JW Player Module 2.8.0.rev.1.2.0

JW Player Module
The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla
Version 2.8.0 Detailed Guide
Version Revision date Author Copyright
2.8.0 doc. version 1.2.0 12 May 2011 Fabien M. webmaster@joomlarulez.com No portion of this document may be reproduced or re-distributed without the consent of the author.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3 2. Project Team .................................................................................................................... 3 3. Document Distribution..................................................................................................... 3 4. Credits ............................................................................................................................... 3 5. License .............................................................................................................................. 4 5.1. Main License ................................................................................................................ 4 5.2. Commercial License................................................................................................... 4 5.2.1. JW Player License............................................................................................... 4 5.2.2. JW Player Licensing............................................................................................ 4 6. Refund Policy ................................................................................................................... 6 7. Version .............................................................................................................................. 7 8. Changelog......................................................................................................................... 7 9. Package .......................................................................................................................... 11 10. Installation and Upgrade........................................................................................... 12 10.1. Joomla Requirements ........................................................................................... 12 10.2. Technical Requirements....................................................................................... 12 10.3. First Installation...................................................................................................... 13 10.4. Upgrade................................................................................................................... 15 10.5. Cross domain Security.......................................................................................... 17 10.6. Directory CHMOD.................................................................................................. 18 10.7. Installing the license player.................................................................................. 19 10.8. Language ................................................................................................................ 23 11. Files Support .............................................................................................................. 24 11.1. Single Files ............................................................................................................. 24 11.2. Youtube Videos...................................................................................................... 25 11.3. HTTP Streaming .................................................................................................... 26 11.5. DVR Support .......................................................................................................... 28 11.6. XML Playlists .......................................................................................................... 29 11.7. JWPlayer Namespace .......................................................................................... 30 12. Configuration .............................................................................................................. 31 12.1. Playlist ..................................................................................................................... 32 12.2. RTMP....................................................................................................................... 33 12.3. Thumbnail ............................................................................................................... 33 12.4. Layout...................................................................................................................... 34 12.5. Color ........................................................................................................................ 35 12.6. Behaviour................................................................................................................ 36 12.7. Plugins..................................................................................................................... 37 12.7.1. LongTail's AdSolution ....................................................................................... 37 12.8. Global ...................................................................................................................... 38 12.9. Joomlarulez Link.................................................................................................... 38 13. How-To........................................................................................................................ 39 13.1. How to use a LastFM Playlist in External RSS Link ........................................ 39 13.2. How to use a Youtube Playlist/Channel/Tag in External RSS Link............... 41 14. Online Help ................................................................................................................. 44 14.1. Tip Note................................................................................................................... 44 14.2. FAQ.......................................................................................................................... 44 14.3. Forum ...................................................................................................................... 44 14.4. LongTail Documentation....................................................................................... 44
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JW Player Module
The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 1. Introduction This document describes the basic functionality and key features of the JW Player Module. 2. Project Team The JW Player Module project is an Open Source project supported by the following Team members:
Name Fabien M. Delphine P.
Joomlarulez Team Membership Username Role Admin CEO, Webmaster, Programmer dhp Web designer
The official home of JW Player Module project is located at http://www.joomlarulez.com If you like this module, please post a rating and a review at the JED page of JW Player Module : http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/multimedia/multimedia-players/videoplayers-a-gallery/8156
3. Document Distribution The Joomlarulez Team has decided to offer this documentation on a registration basis.
4. Credits The JW Player Module project is based on our code but also use another script and flash resources.
Others Code Contributors Name of script/Flash code Credits JW Player http://www.LongTailvideo.com/ SWF Object http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 5. License The JW Player Module project is based on several licenses according to the code contributors, the main licenses are GPL and CC. 5.1. Main License Licences Licences GPL http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ MIT License
Name of script/Flash code JW Player Module JW Player SWF Object
5.2. Commercial License JW Player have specific licenses for commercial websites, CC is always valid but according to the terms of the license, commercial use is restricted. Here are the conditions of use in these cases. 5.2.1. JW Player License The license is only required for commercial websites. All LongTail Video products require licenses when used commercially. Examples of commercial use include: (i) websites with any advertisements (ii) websites owned or operated by corporations (iii) websites designed to promote other products, such as a band or artist (iv) products (e.g. a CMS) that bundle LongTail products into its offering. 5.2.2. JW Player Licensing How can I order a license? Please Register. Thanks in advance. Do I need to buy a license? The player is open-source and free for non-commercial use. For corporate use or if you're planning to generate revenue from your site (e.g., by running any advertisements on the page, selling anything, etc.), you'll need to buy a license. If you're still not certain, contact us and we'll determine whether you require a license. As a general rule, if you need to ask, then you probably need to buy a license. Are there any other reasons to buy a license? If you buy a license, you're no longer obliged to credit us and you may alter or remove the link back to us that appears with a right-click within the player. You're also no longer required to share any modifications you might make to the player.
JW Player Module
The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla How much are licenses? A single site license is 59. A premium license (for use on up to 50 sites) is available for 149. What payment methods do you accept for licenses? You can pay for your license via PayPal. I'm interested in a custom enterprise license with fewer restrictions. Whom do I contact? Please contact us with your requirements and we will discuss a price. Please be sure to include (i) how many sites you have; (ii) how many monthly videos you stream and (iii) your budget. I purchased a license, but I didn't receive anything. It's possible your order didn't fully process. Please contact us and we'll email your license within two business days. I accidentally submitted my license order twice. What do I do? Just contact us and we'll be happy to cancel the duplicate order for you and make a refund. I changed my mind about my order. How do I cancel? We do not refund except in special cases. See our refund policy. I have a license for a 4.5 (or below) version of the JW Player. Does it apply to the 5.0+ players? No. The 5.0+ players were released with a new license agreement, so any license (4.5 or below) you purchased for an older player doesn't apply (ex. If you want to use the 5.0+ player, you'll need to purchase a new license. I have a license for a 4.6 (or above) version of the JW Player. Does it apply to the 5.0+ players? Yes. The 5.0+ players were released with a new license agreement, but the LongTail upgrade policy allow a free upgrade for 4.6 (or above) license holders. I want to use both the JW FLV Player and the JW WMV Player on the same site. Do I need to buy a license for each? No. One site license entitles you to use both players on that site. Can I transfer my license to someone else? No. Licenses are non-transferrable. I have another question about licenses. Where can I find an answer? Contact us and well help you out.
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 6. Refund Policy We want to make public our policy on refunds so that there is no confusion. All our sales are final and no refunds will be given. All our products are digital software, delivered instantly. Once payment is received it is impossible for you to return a product for a refund. If you find a bug in our software, you can report it in the forum and we will fix it in the next version. Finding a bug is not a reason to request a refund. We do not issue refunds if: You just change your mind You choose not to use our product You find that our product doesn't suit your needs (We have basic plugin and module available for you before purchasing)
However, we understand that it is impossible for us to test our software on every platform and every configuration it may encounter on other servers. Therefore if you are unable to get our software up and running on your server in the first 30 days after purchasing the software then please contact us and we will do everything within our knowledge and experience to get our software to work on your server. If we fail to achieve this we will happily give you a refund or exchange the product for a new product. You will need to provide us with full access to your FTP, MySQL and Joomla Admin consoles in order for us to debug and install the software; if you cant give us this access then we will not be able to give you a refund.
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 7. Version Here are the latest number versions for all code and documentation used. Version Name of script/Flash code Version JW Player Module 2.8.0 Doc JW Player Module 1.2.0 JW Player SWF Object 5.6.1768 2.2
8. Changelog This is a non-exhaustive (but still near complete) changelog for JW Player Module 2.8.0, including beta and release candidate versions. Our thanks to all those people who've contributed bug reports and code fixes. Legend: * -> Security Fix # -> Bug Fix $ -> Language fix or change + -> Addition ^ -> Change - -> Removed ! -> Note Changelog Version 2.8.0 Date 12 May. 11 Changelog ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.6.1768. ^ Upgrade jwplayer.js. ^ Coding style and standards for all php files. + Integrate support for ActionScript 3 YouTube API. - delete yt.swf. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.5.1641. ^ Upgrade jwplayer.js. ^ Optimize mod_playerjr.php script, reducing code size around 50%. ^ change xml name flashvars this to optimize script, this means dev have to check those flasvars after upgrade volume, stretching, smoothing, shuffle, repeat, icons, bufferlength, autostart, wmode, start, streamer, image, screencolor, lightcolor, frontcolor, backcolor, width, height,
2.7.0
03 Apr. 11
JW Player Module
The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla playlistsize, controlbar, playlist # fix language error under J1.6. + Add Joomla! 1.6 Support. ^ Modify xml config file for J1.6 support. ^ Modify ini language file for J1.6 support. + Add sys.ini language file for J1.6 support. ^ Set flashvars only if need. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.4.1530. ^ Upgrade jwplayer.js. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.4.1492 ^ Upgrade jwplayer.js ^ Allow playlist flashvar left. ^ Change backend Layout. ^ Set joomlarulez link label and description in language ini file. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.3.1397 ^ Upgrade jwplayer.js ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.3.1356. ^ replace video.flv by video.mp4. + Add jwplayer.js. + Add thumbnail automatically for Youtube video. # Set image flashvar only if need. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.2.1151. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.2.1065. + Add top Playlist position flashvars ^ Change xml installer by an upgrade installer ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.1.897. ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.1.854. # Fix HTML error under IE8 in backend administration # Flashwars file to playlistfile according to rss link or single file ^ Upgrade to JW Player 5.0.753. ^ Upgrade to swfobject 2.2. - Layout : Remove logo for JW 5.x Version. - Remove Fix Mootools and Jquery Conflict, not longer needed since then upgrade to swfobject 2.2. + Add en-GB.ini Language Backend. ^ Clean up Code. ^ Reduce variables set when unused, RAM server
2.6.1 2.6.0
30 Jan. 11 13 Jan. 11
2.5.0
19 Dec. 10
2.4.1 2.4.0
29 Oct. 10 24 Oct. 10
2.3.0 2.2.0
17 Jul. 10 14 Jun. 10
2.1.2 2.1.1 2.1.0 2.0.2 2.0.1 2.0.0
04 Apr. 10 20 Mar. 10 08 Mar. 10 17 Jan. 10 31 Dec. 09 20 Dec. 09
JW Player Module
The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla optimization. ^ Change XML Layout. ^ Upgrade to the new Adsolution Channel Code ^ Upgrade to JW Player 4.6.485 # Fix error notice Undefined variable, when fixmootools and fixjquery is force to no ^ Upgrade to JW Player 4.6 - Removed expressInstall.swf in the package (no longer needed) + Add Top Position for Control Bar + Add some Link helper in xml package ^ Change layout in xml package + Behaviour : Buffer Length + Add Thumbnail, location of a preview image + Add Auto detect mootools/jquery use (Always have choice to force prevent conflict to Yes or No) + Add choice to display or not Joomlarulez.com Link, if not please make a donation # Fix conflict with jquery - Remove ID example for adsolution plugin (this to prevent some misunderstanding, ID example are only in description) + Automatic Module Setting Suffix (Multiple Player with different Playlist on same page) + Behaviour: Icons (Hide or not the play button) + Behaviour: Logo (Location of an external jpg, png or gif image to show in a corner of the display.) + Behaviour : Smoothing (Setting to get performance improvements with old computers / big files) + Behaviour : Stretching (Defines how to resize images in the display) + Add RTMP/HTTP Streamer support (Single File) + Add Start RTMP/HTTP (Single File) + Add CDATA information during install + Add Module class SFX ^ Update JW Player to 4.5 # Fix midroll error in Adsolution Plugin + Add expressInstall.swf in package + Add LICENSES.php + Add CREDITS.php ^ Change Player Unbranded by a Branded player, License Holders have to upload by FTP the player Unbranded, See How-To here : http://www.joomlarulez.com/faq/44-faq/56-how-to-installyour-personal-license-player.html # Fix Mootools conflict under IE7 ^ Put JS in HTML Head
1.5.2 1.5.1
15 Nov. 09 12 Nov. 09
1.5.0
28 Oct. 09
1.4.0
30 Sep. 09
1.3.0
17 Aug. 09
1.2.1 1.2.0
27 Jul. 09 19 Jul. 09
1.1.2
27 May. 09
1.1.1
19 May. 09
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla + Add Choose Link display to Adobe Flash Player if not installed + Ad Solution Plugin Full Support : No Hack + Youtube Link support for External RSS Link ^ License-holders can download an unbranded player with their Licence number and replace themselves the player in the directory of JW Module Player. + Layout : Playlist position + Layout : PlaylistControlbar + Layout : Transparency of the Playlist + Behaviour : Auto Start + Behaviour : Repeat + Behaviour : Shuffle + Behaviour : Volume + Changelog : Package include changelog.php # Fix XML Error Public Release
1.1.0
06 May. 09
1.0.1 1.0.0
01 May. 09 20 Mar. 09
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 9. Package The package you download is called: mod_playerjr_2.8.0_UNZIP_FIRST.zip You must unzip it first. The package is composed of 4 files. Here is the list: mod_playerjr_2.8.0.zip: This is the package for the module itself. This is the one you will install through the Joomla installer. crossdomain.xml: This is a file that you have to put in the webroot of your website. This is to allow or not allow streaming from a specific website address that you specify inside. See further forward for more information. README_CROSSDOMAIN_SECURITY.txt : This is a quick FAQ about the settings for the crossdomain.xml file. README_INSTALL_UPGRADE_TO_JW_PLAYER_MODULE_2.8.0.txt: This is a quick FAQ about how to install or upgrade the module See further forward for more information.
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 10. Installation and Upgrade
Here are the different cases for installation and upgrade process.
10.1.
Joomla Requirements
Our module is compatible with Joomla 1.5.x in native mode Our module is compatible with Joomla 1.6.x in native mode You can find the last version here: http://www.joomla.org/download.html
10.2.
Technical Requirements
Our modules have the same requirements as Joomla: http://www.joomla.org/technical-requirements.html Technical Requirements Software Recommended PHP(Curl can be needed, 5.2+ indicated by Curl*) MySQL 4.1.x+ Apache 2.x+ (with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib)
Minimum 4.3.10 3.23 1.3
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 10.3. First Installation
Follow these steps to install our module. (Note that the screen captures are made under Joomla 1.5). Download the Latest Version of our module :
http://www.joomlarulez.com/download/doc_download/14-jw-playermodule.html Unzip The Package: mod_playerjr_2.8.0_UNZIP_FIRST.zip.
Go to the administration panel of Joomla.
Install the package mod_playerjr_2.8.0.zip through the Joomla Installer
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla The Joomla installer will notify you of the success of the install. If not follow the indication given by the installer.
Go to the Joomla module management Panel, select, edit and save the JW Player Module with your own settings (see configuration chapter for more details).
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 10.4. Upgrade
Follow these steps to upgrade our module. (Note that the screen captures are made under Joomla 1.5). Download the Latest Version of our module :
http://www.joomlarulez.com/download/doc_download/14-jw-playermodule.html
Go to the administration panel of Joomla.
Install the package mod_playerjr_2.8.0.zip trough the Joomla Installer.
The package allows upgrade without uninstall.
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla The Joomla installer will notify you of the success of the install.
If you have a notice error and/or see only JWPMA_MOD_DESCRIPTION under the Install Module Success, please ignore it as its a minor Joomla issue that will be corrected with 1.5.16. http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tra cker_item_id=17878
Go to the Joomla module management Panel, select, edit and save the JW Player Module with your own settings (see configuration chapter for more details).
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 10.5. Cross domain Security
The Adobe Flash Player contains a cross domain security mechanism that denies certain operations on files that are loaded from a different domain than the player. The easiest and best way to access 3rd party data is for the provider of that data to host a crossdomain.xml configuration file in its web root. Before the Flash Player attempts to load data from any site other than the one hosting the SWF, it first checks the remote site for the existence of a crossdomain.xml. If the player finds it, and if the configuration permits external access of its data, then the data is loaded. Otherwise, a runtime security error is thrown. Heres an example of a crossdomain.xml that allows access to the domain's data from SWF files on any site:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd"> <cross-domain-policy> <allow-access-from domain="*" /> </cross-domain-policy>
Our plugins.LongTailvideo.com domain includes such a cross domain file, so players from any domain can load the plugins hosted there. Although plugins will reside on plugins.LongTailvideo.com (or another plugin root you set), the crossdomain.xml file needs to allow data access from the site hosting the player itself, not the plugin. For example, if the player is hosted at www.site.com/player.swf and tries to access data from www.data.com, even if data.coms' crossdomain.xml file allows access to plugins.LongTailvideo.com, the Flash player will throw a security exception.
http://developer.LongTailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashSecurity http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/crossdomain_policy_file_spec.html All you have to do is to upload a crossdomain.xml file to your web root server and save it where you put your (xml and flv) files
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Our module has some features that use some specific scripts. Those scripts need a CHMOD directory (there are a lot of extensions). Those permissions are by default correctly set on most servers. You can check this with your FTP client. Directory CHMOD: 755. File CHMOD: 644.
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 10.7. Installing the license player
As you know Joomlarulez is an official reseller of LongTailvideo.com. Once you buy your license through us you will receive a PDF with the details of your license and most importantly the license number. Important: Following our last negotiations with LongTailvideo we now propose a solution for Commercial websites (License and unbranded Player) and Noncommercial websites (No License and Branded Player). As a direct consequence of that our module has by default a branded player. If you have signed up with us on a commercial plan, you will have to use the following How-to for install your unbranded player in your module. Go to this address: http://www.LongTailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/commercial-license/ Type your email and your license number.
Click on "View Order" button.
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla If you have a license for the JW Player 5.x click on "JW Player for Flash v5.6 - [ Download ] " (Don't click on the download link "include viral plugin", you don't need it even if you have the JW Player Module because our scripts by-pass this). Once you receive your zip file "mediaplayer-5.6-licensed.zip": Unzip it. Rename the file "player.swf" to "player-licensed5.swf"
To update the Flash player for your module: Upload by FTP the "player-licensed5.swf" file to the directory of your module Upload by FTP the "jwplayer.js" file to the directory/script/ of your module
Don't upload all other 5 files; our xml packages include them already.
JW Player Module Pathway: /modules/mod_playerjr/player-licensed5.swf /modules/mod_playerjr/script/jwplayer.js
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla If you have a license for the JW Player 4.x click on "JW Player for Flash v4.7 - [ Download ] " (Don't click on the download link "include viral plugin". You do not need it even if you have the JW Player Module because our scripts by-pass this). Once you receive your zip file "mediaplayer-4.7-licensed.zip": Unzip it.
To update the Flash player for your plugin: Upload by FTP the "player-licensed.swf" file to the directory of your module. Don't upload all other 5 files, our xml packages include them already.
JW Player Module Pathway: /modules/mod_playerjr/player-licensed.swf Now you have you own Unbranded Player Update. Ps: We define an unbranded player as the player with the JWPlayer Logo removed (you can change and add your own logo) and with the backlink in right click configurable. Note that right click flashvars are only available with the advanced module
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla Example of a branded player: Example of an unbranded player:
Example of a branded player:
Example of an unbranded player:
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The default language of JW Player Module is English, en-GB for Joomla. All backend fields and helps are stored in an ini file call: en-GB.mod_playerjr.ini Once installed you can find this file in the language directory of Joomla: [path-to-Joomla]/language/en-GB/ If you want to use another language you have to copy and rename this file to the directory language needed. [path-to-Joomla]/language/[ln-LN]/ ln-LN.mod_playerjr_ad.ini Then translate it in to you own language. NOTE: We are interested in receiving other language translations. We can offer a coupon code in exchange. Webpage on Joomla documentation
http://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_language_definition_file
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 11. Files Support This page lists all media files, streaming and playlist types that the JW Player supports. 11.1. Single Files
Flash Playback Note that the player always tries to recognize a file format by its extension. If no suitable extension is found, the player will presume you want to load a playlist! Get around this issue by setting the provider flashvar, e.g. provider=video.

Video Formats: H.264 (.mp4, .mov, .f4v), FLV (.flv), 3GPP (.3gp, .3g2), (provider=video). Sound Formats: AAC (.aac, .m4a), MP3 (.mp3) (provider=sound). Image Formats: JPEG (.jpg), PNG (.png), GIF (.gif) (provider=image).
Here's a list with commonly encountered issues:
Though SWF files will also load in the player, it is discouraged to use them. The player cannot read the duration and dimensions of SWF files and cannot control their volume or playback. You cannot seek within an MP4 file before it is completely downloaded. The cause of this problem is that the so-called MOOV atom (which contains the seeking information) is located at the end of your video. Check out this little application to parse your videos and fix it. You encounter too fast or too slow playback of MP3 files. It contains variable bitrate encoding or unsupported sample frequencies (e.g. 48 KHz). Please stick to a constant bitrate encoding and 44 kHz. The free iTunes software has a decent MP3 encoder. Note that the 4.x player actually supports fewer formats than the 3.x player (due to bugs in the AVM2). The progress bar isn't running with your FLV file, or your video dimensions are wrong. This is because your FLV file doesn't have metadata. Fix this by using this small tool from www.buraks.com/flvmdi/.
More technical info on the file formats supported by Flash can be found in this blogpost from Tinic Uro, one of the developers of the Flash plugin.
Webpage on LongTail
http://developer.LongTailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Player5Formats#SingleFiles
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The player includes native support for playing back YouTube videos (provider=youtube). YouTube playback is automatically enabled when the file option is assigned to the URL of a YouTube video. This value can take one of the following forms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLzyHk54Z0 http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ylLzyHk54Z0 http://www.youtube.com/v/ylLzyHk54Z0 http://youtu.be/ylLzyHk54Z0
Note: Version 5.6 of the JW Player uses YouTube's ActionScript 3 Chromeless API to render YouTube content, meaning that YouTube may place ads over the video during playback. These videos are unplayable in YouTube's previous API, meaning that older versions of the JW Player (5.5 and below) will not be allowed to play those videos. Note: since 5.3 version of JW Player for YouTube playlist items where no image is specified, it pulls the image automatically.
How-To Specific
How to use a Youtube Playlist/Channel/Tag in External RSS Link ?
Webpage on LongTail
http://developer.LongTailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Player5Formats#YoutubeVideos
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Both FLV and MP4 video can be played back with so-called HTTP pseudostreaming servers. These servers allow video viewers to skip to non-downloaded parts of a video. HTTP streaming can be enabled by setting the flashvar provider=http in the player. Here are a few examples of such streaming servers:

The H264 streaming module for Apache, Lighttpd, IIS and NginX. The mod_flv_streaming module for Lighttpd. PHP/ASP scripts such as XmooV PHP. Content delivery networks such as Bitgravity, Edgecast or Limelight.
Next to the provider=http flashvar, two flashvars are available to configure HTTP streaming:
By default, the querystring parameter to provide the start position to the server is called start. (e.g. http://server.com/video.flv?start=3489512). As of version 4.6, 4.7, this parameter can be configured with the flashvar http.startparam. For example, the Edgecast CDN uses ec_seek, Bitgravity uses starttime and Limelight uses fs as pseudostreaming start parameter. If you use a PHP/ASP/* script for pseudo-streaming, you must provide the location of that script with the streamer flashvar. Instead of directly calling the file with start parameter, the player will then call the script, with both file and start as parameters (e.g. (e.g. http://server.com/streamscript.php?file=video.flv&start=3489512).
Webpage on LongTail
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12534/videodelivery-http-pseudo-streaming
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 11.4. RTMP Streaming
FLV and MP4 video and MP3 and AAC audio can also be streamed with RTMP Servers, using the provider=rtmp flashvar. In addition to this, RTMP live streams can be played in the player. The following RTMP servers are supported:

Wowza Media Server Flash Media Server Red5 server
In addition to the file and the provider=rtmp flashvar, RTMP streams usually need a third flashvar streamer, which gives the player the location of the RTMP server (e.g. streamer=rtmp://edge.sercer.com/application). The player will figure out by itself if it needs to strip the .flv extension off the file, or if it needs to prepend a mp4: or mp3: string to load the file. In 5.0, this behaviour can be skipped by setting the rtmp.prepend=false flashvar. Most frequently used RTMP functionality (such as 302 redirects, the getstreamlength call and Wowza's secureToken) is built into the player. In addition to this, the player supports load balancing with XML files. This is used by e.g. the Highwinds and VDO-X CDNs. Instead of loading the video, the RTMP model presumes that the file flashvar is actually an intermediate SMIL file, which is then loaded and parsed to retrieve the actual RTMP streamer and file. In version 5.0 of the player, turn this on by adding the flashvar rtmp.loadbalance=true. Here's an example of such a SMIL file, in case you're interested in building this into your own CDN:
<smil> <head> <meta base="rtmp://68.16.184.155/n9f8m2x7/_definst_"/> </head> <body> <video src="fms/video?doppl=164314e15f9563d3&dopsig=9bfcdaefc371a52fe049bf87c03b77 76"/> </body> </smil>
A special RTMP case is the live broadcast through the Akamai or Limelight networks. These CDNs use a stream subscription mechanism for load balancing. This is supported by the player by setting the provider flashvar to fcsubscribe. The regular file and streamer flashvars are still needed. In player 5.0 you can also set the flashvar provider to rtmp and rtmp.subscribe to true.
Webpage on LongTail
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12535/videodelivery-rtmp-streaming
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The JW Player 5.3+ supports RTMP DVR streaming, a feature introduced by Adobe's Flash Media Interactive Server 3.5. DVR streaming allows users to pause/resume a live stream or seek back for a replay. In short, DVR allows a live stream to behave exactly like an on-demand stream; the only difference being that the duration might increase. Note: JW Player versions 5.1 and 5.2 use a no longer supported mechanism for DVR streaming.
Webpage on LongTail
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flashv5/12398/enabling-dvr-streaming
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First, note that playlist XML files are subject to the Crossdomain security restrictions of Flash. This means that a video player on one domain cannot load a playlist from another domain. It can be fixed by placing a crossdomain.xml file at the server the captions are loaded from. That said the following playlist formats are supported:

ASX feeds (example) ATOM feeds with Media extensions (example) RSS feeds with iTunes (example) extensions and Media extensions (example) XSPF feeds (example)
Here is an overview of all the tags of each format the player processes, and the flashvars they correspond to: RSS itunes: media: ASX ATOM Flashvars XSPF author creator author credit author date pubDate published description annotation description summary description abstract summary duration duration duration content duration file location enclosure content ref link info link moreinfo link image image thumbnail start starttime streamer tags category keywords keywords title title title title title title provider All media: tags can be embedded in a media:group element. A media:content element can also act as a container. Additionally, iTunes and MediaRSS tags can be mixed in one RSS feed. The player will pick the last matching element for each property.
Webpage on LongTail
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12537/xmlplaylist-support
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In order to enable all JW Player file properties for all feed formats, the 4.4 player introduced a jwplayer namespace. By inserting this into your feed, file properties that are not supported by the feed format itself (such as the provider or duration in an RSS feed) can be amended without breaking validation. Any of the flashvars listed in the above table can be inserted. Here's an example:
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:jwplayer="http://developer.LongTailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats"> <channel> <title>Example RSS feed with jwplayer extensions</title> <item> <title>FLV Video</title> <link>http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/</link> <description>Big Buck Bunny is a short animated film by the Blender Institute, part of the Blender Foundation.</description> <enclosure url="../../testing/files/bunny.flv" type="video/x-flv" length="1192846" /> <jwplayer:author>the Peach Open Movie Project</jwplayer:author> <jwplayer:provider>http</jwplayer:provider> <jwplayer:duration>34</jwplayer:duration> </item> </channel> </rss>
Pay attention to the top level tag, which describes the JW Player namespace with the xmlns attribute. This must be available in order to not break validity. You can mix jwplayer elements with both the regular elements of a feed and elements from other extensions (mrss/itunes). If multiple elements match the same property, the elements will be prioritized:

Elements that are defined by the feed format (e.g. the enclosure in RSS) get the lowest priority. Elements defined by the itunes namespace rank third. Element defined by the media namespace (e.g. media:content) rank second. Elements defined by the jwplayer extension always gets the highest priority.
This feature allows you to set, for example, a specific video version or streaming provider for the JW Player, while other feed aggregators will pick the default content.
Webpage on LongTail
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12537/xmlplaylist-support
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12. Configuration Here are listed all the backend setup processes for configuration. Go to the Joomla module management Panel, select JW Player Module, select and edit. (Note that the screen captures are made under Joomla 1.5).
Select Module Parameters.
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12.1.
Playlist Field Select origin of the Playlist
Here you have to choose where the playlist comes from: o A RSS Link (ASX, ATOM, RSS - iTunes, RSS - Media, SMIL, XSPF) o Single file Field Link of you RSS File/Single File o External Playlist Case: Put your RSS address (ASX, ATOM, RSS - iTunes, RSS - Media, SMIL, XSPF and Youtube) here. An External playlist is a text-based XML file that contains information about each file you would like to present in the player. Note: If you use an xml file locally put in the field the full pathway to the file: http://www.website.com/pathway_to_the_file/the_file.xml
o Single File Case: Put the address of File here; note that the address can be a remote or local file. The full pathway is needed. Note: If you use a file locally, put the full pathway to the file in the field: http://www.website.com/pathway_to_the_file/the_file.flv
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12.2.
RTMP
These flashvars control the settings for RTMP streaming. Field Start
Optional only for streaming (HTTP / RTMP): position in seconds where playback has to start. Won't work for regular (progressive) videos.
Field Streamer
Optional only for streaming (HTTP / RTMP): Location of an rtmp/http server instance to use for streaming. Can be an RTMP application or external PHP/ASP file.
12.3.
Thumbnail
These flashvars control settings for RTMP streaming. Field Thumbnail
Optional: Put an image preview here for the single file. Note: If you use a file locally put the full pathway to the file in the field: http://www.website.com/pathway_to_the_file/the_file.png
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Layout
These flashvars control the looks and layout of the player. Field Playlist position
Position of the playlist. Can be set to bottom, top, over, right or none. Field Control Bar position
Position of the controlbar. Can be set to bottom, top, over and none. Field Size of the Playlist
When below this refers to the height, when right this refers to the width of the playlist. Field Height of the Player
Height of the display in pixels. When resizing is set to false, this is the overall player height. Field Width of the Player
Width of the display in pixels. When resizing is set to false, this is the overall player width. Field Icons
Set this to No to hide the play button and buffering icon in the middle of the video.
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All colors are in so-called hexadecimal values as is common for web colors, note that if you use a skin those parameters are not priority, it depends on the skin used. Field Backcolor of the Playlist
Background color of the controlbar and playlist. This is white FFFFFF with the default skin. Field Frontcolor of the Playlist
Color of all icons and texts in the controlbar and playlist. This is white 000000 with the default skin. Field Lightcolor of the Playlist
Color of an icon or text when you rollover it with the mouse. This is white 000000 with the default skin. Field Screencolor of the Playlist
Background color of the display. This is white 000000 with the default skin. Field Transparence of the Playlist
Transparency of the Playlist, set Opaque to have the Screen color of the Playlist that you choose. Set transparent if you want to have transparency effect which is useful for some specific DHTML/CSS templates or if you use the Adsolution Plugin.
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These flashvars control the playback behaviour of the player. Field Auto Start
Automatically start the player on load. Field Bandwidth
Available bandwidth for streaming the file. Used predominantly for bitrate switching. Set this flashvar if you want to hint the player on the initial bandwidth. Overwritten every 2 seconds whenever a video or http stream is loading or an rtmp stream is playing. Field Buffer Length
Number of seconds of the file that has to be loaded before starting. Set this to a low value to enable instant-start and to a high value to get less mid-stream buffering. Field Repeat
Set to none to unchain the playlist, set to list to play the entire playlist once, to always to continuously play the song-video-playlist and to single to continue repeating the selected file in a playlist. Field Shuffle
Shuffle playback of playlist items. Field Smoothing
This sets the smoothing of videos, so you won't see blocks when a video is upscaled. Set this to No to get performance improvements with old computers / big files. Field Stretching
Defines how to resize images in the display. Can be none (no stretching), exactfit (disproportionate), uniform (stretch with black borders) or fill (uniform, but completely fill the display). Field Volume
Startup volume of the player. Can be 0 to 100. Value is saved in a cookie.

JW Player Module
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Here you can select the plugins that can enhance your player. They can work together. 12.7.1. LongTail's AdSolution LongTail's AdSolution Allows you to run pre-roll, overlay mid-roll, and post-roll advertisements in your media player. LongTail's have proprietary relationships with many top ad networks and we support video, display and text ads. Needs special registration here : AdSolution.LongTailvideo.com JW Player Compatibility : 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Last Updated: 3/9/09 Version: 1.0 Non-Commercial Use: Free Commercial Use: Free Field Adsolution Plugin Enabled
Specify Yes to enable Adsolution Plugin. NOTE you must also set the player to transparent in the Colour settings. Field Adsolution Channel Code
Type here your Adsolution Channel Code. This is the code given to you after registration. Example, Channel Code: cxtmwcocurafcex. Webpage on LongTail
http://www.LongTailvideo.com/addons/plugins/2/LongTail-AdSolution
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Field Module Class Suffix
A suffix to be applied to the css class of the module (table.moduletable). This allows individual module styling.
Field Flash Install
Specify Yes if you want that a link to Adobe to appear when the user doesn't have Flash install. 12.9. Joomlarulez Link
Field Joomlarulez Link
Specify Yes if you want a link to Joomlarulez.com to appear. If set to No please make a donation.
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 13. How-To Here are some specific How-Tos for various different cases. 13.1. How to use a LastFM Playlist in External RSS Link
There are three possible ways: 1. If you have a LastFM account go to this page: http://www.last.fm/home/freemp3s Then copy the RSS Link give by this Icon RSS:
The RSS Link has this form: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/user/Artskorps/podcast.rss (Artskorps here is the username account on LastFM) http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/user/YOUR_LASTFM_ID/podcast.rss This RSS Link generates a playlist audio of free music according to your scrobling profil. 2 (Available for all) select RSS Link of an artist (note that only free music can be streamed).
(Further information here: http://www.last.fm/api/show?service=118 ) For an artist the RSS Link is: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/artist/jere/podcast.rss (Jere is the name artist that we choose for our example on LastFM) http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/artist/ARTIST_NAME/podcast.rss
JW Player Module
The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla This RSS Link generates a playlist audio of free music of this artist. 3. (Available for all) select RSS Link for a specificTAG (note that only free music can be stream) (Further information here: http://www.last.fm/api/feeds ) For a TAG the RSS Link is: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/tag/dubstep/podcast.rss (Dubstep is the TAG that we chose for our example on LastFM) http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/tag/TAG/podcast.rss This RSS Link generates a playlist audio of Free music of this kind of Music. If you use JW Player Module copy this code (according to your RSS Link) in the field "Link of your RSS File"
The result (we also added an image in the Logo Field):
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 13.2. How to use a Youtube Playlist/Channel/Tag in External RSS Link. 1. You need a Youtube account. 2. Create a playlist: http://www.Youtube.com/my_playlists In our example we created a playlist called "Joomlarulez". You can choose any name. 3. Choose and select videos for your playlist. To select those videos browse your upload file or search for a video on Youtube. You can choose as many videos as you want. In our example we chose 3 videos.
When your selection is completed, return to you playlist directory and select your playlist and edit it:
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Select the code in the field Link: http://www.Youtube.com/view_play_list?p=121D6A1AA7ADE758 The code of the playlist we need is this: 121D6A1AA7ADE758 Then copy this code in this form: http://gdata.Youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/YOUR_YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST_N UMBER http://gdata.Youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/121D6A1AA7ADE758 Second Solution: Embed your channel.
If you don't want to set a lot of playlists and only want to stream your own video upload (Channel) Then copy this code in this form: http://gdata.Youtube.com/feeds/api/users/YOUR_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT_NA ME/uploads http://gdata.Youtube.com/feeds/api/users/bab2on/uploads
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla Third Solution: Embed Specific Tag.
If you don't want to set a lot of playlists and only want to stream dynamic video according to a specific tag Then copy this code in this form: http://www.Youtube.com/rss/tag/YOUR_TAG.rss http://www.Youtube.com/rss/tag/obama.rss Set the Module/Plugin
Now if you use JW Player Module copy this code (according to your playlist number/User account/Tag) in the field "Link of your RSS File"
The result:
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The Best free solution to implement JW Player in Joomla 14. Online Help In addition to this documentation there is also online help accessible. 14.1. Tip Note
Tip note is accessible by pointing with the mouse any field in the backend administration of the module
14.2.
FAQ
FAQ is accessible at this web address: http://www.joomlarulez.com/faq.html Specific How-tos comes from this section. 14.3. Forum
Forum is accessible at this web address: http://www.joomlarulez.com/forum.html A lot of problems have already been solved. Do a search first on the forum.
14.4.
LongTail Documentation
LongTail Documentation is accessible at this web address: http://developer.LongTailvideo.com/trac Our documentation is in most part based on the LongTail documentation.
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Name of script/Flash code JW Player Module JW Player SWF Object

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http://www.joomlarulez.com/download/doc_download/14-jw-playermodule.html Unzip The Package: mod_playerjr_2.8.0_UNZIP_FIRST.zip.

Go to the administration panel of Joomla.

Install the package mod_playerjr_2.8.0.zip through the Joomla Installer

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Go to the administration panel of Joomla.

Install the package mod_playerjr_2.8.0.zip trough the Joomla Installer.

The package allows upgrade without uninstall.

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More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod

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Click on "View Order" button.

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JW Player Module Pathway: /modules/mod_playerjr/player-licensed5.swf /modules/mod_playerjr/script/jwplayer.js

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Example of a branded player:

Example of an unbranded player:

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Here's a list with commonly encountered issues:

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How to use a Youtube Playlist/Channel/Tag in External RSS Link ?

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Wowza Media Server Flash Media Server Red5 server

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Select Module Parameters.

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Playlist Field Select origin of the Playlist

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These flashvars control settings for RTMP streaming. Field Thumbnail

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Automatically start the player on load. Field Bandwidth

Shuffle playback of playlist items. Field Smoothing

Startup volume of the player. Can be 0 to 100. Value is saved in a cookie.

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Field Module Class Suffix

Field Flash Install

Field Joomlarulez Link