Q. What license is the OS FLV player under?
A. The player uses the GPLv3 license. You can get a copy of this license in the Download section.
Q. Can I add a logo to the player? How can I add a logo to the player?
A. Yes, you can add a logo to the player. The player does not currently have functionality built in to add a logo, however, you could add a logo within the FLA file.
Q. What license agreement is the player under? Where can I find the license agreement? Shouldn’t the license agreement be included in the download package?
A. The player is under the GPLv3 License Agreement. Click here to read the license. Soon, we will be releasing a version that includes the license agreement in the bundle.
Q. Can I use the player commercially?
A. You can use the player for commercial purposes. You may NOT copyright the player, or say you created it.
Q. How could I add a poster image to the player?
A. Open the .fla, import your poster image (jpg or png), open the big_play_button, create a layer under the play button and put the image on that layer. In the future, this may be added into the functionality but for now, thats the easiest way to do it.
Q. How do I change the colors?
A. Open the code generator html page (included in the bundle), choose your colors in the designated fields and use that script code to implement the player on your page. If you need to go back and change the color after you have the code in place, look for the variables bgcolor and fgcolor… simply change the 0xff0000 after each of the variables.
Q. Can the path to my flv be relative?
A. No, the path to your flv must be absolute unless the file is in the same directory as the swf.
Q. Can I use multiple players on a page?
A. Yes, and you can even define a different Post-Image for each using v3.1. |
April 18th, 2009 at 11:17 am
first i love this player so much’ and second i asked a simple question’’sir how can i change the right click options on this player!!!!!!!
April 20th, 2009 at 7:53 am
There is a comment line towards the top of the AS in the first frame that shows you where to change the code. You would have to open the FLA in Flash and alter the code to make changes to right click options.
May 9th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
forget it…found it in the zip file
Maybe that should be made more clear - I thought it was on this site.
May 12th, 2009 at 8:52 am
@steve Thanks for the suggestion, that step has been updated.
July 4th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hi, great stuff.
I’d like to know how can i change the buffer size, it seems to be too small for slow connections.
thanks
July 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
hi!
What kind of file can I player? (only .FLV?? what about .WMV, MOV ???
July 6th, 2009 at 7:33 am
The player will play only .flv files at this point in its production.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:34 am
There is no function for this in the code gen but you could open the FLA file and change some of the settings.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Can the player play transparent video through alpha channel?
August 6th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I don’t understand what you’re requesting, you want the video to be transparent so you can overlay the player?
August 12th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Anyway to not show the menu bar?
August 12th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
No.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Nice job on this. I’m trying to play a movie with width 757 and height 242 but the player is significantly wider than the movie. I’d rather not publish the URL, but if you email me, I’ll provide a link to it.
Thanks in advance for your help.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Very Nice, though I’m not sure how close I am to getting this working, as I’m getting a “Please try again later” message when my video should be loading. Any thoughts as to why that would be happening and if this has to do with a remote host, how often would this be down?
Thanks Much,
-Brian
September 10th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@Brian - If this has to do with a remote host, it would be your remote host so I cannot say how long it would be down for or how often. Check the path to your flv, please make sure it is absolute.
September 15th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Hi, is it possible to have a folder assigned as the video source?
September 15th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
@Alex - No, you would have to specify a path to a specific video. so you could have something like ‘http://yoursite.com/videos/short_films/sally_goes_to_school.flv’ but you could not just specify ‘http://yoursite.com/videos’
October 7th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
how do i change the path to the “player.swf” file?
October 7th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
You pass in a different path when setting up the embed code.
October 21st, 2009 at 4:58 am
Hi, I’ve got the videos working but my Thickbox images appear beneath the Flash video. Altering the z-index and adding wmode transparent params don’t work, would you please advise? Thank you, Joe
October 21st, 2009 at 5:00 am
Forgot to mention, neither does putting the player in a div with a z-index of 0 or 1…
October 21st, 2009 at 7:21 am
Someone else had the same problem and wmode transparent worked for them, but I’m not sure of another solution.
October 30th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Hi, I am using OS FLV Player and I have the same problem as Joe Schmoe. Can any body help me.
And I have another problem: I have two FLV movies and I need for each of them different post images, but I don’t know how to do this. Please help me. Thank you so much.
Storm
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 am
@JoeSchmoe - are you using ‘position:absolute’ on what you are trying to overlay? try setting ‘position:absolute’ and a z-index.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 am
@Storm - are you using ‘position:absolute’ on what you are trying to overlay? try setting ‘position:absolute’ and a z-index. other problem - you would have to go into the Flash file and set a flash var for the post-image. right now it looks for one file only, it is hardcoded in. if you have more than one player, you would have to set up a flash var and then pass each player a different post-image. this will be built into the next release of the player but for right now its a customization you would have to make. let me know if you need any more assistance.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 am
@Storm - Download v3.1 to solve your post-image issue.
It was just released today.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Just wanted to say thanks. I needed to play flash video off my website with play/stop functionality. I stumbled across your player after reading an article at http://hubpages.com/hub/Embed-SWF-FLV-MP4-Flash-Video (which I found on teh google). Word UP!
November 5th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
By the way, I have 4 videos I want to appear on the same page. I unchecked autoload in the code generator so the user isn’t downloading 20mb at once(5mb x 4 videos). However, when the page loads, all the players autoload each video. To try and fix, I added autoload=off to the generated code, but no luck. Any ideas?
November 7th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Thank you so much for taking the time to code this! Is there any way to disable controls and icons? Such as a or ? If not is there any plans on implementing those features?
November 7th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Oops your commenting system doesnt like brackets! =)
The “?” should be “param name=’controls’ value=’false’”
November 30th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Is there a way to set the preview image using the flash or object vars? I just want to set it so that the preview image displayed is from a few seconds into the video. If this isn’t possible is there a way to set it using an image? If so what var name do I need? Thanks in advance.
November 30th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
@ Ian - Not quite sure what you mean by Preview Image. You can set a post-image which is the image that will appear behind the play button if autoplay is off. If you want to set an image that shows at the beginning of your video while it is playing you would need to append that to your video file with some kind of file merging program or video editing software.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I’m getting a blank box when I attempt to set a post-image for a video in IE7 and 8. It works fine in Firefox and Safari. If I remove the postimage it works fine. Any idea what’s going on here?
December 21st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
By blank box I mean there is a box that looks similar to a textarea that has a grayed out scroll bar with the dimensions that I set for the object.
January 9th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
What size does the post image need to be? It only shows up in the top right corner of the video. Should it be the same width height as the player? Any help would be appreciated.
January 11th, 2010 at 8:22 am
Yes it needs to be the exact same size as the height and width of the player you are setting in the embed code.
January 15th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Hi
I give the absolute file path but the player not working. please help me to solve that one.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:35 am
@sudhakar - Could you elaborate on your issue? What is the code you’re using to embed? Is there a link where I can see your player?
January 31st, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I tried setting ‘position:absolute’ and a z-index. but the player still overlays my java stuff like menus and popups… also tried adding wmode and all that good stuff…still no luck… Is there a fix for the overlay problem, I saw joeschmoe had a similar problem above
Thank You
- TOMSfan
February 4th, 2010 at 3:39 am
Hi,
I’m having a problem with the size and reformatting of the post image. I’ve tried having a post image exactly the same size as my player, but it’s displayed streched (streched sideways a good 15-20% - I don’t have the impression it’s streched up/down).
I’ve tried changing the post image size to make it bigger or smaller than the movie, but the result is always the same - it’s streched side ways.
Here’s the temporary link:
http://www.photographe-mariages.net/2galerie.htm
And the post image:
http://www.photographe-mariages.net/images/post.jpg
At a loss as to what to do.
PS: Great software, thanks!
March 17th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I tried to move OSPlayer.swf to a sub dir on the server but this didn’t work. I changed the src attribute of the embed element to include the sub dir. Does the path to the player have to be absolute? Does the path have to be set anywhere else? I tried setting it in the movie parameter too.
March 17th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Make sure you formatted the path correctly. Example: If I have a Flash and an HTML directory in my site… if the html page you’re calling the code from is in the HTML directory and you need to access a flash file… the path from the HTML to the Flash would look like /Flash/OSplayer.swf.
March 17th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I commented out the entire object element from the html page, leaving just the java script and the player still shows and functions. I tried this in Firefox, IE and Chrome. What is the purpose of the object element if the java script takes care of everything? I’m asking because changing the path to the swf in the object made no difference.
March 17th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Ok, so I missed the noscript tag. Is there a way to set the path to the player file when using java script?
March 27th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I know you said we could add a custom logo in the fla file, but I’m a bit lost as to how this works. Could you explain? Great player though!
March 29th, 2010 at 7:20 am
I’m not sure what you’re referring to. There is no custom logo in the new AS3 player files.
March 30th, 2010 at 9:04 am
I want to use the player on a couple different blogs I have - one of them a blogger site. I have the player and video files uploaded to my KreativeKnowledge.com site but even using full path to the player and the .flv file, I am not getting any video.
Is there a way to do this? If so, how?
Thanks,
Matt
March 31st, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Is the player giving you the error message saying the video path is wrong or is it just getting the control bar and a black screen (with no text)?
April 15th, 2010 at 6:24 am
Hello.
I have question: When I put flv into player, before i click play I see first frame of the movie under play button. Can I took other frame?
April 15th, 2010 at 10:11 am
You can pass in a post image that will appear behind the play button until play is clicked and your flv starts.
April 15th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Call this a really silly question, but while I can get the player working when it’s on its own on a page (it defaults to top left), as soon as I add other objects to the page the player aligns center to the page. I can’t get it to move anywhere else. Is there something simple I should be doing (apart from learning more about web design??!)
April 16th, 2010 at 8:31 am
you could try position:absolute;
April 20th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Hi, please have a look at the video on my website. It´s the first time I´m using your player and I don´t know why the video is only showing in the background and is it also possible to remove the replay button? Thank you for your help! Best wishes! Bruni
April 20th, 2010 at 11:28 am
I don’t see any video playing. Can you verify that the path to your video is correct? Is the video file next to the player in your directory?
April 25th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Nice free solution that works just like paid ones! I have had success using this great piece of software in HTML pages, but I would like to ask if there is a rule for using it on self hosted wordpress blogs. Does the file need to be in a specific directory? template directory? Root folder?
I know that the path to the different components can be specified in the script, but what about OSPlayer.swf file? It is not directly mentioned on the script, maybe called by the AC_RunActiveContent.js file? and if so, should it be in the same directory then?
Thank you in advance for your help and thanks again for this great solution.
Richard
April 28th, 2010 at 7:24 am
@Richard - there is actually a Wordpress plugin with the OSFLV Player. Here are 2 plugins:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hana-flv-player/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ilc-flvbox/
April 28th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Thank you very much for the information and for the great software!!!
Best wishes,
Richard
May 12th, 2010 at 1:34 am
Thank you for a handy little player. I have a question, based on feedback from my site: “the video on your site does this weird thing where it says it’s loading and an icon keeps spinning around and around for about the first three minutes of the interview.”
Is it possible to not show the “loading” icon… because the video was playing nicely underneath, even though it was still loading?
Thanks
May 16th, 2010 at 7:05 am
I’m trying to change the background of the player to white. However, I can’t find a bgcolor variable anywhere in the html page that’s generated, nor an option to change it in the code generator html page. I’ve also tried adding this variable manually to embed code in the appropriate places and the player still comes up with a black background.
Is this because the swf player is ignoring the bgcolor parameter, or am I doing something else wrong?
May 19th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Hi, In my web I need to play flv files that are hosted in a remote machine. I access to the files like this: \\172.27.6.57\Videos\movie.flv.
It is possible to play these files? I’m not able to do it… how I must configure the parameters?
Thanks!
Isa
May 27th, 2010 at 3:30 am
Dear OS FLV collaborators,
1st, thank you very much, may your dreams come true.
2nd, I’m no novice, and apologize for reiterating, but I’ve positioned all absolute and ordered all z-index and the video is still on top in IE 7 & 8. With or without a postImage. Please have mercy and advise ASAP.
Humbly and with gratitude, 1000 thanks.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:49 am
Hello, i develop a website, and i put osflv there but have z-index problem (wmode=’opaque’ is not working), here the site : http://www.tirtadiwatu.com/detail.php?m=c3R1ZGlv&i=Ng==&bs=ZW4=#isi
Please help me to fix it. Thank you.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:50 am
PS: If we click the painting picture then the osflv is on the top of facebox.
June 13th, 2010 at 2:46 am
which format that supported by osflv player?
July 19th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Hello,
Does anybody know if the player will handle F4V ? If so, can you give me any pointers about how to make that work? Thanks so much,
Kirk
July 26th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Can this player play mp4 files encoded in h.264. I mean flash supports it so it would make sense that this player does.
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