Is there a way to hide the first item in a playlist so that it doesn't show up in the playlist, but still shows up in the player? I would want the first item to serve as a preview image.
Also, now that the new beta version is out, are there any plugins for automatically creating a preview image, or at least setting a seperate preview image other than a thumbnail (b/c thumbs usually are small and have to be stretched, which then looks pixelated)?
Thanks in advance.
Let me provide some more info..
The code is as follows:
<script type='text/javascript' src='/embed/swfobject.js'></script>
<div id='mediaspace'>This div will be replaced</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var s1 = new SWFObject('/jw/embed/player.swf','ply','640','260','9','#ffffff');
s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
s1.addParam('wmode','opaque');
s1.addParam('flashvars','file=http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/chapters.xml&playlist=right&playlistsize=280&streamer=lighttp...');
s1.write('mediaspace');
</script>
And the xml playlist is RSS with media extension, like this:
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
<channel>
<title>Example media RSS playlist for the JW Player</title>
<link>http://www.longtailvideo</link>
<item>
<title>Opening credits</title>
<media:content url="http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/cdqMNeoG.m4v" type="video/x-m4v" start="00:00" />
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/ed1.jpg" />
<description>In which we meet Proog and Emo, the two characters of this movie.</description>
<link>http://orange.blender.org/</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>Ending Credits</title>
<media:content url="http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/cdqMNeoG.m4v" type="video/x-m4v" start="09:25" />
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/ed8.jpg" />
<description>In which the huge list of contributers to this project passes by.</description>
<link>http://orange.blender.org/</link>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Can anyone tell me how to have flvplayer play an intro-video first that's not in the playlist?
I would very much like to know this too!
I'm using flvplayer with a right-side chapterlist and and lighttpd (from the setup wizard). I want the the player to start playing back an intro-video on startup and I don't want that intro-video to show up in the playlist..