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Foresee, JW Player & IE


In IE, we set wmode to direct as otherwise videos will not play if IE's "Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering" option is not checked. (http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/forums/jw-player/player-development-and-customization/37189/ie-flash-120044-video-not-playing-only-sound) However, with this option enabled, IE does not respect page flow or z-index and paints the video over anything on the page.

We recently added Foresee to our site, but in IE it is covered by the video. Is there an alternative to setting wmode to direct so page flow and z-index will be respected?

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Where is this running?

n...

User  
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The page is https://www.pimsleurapproach.com/presentation510.asp?sid=test

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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I don’t see anything being covered here, but I would at least update your player from 6.2 to 6.8 – https://account.jwplayer.com/

j...

User  
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Hi Ethan. I am sorry for jumping in this thread, but for 6.8, is it wmode: "direct" that disables the GPU acceleration for IE, or is it stagevideo: false?

This might have to do with the problems that we have encountered when trying to set dynamic live RTMP streams with Mirror Image.

The manual for Akamai Advanced JWStream Provider plugin (that I am trying out) specifies wmode: "direct", and says that it fixes IE isses. Is that information outdated?

Thanks!

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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stagevideo: false, should be used.

Any information about the akamai provider is on their site – http://mediapm.edgesuite.net/jw/

j...

User  
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Thanks for the response! It is a mistake then. They have wmode: “direct” in all examples in their latest manual that can also be found on the page you refer to.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Yes, that is a mistake, it does nothing.

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