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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-17 20:55 Steve P
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Hello, my problem is I have made a player with an associated playist. I'm making my site in iWeb and all interactivity works in iWeb. If I select one of the items on the playlist it plays, if I want to use the control bar... it functions as I would expect - pause, stop... all that works. Once uploaded to my site I cannot control my player:

http://palpable.tv/post/editsample2botrver.html

I think you will see that the only interaction is that the playlist highlights & the control bar is there, but I can't control it.

What am I doing wrong?

Here's the info I have in the HTML snippet window in iWeb

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/swfobject.js"></script>

<div id="player">This text will be replaced</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('http://palpable.tv/media/player-licensed.swf','mpl','950','450','9');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('flashvars','&file=http://palpable.tv/media/palbotr.xml&controlbar=over&backcolor=003355&frontcolor=FFFFFF&lightcolor=C...');
so.write('player');
</script>

Thank you for any help or direction.

Steve

Posted: Mon, 2009-08-17 22:00 lost  
Anonymous's picture

 
Hmmmmm..........................................

Works fine for me.

I think that this is an invalid playlist element:

<playlist.image></playlist.image>

Posted: Mon, 2009-08-17 23:42 Steve P  
Anonymous's picture

lost,

I will try to figure out what that means. (I am beyond a newbie).

What <playlist.image></playlist.image> (I don't even know how to call it out in the box like you did) does, is it allows me to have a different (smaller and specific size image) in the playlist on the left - as opposed to the larger still that appears in the player when waiting for the video to load. I so appreciate the help.

Oh...so it works fine on your end? At one time it worked fine on mine but associates said they had trouble (and I didn't, but now I do).

S

Posted: Mon, 2009-08-17 23:59 lost  
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The reason that I said that playlist.image is an invalid playlist element is because it doesn't work.

If you want to use separate playlist images, you must use the jwplayer namespace, like this:

<jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/IHEOQ3vm.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>

Also, your playlist is invalid because you use "&" instead of the HTML entity "& amp ;" (with spaces because otherwise the forum will turn it into "&"). The "&" in the playlist posted below must be replaced with the HTML entity equivalent to have a valid playlist.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" version="1" xmlns:jwplayer="http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats">
  <title>Example XSPF playlist</title>
  <trackList>
    <track>
      <title>JOE PESCI-HOUSE OF PETALS</title>
      <annotation>REALITY - Oscar winner Joe Pesci (Goodfellas) co-stars in this Celebrity Organic Florist reality pilot.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/IHEOQ3vm.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/House_of_Petals__Special_Presentationpreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/IHEOQ3vm.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>HELI PILOTS HAWAII</title>
      <annotation>REALITY - Hawaiian chopper pilots fly double duty as emergency rescuers and airborne island guides. Aloha.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/1F4KcD65.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/Heli_Pilots_Hawaiipreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/1F4KcD65.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>HOUSE OF PETALS</title>
      <annotation>REALITY - Discovery Green pilot promo reel.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/1dEMH6RU.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/hopproofpreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/1dEMH6RU.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>HGTV.com - GREEN HOME</title>
      <annotation>LIFESTYLE - Home designer Jack Thomasson tours HGTV's 2008 Green Home.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/HVETOgca.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/HGTVcom_Evergreenpreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/HVETOgca.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>VISUAL EFFECTS AWARDS</title>
      <annotation>AWARDS - STARZ NETWORK 2009 Award Show Year in Review.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/Pn2lzurh.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/ves09-yearrevpreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/Pn2lzurh.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>RITZ & WOLF CAMERA</title>
      <annotation>COMMERCIAL - Ritz/Wolf Camera Holiday Spot.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/n4NKvI7E.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/Ritz_Camera_Holiday_Gift_Rushpreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/n4NKvI7E.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES</title>
      <annotation>INDUSTRIAL - Whirlpool/Kitchenaid Appliances are featured in the 2009 Builder Magazine LivingHome.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/lSpTkYV1.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/Whirlpool 3.24 OLpreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/lSpTkYV1.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>HGTV.com - KITCHENS & BATH</title>
      <annotation>LIFESTYLE - HGTV's Monica Pederson tours green bath ideas at KBIS 2008.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/WhJ5D0tW.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/KBS08_Green_Bathroom_19preview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/WhJ5D0tW.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>VES AWARDS - Show Overview</title>
      <annotation>AWARDS - The premiere visual effects awards showcase reel.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/4vSUFSFQ.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/V E S Highlightspreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/4vSUFSFQ.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>BEADS OF COURAGE - Online</title>
      <annotation>PUBLIC SERVICE - Organization aimed at supporting children who face serious illness & the difficult associated treatments.</annotation>
      <location>http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/g7WOhWfm.flv</location>
      <image>http://palpable.tv/media/Beads_of_Couragepreview.png</image>
      <jwplayer:playlist.image>http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/g7WOhWfm.jpg</jwplayer:playlist.image>
    </track>
  </trackList>
</playlist>
Posted: Tue, 2009-08-18 00:21 Steve P  
Anonymous's picture

lost,

I don't know how you are diggin out my playlist. Can you tell me?

But back to point.. I took what you sent me and just removed the ampersands (if they are trouble I just dump 'em). But I am still having the same problem I described at the top.

So you will see now my playlist is the version you sent me with all "&" just removed.

Do I at least have a valid playlist? I feel so ashamed.

S

Posted: Tue, 2009-08-18 00:32 Steve P  
Anonymous's picture

lost,

I got off my ass and checked this on another computer, I have been using FF and Safari on my Mac.

I went to my Vista machine and checked it on FF, Safari & IE and it works fine....

BUT on my Mac it still has the original issue (and on other folks Macs). Any Mac love out there?

Steve

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