive that all users have access to on the local intranet. From what I can tell the Adobe flash plugin will not allow a SWF file hosted 'onl...

changing the JW player source

i'm using jwplayer for my flv files i try to change by Javascript the source of the flv file in the object so i can switch between 2 video files (or more) is any way to do so? ...

JW player resets when CSS position changed to fixed in FF/Safari 5.0

Hi, I have a script that changes a div's positioning property from static to fixed when the scroll bar reaches it. (example - you'll see the floating video in the right column). If you look at the example, when you scroll down the - the video div ("#membership") scrolls down the page with the rest of the content. Here's the script tha...

JW Player not autostarting in a colorbox modal in Internet Explorer

Hey guys, I'm having problems getting JW Player to autostart videos that are in a colorbox modal in any Internet Explorer browser. It appears that the player does indeed load as a black box displays with the JW Player watermark. Also, the watermark fades away as if it thinks its playing the video, however, it just displays a black block...

How can I get the video's image in JW Player?

How can I get the video's image to using with sendEvent(); in JW Player? For example i'm using var playerx = document.getElementById(player); playerx.sendEvent("LOAD","http://www.domain.com/videos/"+x); playerx.sendEvent("PLAY","true"); for click event for starting the videos while clicking a video's thumb in a page. I want x's thumb ...

How to play an .asx file using jwplayer

Hello , How to play an .asx file using jwplayer i googled it the only flash playing asx file is jwplayer and i am not sure how to do it please help me ...

AS3 functions and accessing variables

I'm trying to create a JW player plugin, a part of the source code is shown below: public function initPlugin(player:IPlayer, config:PluginConfig):void { api = player; var streamUrl:String = 'xxx'; var streamSecret:String = 'xxx'; var xid:String = config['xid']; var request:URLRequest = ...

I have a JW Player implementation that won't work 'locally'

Users run my HTML files locally, straight from a CD. I want to allow them to choose a bunch of videos and create a playlist on the fly. This works very well if I run a web server but when I run the HTML itself it fails. The player is created (using swfobject) and all my other code runs but playerReady never fires so I can never get th...

Unable to seek in flv movie on IIS7

I have 2 identical ASP.NET applications, one running on Windows Server 2003 with IIS6 and another running on Windows Server 2008 with IIS7. The one on IIS6 runs perfectly, but on IIS7 I'm unable to seek while playing my video. They are both using the exact same HTTP-handler for streaming. I'm using the JW player for Flash (v. 5.2) and ...

cache mpeg files on page load, html + php

Hi I have a page with an ajax page prowser. On two slides an embedded player will play an mpeg or flv video file. First time the page is viewed the file will be loaded and on slow internet connections it will stop-start since is is beeing showen and loaded at the same time. Can I auto-cache the two files on page load so that the are ca...

jw player show & start via jquery/javascript

hi all, i'm trying my damndest to get a video to .show() by doing just that and start playing with the sendEvent('play') method to the player (originally loaded with a false autostart) but nothing seems to be working. from what i understand, it's pretty straightforward. can anyone shed some light? i really need this working, as this ...

JW Flv Player Error handling

Hi, How can I make a trigger that runs if JW Player returns any error. for example, when jw player says "video not found", i want to run a ajax function. ...

JWPlayer IE issues, screen going blank after being hidden and shown.

Hi, I'm using jwplayer in html tabs in IE with jqery showing and hiding them (via style:hidden;) When I hide a tab in IE and then show it again the plays video area goes blank (you can still hear sound and play/pause the video). Does anyone know why this is happening or have a way to fix it. Cheers. Here's the jQ doing the hiding / ...

How can I provide a 1 minute preview of a live flash video stream using Javascript?

I have a site that is streaming live videos, and I want to offer a one minute free preview to users before they pay for a stream. I am using JW Player - I was thinking of triggering a timer when the play button is clicked, and then removing a div containing the player once the timer is finished. I am already using jQuery on this page. ...

jw player and php dynamic image?

Hi I have a php script to show an image once their session is validated. this works fine from a browser, I query the link and it shows up However I want to use the same image with JW Player and the player does not seem to be able to display the image Any ideas? ...

JW player relative path problem

i am using jwplayer on my site but the problem is that i cant play the video...there is an error.....access denied and then it shows the flv files path........ i am cofused how to use the relative path for player and flv files..... i am using windows hosting and here is the link to my video page link text and here is the code i am usin...

Can JW Player load external plugins instead of from their CDN?

Dear SO-ers, Tiny question: Can JW Player load external plugins instead of from their CDN? Basically, I just want to host my own plugins. I'm looking for something I can add to the FlashVars parameters, most likely the URL to the plugin SWF. This has been bugging me for a few days, I haven't been able to find anything on the interwebs a...

JW Player Shows Blank Video In Explorer After Hiding and Showing

In Internet Explorer 7 and 8 (WinXP/Flash 10), if I play my videos using the JW Player in the slider they work. However if I move to the next slide and then return to the original slide the video is no longer displayed - the audio is still audible and the video can be played and paused, but there is no image. I've asked this question on...