I'm trying to disable the control bar completely. The only thing I want is the player with the Play icon in the middle. I dont want any kind of other control at the bottom.
I understand very little about flash but thought this would be easy to do... well I can't figure it out. Any help?
You can do it quite easily without messing with Flash.
See the supported flashvars here: *http://code.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashVars*
controlbar=none
Thanks alot! Got it to work! I knew it had to be simple!
How can I disable controls on the fly. F.e. I want to play first item with controls disabled and the second item with controls enabled. How can I do it without recreating the player?
@Yelena,
For the first track, use:bc.. <creator>commercial</creator>
I faced the next trouble: I used old version of jw flv player and it doesn't work with property <creator>commercial</creator> or <author>commercial</author>. I forgot to say that I load files in runtime with javascript. So, I do this:
addItem(playerId, {file: flvFile, image: image, author: 'commercial', 0);
it doesn't work - file loading and playing but controls enabled.
I installed last version of media player. And do this:
var player = getPlayer(playerId);
player.sendEvent("LOAD", {file: flvFile, author: 'commercial'});
player.sendEvent("PLAY","true");
it works. BUT doesn't work this:
var player = getPlayer(playerId);
var obj1 = {file: flvFile1, author: 'commercial'};
var obj2 = {file: flvFile2};
var lst = new Array(obj1, obj2);
player.sendEvent("LOAD", lst);
player.sendEvent("PLAY","true");
Console says me that player.sendEvent("LOAD", lst); is not a function.
Am I doing smth wrong?
The method that you are using to load an array doesn't work.
Here is a method that does work:
1) You must always load a minimum of *file* and *type* for each track,
2) the item to be loaded must be a JavaScript object, not an array,
3) you can use *concat* to concatenate two or more objects.
Sample code:bc.. <scripttype="text/javascript">
varplayer=null;
var newPlaylist = null;
functionplayerReady(obj)
{
player=document.getElementsByName(obj.id)[0];
setTimeout("makePlaylist()",100);
};
functionmakePlaylist()
{
var obj1 = {file:flvFile1, type:'video', author: 'commercial'};
varobj2 ={file:flvFile2,type:'video'};
var obj3 = {file:flvFile3, type:'video'};
varnewPlaylist=obj1.concat(obj2, obj3);
setTimeout("player.sendEvent('LOAD',newPlaylist)", 0);
setTimeout("player.sendEvent('PLAY', 'true'), 100);
};
</script>
*newPlaylist* must be declared global for it to work in the setTimeout() method.
It's been noted that you must wrap sendEvent in a setTimeout() method for it to work.
Also, in an XSPF playlist, the correct element to use is <creator>commercial</creator> not author.
_Disclaimer: I haven't tested this EXACT code, but it should work. If it doesn't, you can come back here, smack me in the head (figuratively speaking...), and I'll help you fix it.]_
Hi! )) *smacking you in the head*
It's me again. Your code works, except
bc.. var newPlaylist = obj1.concat(obj2, obj3);
We can't concat objects, only arrays. But I found that works
bc.. newPlaylist = {obj1:obj1,obj2:obj2};
(strange solution but capable)
But I stumble at another problem: I need to play videos exactly one by one, first is first and second is second. But when I refresh the page sometimes second video plays earlier that first one. How can I resolve this?
And any more: after upgrading to media player from flv player API function getUpdate() doesn't work any more. But I need to track start and end playing events. How can I do it now?
May be I didn't notice new manual with new API? I found just this one:
http://code.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashAPI
Thanks a lot for attention!!!
Found ModelListener for play events to track start and end events.
But question with video order remains.
Ouch!
I've haven't had any problem concatenating objects:bc.. functionaddPlaylist(newItem)
{
newItem.duration='';
newItem.type='sound';
varoldList=player.getPlaylist();
varnewList=oldList.concat(newItem);
player.sendEvent("LOAD",newList);
};
where *newItem* is an object:bc.. addPlaylist({link:'http://www.google.com/', file: 'song2.mp3', title:'Song 2', image:'image02.jpg', author:'Author 2', description:'The Second Song'});
The video order for the v4.x player is set by the flashvar *shuffle* which should be *_false_* by default. Try setting it explicitly.
For examples of the v4.x API, look through recent posts in the *Javascript interaction* forum.
Hi!
shuffle = false works only in v3 player.
Well, I have the next thing:
player v3 (example http://www.expert.ru/scripts/294884/415009/v3.phtml):
works:
1. loading videos in runtime
2. links from display
3. straight videos order
need:
1. disabled controlls on first video (none of author or category or album etc. commercial doesn't work http://code.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Playlists3)
2. link from display pause the video first. Is it possible to relocate immediatelly?
player v4 (example http://www.expert.ru/scripts/294884/415009/v4.phtml):
works:
1. loading videos in runtime
2. 'commercial' property to disable controls
need:
1. working link from display (not from button on control bar), not to pause video on first click
2. straight videos order
I don't care what version of player I'll use, I need just work it right.
Thank you for your patience and help!
@Yalena,
I would go with the v4.x player. Be sure that you get the very latest v4.0.46 from: *http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed.player.swf* or from the Subversion repository at: *http://code.longtailvideo.com/trac/*
bc.. <scripttype="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
functioncreatePlayer(playerId)
{
//varso=newSWFObject('/js/jw_flv_player/flvplayer.swf',playerId,'425','240','9.0.124');
varso=newSWFObject('/js/mediaplayer/player.swf',playerId,'425','240','9.0.124');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addVariable('controlbar','over');
so.addVariable('repeat','true');
so.addVariable('autostart','false');
so.addVariable('shuffle','false');
so.addVariable{'file','dummy.flv');
so.addVariable('title','');
so.addVariable('image','');
so.addVariable('link','');
so.addVariable('displayclick','link');
so.addVariable('linktarget','_blank');
so.write('video');
}
varadFoxXmlPath='http://ads.adfox.ru/getCode?p1=kut&p2=bgx';
varexpertVideo='/video/411987_kudrin.flv';
/*]]>*/
</script>
*Notes:*
1)Thev4playerdoesn'tuse*enablejsorjavascriptid*.
2)Thev4playerdoesn'tuse*displayheight*.
Theequivalenttogetthecontrolbaroverthedisplayareaiscontrolbar=over.
3)*repeat=list*isnotsupported;only_true/false_.
4)IfyouaregoingtousetheJavaScriptAPI,youmustspecifyaminimumversion
oftheFlashPlayerofatleastv8,_MUCH_betterwouldbev9and
sincemanyearlyversionofv9werebuggy,v9,0,124,0wouldbebest.
5)The*height&width*flashvarsarenotneededwiththev4.xplayer.
6)Youmustspecifya*file*,adummyisOKifyouaregoingtoloadafilelater.
7)The*id*flashvarisnotsupportedbythev4.xplayer.
8)The"color"flashvarsarenotsupportedbythev4.xplayer.
9)Thecorrectflashvarforalinkis*link*_NOT_info.
10)*displayclick=link*hasreplacedlinkfromdisplay.
11)The*callback*flashvarisnotsupportedbythev4.xplayer.
Hi..
It seems to work but again not exactly what I need.
I need to play first video with displayclick=link and the second video with displayclick=play. I couldn't find how to make it work right, so I have to reload player. Everything is good except playlist doesn't refreshes. I say exactly in the script to change object in the playlist. Or reload playlist. But it still playing the first video ((
http://www.expert.ru/scripts/294884/415009/v4.phtml
Or may be I can change to displayclick=play on the fly?
@Yalena,
Generally, to change a flashvar, you have to re-instantiate the player.
The exceptions are the flashvars relating to a file (url, author, title, link, etc.) that can be changed by loading a new file.
Now... if you want to make a real mess of things :)set displayclick=link, then in the info element of the second track, put some javascript that starts the player. This will effectively make the displayclick=play for the second track.
@kLink
Hi,
I have an issue while implementing playlist, I dont want first video to show specific controls like slider, navigation etc. and want second to show the controls, pls let me know how can this be done and I am using jw player version 5. I tried <creator>commercial</creator> in xml but its not working.
Thanks,
Sagar
@sagar, you need to use Adtonomy Video to do this with V5 – http://www.longtailvideo.com/addons/plugins/80/Adtonomy-Video-Ads-(Run-Your-Own-Ads)
