Trying to implement feature #782 (cuepoints functionality)

@hellocrowley -

If you're completely new to the player and to ActionScript, I would recommend building a player plugin first. This will give you some familiarity with developing in ActionScript, and will give you some experience with how the player works without delving too deeply into the guts of the player. Once you're more familiar, you can get a little more involved with player customization.

Here's a guide to get you started:

http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/17679/building-flash-plugins

Thanks. I've actually built a JS plugin that adds markers along with tooltips to the progress bar but it's very hacky.

I'm hoping to be able to implement the feature in JS/HTML5 first, because Flash is not absolutely required for my project. Fullscreen support is not mandatory now but I'm trying to plan for the future in case my boss changes his mind.

@hellocrowley -

JS/HTML5 should be a bit easier, since you'll just be working in JavaScript and HTML. We have an "official" HTML5 plugin API which allows plugin logic to be contained in an external file and loaded via the player's configuration, but you'll probably still need to do some hacky DOM manipulations to get a tooltip plugin to work properly.

http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/18504/building-javascript-plug...

We actually already have a plugin in our AddOns library which does more or less the same thing:

http://www.longtailvideo.com/addons/plugins/259/TimeSlider-Tooltip-Plugin

Thanks PabloS,

This is actually the route I'm taking because modifying the source code could be a daunting task. I disabled the player's native controls and wrote my own external controls in JS. Was able to have a prototype in a few hours, the only problem is annotations & controlbar won't show up in Flash fullscreen, but that question will go to another thread.

hellocrowley
I am looking something similar to this for some time. I am trying to develop an editing page where I need the control bar to show the highlights of the clip parts. If it is ok can you please share the code you are trying to develop. That would be of great help. Thanks in advance.