Sensible settings for flowplayer
Or, embedding FLV videos in Blackboard (walled in) using Flowplayer.
Full-screen capability with email and embed options disabled. User has to hit play for it to start, and it doesn’t loop (but does auto rewind). This seems to make sense for inclusion in a LMS like Blackboard.
<object data="FlowPlayerLight.swf" width="320" height="240" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="movie" value="FlowPlayerLight.swf" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<param name="flashvars" value="config={autoPlay: false,loop: false,autoRewind: true,allowScriptAccess: sameDomain,initialScale: scale,useNativeFullScreen: true,menuItems: [true, true, true, true, true, false, false],videoFile: 'movie.flv'}" />
</object>
Drop FlowPlayerLight.swf, fullscreen.js, and an html file with the above code in a folder, zip it up and upload it to Blackboard. Have Blackboard unpack it and point to your html file and you should be golden.
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March 6th, 2008 - 6:29 am
Looks like a nice idea… but if you have time, could you explain a bit more on how to do get FLV’s into Bb? I looked for FlowPlayer.SWF and Fullscreen.js.. but an not having any luck finding them.
March 6th, 2008 - 7:59 am
Ron, you’ll have to download Flowplayer (link above) an unzip it. Inside the archive are the FlowPlayerLight.swf and fullscreen.js files. You then need to create your own HTML page with the code above, and put all three files in the same folder, along with your actual FLV movie. Zip the folder up and upload it to Bb, but instead of linking to it choose to unpackage it; point to your html page when prompted for the initial file to display.
March 6th, 2008 - 9:37 am
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April 2nd, 2008 - 4:15 pm
Todd,
Many, many, many thanks for your flowplayer code. After hours of searching without results, I’ve tested your code and, magical, IT WWWWWWWWWOOOOORKKKKSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
From Bordeaux, France, with gratitude,
Stéphane