Is it possible to put JW Player alongside a video gallery? - html

Ok, I have on my joomla site a videogallery (Name: Apptha contus hd video share). The problem of this video gallery is that is not html5. So the videos of the gallery can not be played by mobile device. So I want to add a button at the bottom (available only for mobile device ) of the player that open the JW Player that must contain the same video information (Thumb url, Video url) of the player above him.
I know how to script the button, but my problem is how to change the JW Player code to get video and thumb information from the database. Any tips?

By default mobile devices does not support flash players and supports only HTML5 player. If you have flash player in your mobile, then it is possible to play the videos. Also HTML5 players does not support except .mp4 with H264 (HD) format videos. We can play embed videos like YouTube, Vimeo etc., So to replace the video share player with JW player, you need to customize the code. You need to replace the code with JW Player embed code in default_player.php in components/com_contushdvideoshare/views/player/tmpl/ path. You can find $this->htmlVideoDetails variable in that file. this will return the current video detail from database. You can pass the required detail from this array variable to JW Player embed code. Also make sure to place the HTML5 player code. So that it will work in mobile device too.

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Flash video working on one of two sites in Chrome

I am developing a pair of websites (podyplomie.pl and magwet.pl).
On both of them we have added a video player (JWPlayer).
I am almost sure flash player on both of them was working in the beginnig but now I can play the video (in flash) only on one of the sites (podyplomie.pl).
The other site is missing flash player in the list of navigator.plugins. Both sites are very similar so it's quite strange that one of them 'contains' the flash player and the second doesn't.
Has anyone got an idea what is wrong ?
The video urls are eg:
Video on magwet.pl
Video on podyplomie.pl
You don't have any Flash video (.FLV). Your videos are in .MP4 format. Chrome browser can play MP4 with it's own decoding engine (no need for plugins like Flash). JW Player is seeing MP4 given as video source so it talks to browser not plugin...
PS: To force Flash plugin usage then provide an .flv file or rtmp:// link.

How is this Flash video playable on mobile devices [using JWPlayer]?

I'm trying to make my anime-streaming website FLV videos playable on mobile device, so I changed the technology I'm using from flash to HTML5 MP4, webM and OGG.
But while I'm surfing this site - which is using jwPlayer - from my Android device:
Here
I found that the video is working well although it is using FLV?
Can anyone explain how this could happen?
It is a feature of JWplayer. It will detect when Flash is not supported and switch to HTML5.
This is from their website:
JW Player is tested on the world’s most popular desktop browsers to
ensure the best playback experience for your viewers. From IE8 to the
latest version of Chrome, on Windows and OS X we ensure that any user
can watch your content. JW Player always selects the best playback
mode for your media behind the scenes.
http://www.jwplayer.com/products/jwplayer/html5-and-flash/
I found that the video is working well although it is using FLV ?!
Please, can anyone explain how could this happen ?
Are you saying FLV because it is Flash? Did you know Flash itself can play MP4 files anyway? Looking at the source code I see MP4 video files provided so I think they are just using Flash Player app to play MP4 files where plugin is available or else then using HTML5 for mobile etc.
Test by disabling Flash Plugin in mobile browser settings, you should now see an HTML5 player instead for handling exact same file that Flash app was playing.
So to answer : How is this Flash video playable on mobile devices [using JWPlayer]?
You have a mobile with Flash Plugin installed and you visited a page that had a video player app made with Flash to play some MP4 files. Your mobile is flash capable so it worked and you watched some MP4 file using a Flash decoder instead of an HTML5 decoder.

Any Trick to Play HTML5 Video Player + MP4 Video in every browser?

I am building Self Hosted Video tutorial website.
I want to use HTML5 Player But with just one single Video format (mp4). But problem is that in some browsers like opera MP4 format is not supported.
I know for this i have to add multiple formats in html5 video player but having multiple versions (formats) of the same video will occupy multiple times of space in hosting.
Please give Suggestions.
There is no support for html5 before IE 9.i think you should use Video.Js.The Video.js API allows you to control the video through javascript or trigger event listeners, whether the video is playing through HTML5, flash, or another playback technology.
you can download it from here.
http://www.videojs.com/
read the documentation here.
https://github.com/videojs/video.js/blob/v4.2.2/docs/index.md

Optimizing video playback in AIR for iOS

Developing an AIR for iOS app that involves video playback. Are there any best practices for optimizing video content for use in AIR applications?
Best route for video through AIR on iOS is to use an h.264 encoded video. These will be hardware accelerated and be better on battery than FLV (the other usual type for Flash).
The problem, of course, is that most h.264 videos cannot be played back using standard Flash video players on iOS. To get around that, you'll want to try one of two things:
Use StageWebView. This will open the video in the standard iOS video player, which is purpose-built to play h.264 videos. The downside here is you have absolutely no control over the video other than unloading the StageWebView. You also have no control over the GUI and the video will display over the entire application and can be difficult to position in Flex.
Use StageVideo which will allow for hardware accelerated h.264 videos and use the built in video playback mechanisms. It works fantastically, you have full control over your video, and it is just the video, so you can skin it as you see fit. The only downside is this displays the exact opposite of StageWebView and displays under your app. You will have to create a mask to see the video.
It's unfortunate that the two best options for playing video on iOS do not reside in the Display List, but that is what we have to deal with.
Hopefully that helps.
You can use component FPVideoPlayer from ane library FPNativeUI, which displays video over display list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5IdHnms2Dc. http://flashpress.ru/blog/ane/native-ui/?lang=en

Load videos (not from youtube) into chromeless player (can it be done ??)

From what I understand the chromeless player..
http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/chromeless_player_reference.html
can be loaded as an external swf and can play youtube videos
using commands like:cueVideoById, or cueVideoByUrl
Both commands apply to youtube videos, but is there a way to have the player load a video let's say hosted on your server ?
No, that's not possible using the YouTube chromeless player. I'm sure that there are other Flash options out there if you search around a bit, though. You could also use the HTML5 tag, assuming your users are running a compatible browser.