FLV Player: How Do I Show a Specific Frame

Have you seen this page and specially tried the image flashvar? I don’t think the preview image could be extracted from the video automatically (that would require the video to first load completely - or at least til the frame in question - before displaying the viewer).

Markus

Have you seen this page and specially tried the image flashvar? I don’t think the preview image could be extracted from the video automatically (that would require the video to first load completely - or at least til the frame in question - before displaying the viewer). Markus

Thank you, Markus. This is exactly what I was looking for to set the preview image.

image (undefined): If you play a sound or movie, set this to the url of a preview image.

Have you seen this page and specially tried the image flashvar? Markus

I’m working with the ‘image flashvar’ as per the description:

image (undefined): If you play a sound or movie, set this to the url of a preview image.

and ‘defined’ the url of the .jpg I want to use as a preview image in the following code, but nothing is happening. Can you see what I’m missing?

Thanks.

{if videoplayer_1 != ""}
{exp:flvplugin playerpath="http://www.biom.net/podcasts/" href="{videoplayer_1}" image="http://www.biom.net/images/uploads/acu_man1_tn_thumb.jpg" width="320" height="240" autostart="false"}
{/if}

Is this doable:

1. Create a .jpg to use as a poster frame
2. Wrap the jpg in <img >
3. And make that jpg an <href> that opens my .flv in the FLV Player?

Thanks.

I’m redesigning my EE small business website and intend to rely significantly on the FLV Player. I’m not having much luck getting the preview screen feature to work, and would like to explore more of the FLV player’s features like playlist, and others. I’m a writer/manager, and not much of a coder, though I understand it once it’s shown to me.

Considering this, I was wondering if you know of anyone in the EE community with expertise in using the JW Flash Player and the EE FLV PLAYER PLUGIN who I can hire to consult on an hourly basis to help me get the preview feature working, and then, as needed, as I add more FLV Player features to my site.

I already contacted John Henry at www.5pieces.com and was wondering if anyone else consults on this topic.

Thanks for your recommendations.

{exp:flvplugin playerpath="/player.swf" file="/movies/{video}" image="{file}"  playernumber="{entry_id}" width="620" height="360"skin="/skins/modieus.swf"} <div id="player{entry_id}">

where {file} is my custom image field. Works great. There is NO WAY to automatically aquire a poster frame. :( so manual is the way to go.