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Flash Video Player¶
| Author: | Kasper Skårhøj |
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| Created: | 2002-11-01T00:32:00 |
| Changed: | 2005-07-19T21:56:50 |
| Author: | Jean-David Gadina / macmade.net |
| Email: | macmade@gadlab.net |
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Flash Video Player¶
Extension Key: flvplayer
Copyright 2000-2002, Jean-David Gadina / macmade.net, <macmade@gadlab.net>
This document is published under the Open Content License
available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml
The content of this document is related to TYPO3
- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.com
Table of Contents¶
Flash Video Player 1
Introduction 1
What does it do? 1
About the player / Licensing 1
Screenshots 2
Users manual 2
Installation 2
Placing the plugin on a page 2
Administration 3
Configuration 4
Reference 4
Known problems 4
To-Do list 4
Changelog 4
Introduction¶
What does it do?¶
This Flash Video (FLV) Player allows you to show your videos more controlled and to a broader audience as with Quicktime, Windows Media or Real Media.
About the player / Licensing¶
This extension is an integration of an existing standalone FLV player, developed by Jeroen Wijering – www.jeroenwijering.com . Thanx a lot to him for his great work.
The original files (including the Flash source file) can be downloaded on the following URL:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash+Video+Player
Note that a creative commons license (exact terms: `http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/>`_ ) is applied to this software. Please contact his author before using it for commercial purposes.
Users manual¶
Installation¶
The installation of this extension is very simple. Just connect to the Typo3 Extension Repository and download «Flash Video Player» (flvplayer), located in the frontend plugin section. Note that you will also need to download the «Developer API» extension (api_macmade), as it will be needed by the plugin.
Placing the plugin on a page¶
On a page, create a new content element anc choose «FLV Player» from the list.
You'll now be able to configure the instance of the plugin through Typo3 flexforms. On the first tab, just add the FLV file you want to display in the player.
The second tab contains some options relative to the player. Please refer to the configuration section of this manual for more informations about those options.
Finally, on the third tab, you can configure settings related to the Flash plugin. Here again, refer to the configuration section of this manual for more informations about those settings.
Administration¶
The whole configuration of the plugin is available through the constant editor. Please see the configuration section for more details.
Configuration¶
Reference¶
Here's the complete reference of the TypoScript options for the plugin. Remember that you can set each one through the constant editor.
width¶
Property
width
Data type
int+
Description
Control the width of the player.
Default
600
height¶
Property
height
Data type
int+
Description
Control the height of the player.
Default
450
flvplayer¶
Property
flvplayer
Data type
string
Description
The SWF file containing the FLV player.
Default
EXT:flvplayer/pi1/flvplayer.swf
version¶
Property
version
Data type
int+
Description
The version of the Flash plugin required to view the player.
Default
6
swfParams.loop¶
Property
swfParams.loop
Data type
string
Description
Loop the Flash animation (Flash object parameter).
Default
false
swfParams.quality¶
Property
swfParams.quality
Data type
string
Description
The quality of the Flash animation (Flash object parameter).
Default
best
swfParams.scale¶
Property
swfParams.scale
Data type
string
Description
The scale of the Flash animation (Flash object parameter).
Default
noscale
swfParams.bgcolor¶
Property
swfParams.bgcolor
Data type
color
Description
The background color of the Flash animation.
Default
#FFFFFF
swfParams.swliveconnect¶
Property
swfParams.swliveconnect
Data type
string
Description
Enable the use of LiveConnect (Flash object parameter).
Default
false
playerParams.autoStart¶
Property
playerParams.autoStart
Data type
boolean
Description
Automatically start playing songs when the player is loaded.
Default
1
playerParams.fullScreen¶
Property
playerParams.fullScreen
Data type
boolean
Description
Allow fullscreen play.
Default
1
[tsref:plugin.tx_flvplayer_pi1.]
Known problems¶
None at the time. Just contact me if you find some.
To-Do list¶
Please contact me if you have any suggestion about this extension.
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