Need help with javascript playlist for JW FLV play

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Oct. 28, 2009Rob

First, let me apologize, I am very new at this. I have been able to use the JW FLV player successfully on my site. I don't really know anything about xml, so I wanted to use the javascript playlist. I installed the 3 files the tutorial says to put on the server, and edited the script with the correct file locations and added those parts to my html, but when I bring up the page, all I see is the player, no playlist. I don't know if I'm missing something or what. Is there somewhere I should be entering the filenames, etc. of the flv files I want to show up in the playlist?

Here is the section of the html for the player and playlist:

<center>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www2.umaine.edu/MarchingBand/videos/2009/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www2.umaine.edu/MarchingBand/videos/2009/jquery.playlist.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www2.umaine.edu/MarchingBand/videos/2009/playlist.css" />


<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www2.umaine.edu/MarchingBand/videos/2009/swfobject.js'></script>

<div id='mediaspace'>This text will be replaced</div>

<script type='text/javascript'>
var so = new SWFObject('http://www2.umaine.edu/MarchingBand/videos/2009/player-viral.swf','mpl','470','320','9');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('wmode','opaque');
so.addVariable('author','University of Maine Marching Band');
so.addVariable('title','UMaine Alumni Band Halftime Show');
so.write('mediaspace');
</script>


Thanks for any help.

Oct. 28, 2009hobbs

 
There's a working implementation here: http://willswonders.myip.org:8074/JavaScript%20Playlist.html

If you want the two files that I'm using, they are here:
http://willswonders.myip.org:8074/playlist.css
http://willswonders.myip.org:8074/jquery.playlist.js

Oct. 28, 2009Rob

Wow, that looks way different than using the script available in the tutorial. I notice in the source for the html page that it is calling on 'playlist_jwchapters.xml'. I don't know anything about xml, and I'm trying to find the easiest way to get a playlist going. If xml is the only way to add the files, I can try to put it together, but wondering if there is something easier.

Thanks.

Oct. 28, 2009Rob

Actually I just looked at an xml tutorial and it doesn't look too hard. I'm not really concerned with being able to stylize the playlist with css right now, so I can probably just use the playlist included with the player. Could you possibly post a portion of the xml document you use so I can get all the parts I should include?

Thanks again.

Oct. 28, 2009hobbs

My playlist file is here: http://willswonders.myip.org:8074/playlist_jwchapters.xml

See how it's just my domain plus the filename, just like the other files.

The full XML playlist documentation is here: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#XMLPlaylists

There are also some sample XML playllist files here: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/browser/testing/files

A simple playlist example page is here: http://willswonders.myip.org:8074/Simple_Playlist.html

Disregard the commented out code, it's a Test Page.

If you get stuck, post a link to your Test Page so someone can help you further.

Oct. 28, 2009Rob

Thanks for the info. I actually found Charlie Craig's xml generator, so I have a playlist up, but its just showing the name of the file. Is there a way to add a description for each file in the playlist?

My testing page is http://www2.umaine.edu/MarchingBand/videostest2.php

Thanks again.

Oct. 29, 2009hobbs

I will have to find the VBS playlist generator. I am sure that I have added other elements to it.

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