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Show other playlist item on error

Hello, when player can't play source it will generate onError event. In that event I want to show next playlist item. Player only changes info but does not start playing this new item.

jwplayer("myvideo").on('error', function (message) {
jwplayer("myvideo")
.stop()
.playlistItem(currIndex + 1) // Changes information, like Title and description, still can see exclamation mark
.play(true)
;
});

When doing `.load({file: url})` it's working, but removing all playlists.
Any ideas how to fix that? Using JW v7.2.4

4 Community Answers

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Alex

JW Player Support Agent  
1 rated :

Hi, there.

You should be able to accomplish this by using the .getPlaylistIndex() and .playlistItem() calls like this:

var playerInstance = jwplayer("myvideo");

playerInstance.on("error", function() {
  var currentIndex = playerInstance.getPlaylistIndex();
  var nextIndex = currentIndex + 1;
  playerInstance.playlistItem(nextIndex);
});

I’ve tested this on my local environment and it worked.

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letherton

User  
0 rated :

Is it possible to have associated array as playlists? {"48":{...}, "56": {...}} or do I have to keep it as indexed array?

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letherton

User  
0 rated :

I have simulated most simple example. Still not working.
Output from console:

--START OF TEST--
12:59:27.699 Runing player with #0
12:59:28.269 HTTP "Content-Type" of "video/quicktime" is not supported. Load of media resource https://example.com failed.
12:59:28.283 Error playing media: MediaError { code: 4 } " https://example.com" jwplayer.js:1:16380
12:59:28.285 Runing player with #1

My code:

$(document).ready(function () {
console.log('--START OF TEST--');

playerInstance = jwplayer("myvideo").setup({
width: $("#video").width(),
height: 365,
playlist: playlistsJson,
autostart: false
});

test(0);

playerInstance.on('error', function (message) {
test(1);
});
});


function test(index) {
console.log('Runing player with #'+index);

playerInstance.playlistItem(index);
}

As you can see on second video I do not receive any errors. But still on player I see correct title with exclamation mark and no video playing.

What am I doing wrong?

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Alex

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

I did not see any videos attached. Can you please give me a link to a page where you have the affected player installed? That will help me troubleshoot your issue.

Thank you.

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