flash video player/converter?

[dpakman91]

i'm somewhat new to CMSMS. is there some kind of add on video player that you can upload video to in mpeg or other formats, and it will create a you-tube like player embedded in your content page to play the video?

[factor1]

i dont know if there is one built into the system. But this works great.
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player

you will need to have a FLV file. there are a number of video applications that can do this, or you can steal it from google video, or vimeo after you upload the video through them.

[dpakman91]

this looks good, but it dooesn't look like there's good install documents, what to upload where, etc. only info on creating embed code for specific files. do you know where the main install document is to get this thing up and running?

[cubix]

check the forge for flvplayer and play.

[dpakman91]

looking at the little info there is about flvplayer, there's not much install documentation, and tons of forum posts about it being extremely buggy, even crashing cmsms in many cases.

as far as using the one factor1 posted, it looks very good, but is there anyone that can direct me to install documents for it? there's almost nothing on the site.

[factor1]

okay for the player I referenced, its actually really easy.

Download the files. In the download, there is an example html, with 2 players. A single, and a List player.

Look at the code, then copy and paste the player you want. I usually use the single.


Upload the player swf, and the js file to your server.

on your template, in the head, add this:

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<__script__ type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></__script>

then, on your page content, add this:

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<p id="player1"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> <br>to see this video.</p>
<__script__ type="text/javascript">
	var s1 = new SWFObject("video/flvplayer.swf","single","300","240","7");
	s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true");
	s1.addVariable("file","midget.flv");
	s1.addVariable("image","preview.jpg");
	s1.addVariable("width","300");
	s1.addVariable("height","240");
	s1.write("player1");
</__script>

in the "var s1 = new SWFObject", you need the path to the flv player file you uploaded, then the size (width, height)

s1.addVariable("file","midget.flv");  where my "midget.flv" is my flash video file name
width and height again.

thats it.


I usually build my player in the template, or in a global content block to the tinymce doesnt eat the script.

Full install / set up notes here:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Embedding_Flash

or this set up wizard is quite handy.
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?page=wizard