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Hey all,
This is my first post
I'm using the JW Flash video player on my site. I've used some javascript in the head which means the user can type in the specific address to call a specific video from a specific XML play list (i.e video_player.php?=playlist1&item=1.) This works pretty well, but sometimes decides to play only the audio and display the image at the very top of my playlist.
Is there something wrong with my Javascript and is this the best way to call a specific element using Javascipt?
Here's the <head>
Here's the <body>
Please note, I'm using PHP echo in the body of the code to switch between playlists (I have 3). However: there is no echo in the head where it says "//...default playlist".
Thanks
This is my first post
I'm using the JW Flash video player on my site. I've used some javascript in the head which means the user can type in the specific address to call a specific video from a specific XML play list (i.e video_player.php?=playlist1&item=1.) This works pretty well, but sometimes decides to play only the audio and display the image at the very top of my playlist.
Is there something wrong with my Javascript and is this the best way to call a specific element using Javascipt?
Here's the <head>
Code:
<!-- Flash detect -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/flash/flash_detect.js"></script>
<!-- Video URL JUMP -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var player = null;
var playItem = null;
var file = null;
if(!(playItem = getQueryParamValue('item')))
{
//...default is first item (array counting starts at 0)
playItem = 0;
}
if(!(file = getQueryParamValue('playlist')))
{
//...default playlist
file = 'video/xml/playlist1.xml';
}
function playerReady(obj)
{
player = gid(obj.id);
playAway();
};
//...start the player on the query parameter item
function playAway()
{
if(player.getPlaylist())
{
player.sendEvent('ITEM', playItem);
player.sendEvent('PLAY', 'true');
gid('playaway').innerHTML = 'playAway: Player: ' + player.id + ' playItem: ' + playItem + ' File: ' + file;
}
else
{
setTimeout("playAway()", 100);
}
};
function gid(name)
{
return document.getElementById(name);
};
</script>
Code:
<div id="body">
<h2>Whoops!</h2>
<p>It looks like you don't have Flash!</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('video/swf/player.swf','mpl','914','600','9', '000000');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','false');
so.addParam('menu','false');
so.addParam('flashvars','&author=Me&file=video/xml/playlist1.xml&backcolor=000000&frontcolor=FFFFFF&lightcolor=C9DD77&playlistsize=314&skin=video/swf/skin.swf&playlist=right&stretching=none&autostart=true&bufferlength=20');
so.write('body');
</script>
</div>
Thanks