Linking from URL

Linking from URL

Posted: Mon, 2008-12-22 05:18 Neil

I was just wondering if there was a way to include a variable in the URL which would then load a specific video in a player from Bits on the Run?

I used to be able to do it with brightcove, using the code:

<script type="text/javascript">
  var qs = location.search.substring(1);
  var nv = qs.split('&');
  var url = new Object();
  for(i = 0; i < nv.length; i++)
  {
    eq = nv[i].indexOf('=');
    url[nv[i].substring(0,eq).toLowerCase()] = unescape(nv[i].substring(eq + 1));
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Start of Brightcove Player -->
<SCRIPT SRC="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/experience_util.js" LANGUAGE="JavaScript"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>
 var config = new Array();
 /* 
 * feel free to edit these configurations
 * to modify the player experience
 */
 config["videoId"] = url.videoid; //the default video loaded into the player
 config["videoRef"] = null; //the default video loaded into the player by ref id specified in console
 config["lineupId"] = url.lineupid;
 config["playerTag"] = null; //player tag used for identifying this page in brightcove reporting
 config["autoplay"] = false; //tells the player to start playing video on load
 config["preloadBackColor"] = "#8d9395"; //background color while loading the player
 /* do not edit these config items */
 config["playerId"] = 6149311;
 config["width"] = 520;
 config["height"] = 509;
 createExperience(config);
</SCRIPT>
<!-- End of Brightcove Player -->
<br /><br />
<a href="ingrid.html?lineupId=2227967&videoId=2227965">Short Lineup, Walking the Halls</a> | <a href="ingrid.html?lineupId=6141384&videoId=2205546">Long Lineup, Plant and Photocopier</a>
<br />
<a href="ingrid.html?lineupId=6141384">Long Lineup, No Video Specified</a> | <a href="ingrid.html">Nothing Specified, Resorts to Defaults</a>
<br /><br />
<script type="text/javascript">
if (url["videoid"] == undefined && url.lineupid == undefined) {
	document.write("Nothing is defined.");
}
else {
	if (url["lineupid"] != undefined) {
		document.write("Lineup is defined.<br />");
	}
	if (url["videoid"] != undefined) {
		document.write("Video is defined.<br />");
	}
}
</script>