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Former user wrote on 5/9/2007, 12:50 PM
I am not an aficionado, but I use Flowplayer It is very simple, can show controls or not and can auto play or not.

http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/howto.html

Dave T2
Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/9/2007, 1:02 PM

Thank you, Dave, I'll check it out.

<EDIT>
I've never seen a Flash player appear over top of the existing web page like that before. I like that!


seanfl wrote on 5/9/2007, 1:16 PM
here are a couple I've bookmarked...the one suggested above is also good.

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player

http://www.peldi.com/fmswiki/index.php?title=FLVPlayer


Sean
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Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/9/2007, 1:20 PM

Thank you, Sean!

johnmeyer wrote on 5/9/2007, 2:31 PM
Jay, when you choose one, let us know which one.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/9/2007, 2:36 PM

John, I'd love to, but being a tad slow on the uptake, I can't get any of the darn things to work.

(Now I remember what I don't like about Flash... I can't work it!)

Anyone that would be willing to lend a hand, please, e-mail me jay at gooddogproductions dot com.

Thanks!


totally lost wrote on 5/9/2007, 3:55 PM
Hey Jay,

I hope you are well! : )

I am far from being an afficinado but here is a reply I got from an On2 service rep back in January.

"You can obtain a SWF-player for FLV files from the internet. Go to one of these web sites, download and install the files. Then copy the required files up to your ISP.


Wijering Video player: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player [used for playing flv on web]

Martijn Devisser FLV player: http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/flv-player-updated [used for playing on desktop]

Peldi's FLVplayer:
desc: http://www.peldi.com/fmswiki/index.php?title=FLVPlayer
srce: http://www.peldi.com/blog/images/FLVPlayer.zip

Wimpy: http://www.wimpyplayer.com/ [$29.95]

Proxus:http://www.proxus.com/ [$25]

Flowplayer: http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/
Former user wrote on 5/9/2007, 3:57 PM
Jay,

I followed the instructions for the Flowplayer and got it working. The one thing to be aware is the plugin has to be in the same directory as your flash file.

Dave T2
Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/9/2007, 4:01 PM

Duh... I was trying to put the media files in my media folder.

That did it... Thanks!


Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/9/2007, 4:20 PM
I can't get the autoplay variable to work. I do not want it to start playing immediately. So here's what I have:

<param name="autoPlay" value="false" />

But it isn't working.

<EDIT>
Okay, I figured out what I was doing wrong. It's working.


Former user wrote on 5/9/2007, 6:00 PM
It's a little tricky, but I fought my way through it. All of the information is on the how to pages, they are just spread out and for flash aficionados I think.

Dave T2
olsonm wrote on 5/9/2007, 7:58 PM
Coffeecup Video Player

http://www.coffeecup.com/video-player/
Laurence wrote on 5/9/2007, 8:57 PM
By far the easiest way to do it is just use the code generator http://freevideocoding.com/here[/link]. It's simple as pie: you just put the flv file on your site, run the code generator, input the address of your flv file, generate the code, and embed the code it generates onto your web page. It links back to a player on their site, so you don't even have to bother with messing with the player at all. It's an early version of the jeroenwijering player by the way. It works great.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/10/2007, 4:15 AM

Thanks for link, Laurence. That didn't quite suit what I was looking for. Using my web editor, I can insert Flash without any problem. But I wanted more control than was offered.


craftech wrote on 5/10/2007, 8:42 AM
Jay,

I thought you were using Sorenson Squeeze. What about the flash upgrade?

May be cheaper elsewhere.

Also, depending upon your version of Squeeze and whatever Sorenson Media you have there are different upgrade paths.

John

Jay Gladwell wrote on 5/10/2007, 12:21 PM

John, I was asking for a Flash player, not a compression app. Sorry for any confusion.

Yes, I upgraded from 4.3 and got the Squeeze 4.5 Compression Suite PowerPack--very nice application!