Simple Video Flash Player Module 1.6.5 (new)

This Module is a Simple Video Flash Player for Joomla 1.5.x and is based on the JW player. Is easy to use!

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Features

Plays a single video file from a URL or unlimited video files from a XML playlist
Plays youtube videos
It supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle (FLV, MP4, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG and GIF)

Settings

Change player settings
Video file properties
Playlist settings
Display a preview image
Insert your own logo on movie load
Url to an external page
Autostart, Repeat and Shuffle settings

Update version 1.6

Player update (Version 4.4)
Display a fallback image
Controllbar settings(Over/Bottom)
Skin settings
Plugin settings

Bugfix version 1.6

Fix playlistsize (Thanks to Piet http://www.oilwatch.org)
IE fix (Thanks to http://blog.manchumahara.com/)

Tested with rhuk_milkyway-Template (Firefox3, IE6, IE7, IE8).

Documentation

1. How do I install the Simple Flash Video Player Module?

Install the Simple Flash Video Player Module "mod_simple_video_flash_player.zip" using the module installer in the Joomla! administrative backend.

2. What formats does the Simple Flash Video Player Module support?

Single Video File
The following file formats are supported:

FLV7 (video)
FLV8 (video)
H.264 (video)
Youtube (video)
MP3 (audio)
AAC (audio)
JPG (images)
GIF (images)
PNG (images)

Multi Video Playlist
The following playlist types are supported:

ASX
ATOM
RSS + iTunes
RSS + Media
SMIL
XSPF

3. How can i create a XML playlist?

Have a look to the specification an examples:

ASX (specifications + example)
ATOM (specifications + example)
RSS + iTunes (specifications + example)
RSS + Media (specifications + example)
SMIL (specifications + example)
XSPF (specifications + example)

Here is an overview of all the tags of each format the player processes, and the flashvars they correspond to:

Flashvars	XSPF	RSS	SMIL	ASX	ATOM
author	creator	itunes:author / media:credit	#.author	author	media:credit
date	meta rel=’date’	pubDate	#.date	param name='date'	published
description	annotation	description	#.alt	abstract	summary
duration	duration	itunes:duration / media:content	#.dur	duration	media:content
file	location	enclosure / media:content	#.src	ref	media:content
link	info	link	anchor	moreinfo	link rel='alternate'
image	image	media:thumbnail	img	param name=’image’	media:thumbnail
start	meta rel=’start’	media:content	#.begin	starttime	media:content
tags	meta rel=’tags’	itunes:keywords / media:keywords	#.tags	param name='tags'	media:keywords
title	title	title	#.title	title	title
type	meta rel=’type’	media:meta	#.type	param name=’type’	media:meta
meta	meta rel='xxx'	media:meta	#.xxx	param name=’xxx’	media:meta

Each format has a meta element, which can be used to load additional data into a playlist. For example, the accessibility plugin can pick up the captions meta elements from playlists, so you can build a playlist of files that contain closed captions.

Example RSS media playlist
http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/mrss.xml

4. How can i create a youtube playlist?

Go to the Youtube APIs and Tools page http://gdata.youtube.com/demo/index.html

click playlist get
add your youtube playlist id (look at your account)
click submit

Example Youtube playlist
http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/C54F7969C30DF6C3

5. How do I set up and configure the Simple Flash Video Player Module?

Embed parameters

Flash Player ID: the video flash player id. every flash player on a page needs a new id (for example 1 or 2 or 3)
Player: choose jw player, mini player or youtube player. (default value is jw player)
Video Height: width of the display in pixels. (default value is 200)
Video Width: height of the display in pixels. (default value is 200)
Flash Version: the minimum version of flash player. (default value is 6)
Controlbar: position of the controlbar. can be set to top, over, bottom or none. (default value is bottom)
Background-Color: the background-color of the flash player (default value is #ffffff)

File properties

Single Video URL: location of the video file. (for example http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/3ta6fhJQ.flv)
Multi Playlist URL: url for the rss file to play. (for example http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/mrss.xml)
Preview Image URL: location of a preview image; shown in display and playlist. (for example http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/qyehIiBT.jpg)
Fallback Image URL: location of a fallback iimage. (for example http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/qyehIiBT.jpg)
Link URL: url to an external page the display, controlbar and playlist can link to. link to an external site. (for example http://www.longtailvideo.com)
Logo URL: location of an external jpg, png or gif image to show in a corner of the display. With the default skin, this is top-right. (for example http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/longtail.png)

Playlist

Playlist Position: position of the playlist. can be set to bottom, over, right or none. (default value is none)
Playlistsize: height or width of the playlist. when below this refers to the height, when right this refers to the width of the playlist. (default is 180)

Layout

Skin: link to an skin file. (for example http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/stylish.swf)

Behaviour

Autostart: automatically start the player on load. can be set to yes or no. (default value is no)
Repeat: continously repeat playback. set to list to play the entire playlist once, to always to continously play the song/video/playlist and to single to continue repeating the selected file in a playlist. can be set to no, always or list. (default value is no)
Shuffle: shuffle playback of playlist items. can be set to yes or no. (default value is no)

External Communication

Plugins: ids of plugin to load. (for example revolt)

Joomla Backend Modulparameter

6. How do I uninstall the Simple Flash Video Player Module?

To uninstall the Simple Flash Video Player Module from your system, use the module deinstaller in the Joomla! administrative backend.

7. Do I need to buy a license?

The player is open-source and free for noncommercial use. For corporate use or if you're planning to generate revenue from your site (e.g., by running any advertisements on the page, selling anything, etc.), you'll need to buy a license.

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