Setup with the Wizard

Have you read the Tutorials here:

    http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/tutorials

        especially Embedding Flash

They are linked from the top of every page, Support, Tutorials.

Hallo, Thank u. It helped a bit. I managed to get the player on the screen, but Videos won't play when chosen. The JWPlayer Files are in a directory called "JWPlayer", the XML is in a directory called "XMLDatensatz" and the Videos are in a directory called "Video". The index HTML is in Root and this is where I placed the player. What am I doing wrong?

In my HEAD:
<script type="text/javascript" src="JWPlayer/swfobject.js"></script>

In my BODY:
<div class="VideoBox1" id="VideoBox1">JW Flash Player</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('JWPlayer/player.swf','mpl','420','240','9');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('flashvars','&file=XMLDatensatz/VideoBox1.xml&backcolor=000000&frontcolor=FFFF00&playlistsize=280&streamer=lighttpd&playlist=over');
so.write('VideoBox1');
</script>

My XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<playlist version="VideoBox1">
<trackList>

<track>
<title>Speedclinic Intro 2008</title>
<location>Video/Intro2008.flv</location>
<image>JWPlayer/preview.jpg</image>
<annotation>Impressionen</annotation>
<info>http://www.google.de</info>
</track>

<track>
<title>Speedpull</title>
<location>Video/Speedpull.flv</location>
<image>JWPlayer/preview.jpg</image>
<annotation>Ausrüstung</annotation>
<info>http://www.google.de</info>
</track>

<track>
<title>Accelerator</title>
<location>Video/Accelerator.flv</location>
<image>JWPlayer/preview.jpg</image>
<annotation>Ausrüstung</annotation>
<info>http://www.google.de</info>
</track>

</trackList>
</playlist>

In the Embedding Flash tutorial, re-read the section titled Flashvars problems. It explains that the origin of the relative path, for FLV files only, begins at the location of the Flash movie (player.swf).

So you are looking for:

Adjust your relative path accordingly.

Mhh...I created a directory "Video" in the directory where my Flash files are (JWPlayer) and threw the Videos in. I fixed the XML Files Links to the Videos accordingly but the Videos are still not playing. Playlist and Preview Pix are shown.

By the way. Only shown in Firefox. IE says it can't open the site. I think there are some restrictions. I got all files on my PC.

Thank you for your kind help, lost. I am really lost on this one;)

So...I put it all in a directory called "JWPlayer". Everything works but the Player. You can Click the Tabbed Files with the preview pic but nothing happens. All other Functions like FULL SCREEN etc. work. This is in Firefox. IE is does not open it's site at all. What am I doing wrong? This is my code:

Head:
<script type="text/javascript" src="JWPlayer/swfobject.js"></script>

Body:
<div class="VideoBox1" id="player">This text will be replaced</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('JWPlayer/player.swf','mpl','420','240','9');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('flashvars','&file=JWPlayer/VideoBox1.xml&backcolor=000000&frontcolor=FFFF00&playlistsize=280&streamer=lighttpd&playlist=over');
so.write('player');
</script>

XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<playlist version="VideoBox1">
<trackList>
<track>
<title>Speedclinic Intro 2008</title>
<location>JWPlayer/SpeedclinicIntro2008.flv</location>
<image>JWPlayer/preview.jpg</image>
<annotation>Impressionen</annotation>
<info>http://www.speedclinic.de</info>
</track>
<track>
<title>Speedpull</title>
<location>Speedpull.flv</location>
<image>JWPlayer/preview.jpg</image>
<annotation>Ausrüstung</annotation>
<info>http://www.speedclinic.de</info>
</track>
<track>
<title>Accelerator</title>
<location>JWPlayer/Accelerator.flv</location>
<image>JWPlayer/preview.jpg</image>
<annotation>Ausrüstung</annotation>
<info>http://www.speedclinic.de</info>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist>

Use a more informative alternate content message:

Require a minimum version of the Adobe Flash Player of at least 9,0,124,0

Upgrade your Adobe Flash Player in IE or FF if required.

Upgrade your JW FLV Player to the latest release here: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/log/trunk/as3/player.swf

Click on the release number that you want in the Rev column.

Hey,

Thank you. I think I got a working solution. I use the complete URL. For example: http://content.longtailvideo.com/videos/flvplayer.flv

This Video is being played...

I will check your solution, too. Thank you!

Where did the player with lighttpd go in the wizard? Looks like removed. By the way. I set it up but IE is making trouble when I preview with Dreamweaver CS4. It just says, that it can't show the site...for 1 sec you can see it though...

I think the Wizard is now using the BitGravity CDN as the video file server, so streamer=lighttpd no longer applies.

See: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#Streamingservers

You can still use streamer=lighttpd if you have a LightTPD, nginx, Apache2, or IIs server with the streaming modules for FLV or H.264/MP4.