If you were having issues with the new post-image functionaliy, please re-download v3.1. It has been updated with a bug fix as of 9:45am today.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Today, v3.1 of the player has been released with a much-awaited update to the Post-Image functionality. The Post-Image is now passed in as a Flash var.

You will see several minor changes in the download package:
+ addition of an Instructions.txt file
+ CodeGenerator.html which is used to generate your embed code

To set your Post-Image path, just open the CodeGenerator and enter your image URL into the Post-Image URL field. This URL can be absolute (ex: http://www.mywebsite.com/images/myimage.jpg) or relative to the player.swf file (ex: myimage.jpg).

I also improved the way the player loads the image so that you don’t see the resizing if it has to adjust the image.

The Post-Image as a Flash var solves the problem of having multiple players with different Post-Images on the same page. Thank you for your patience in waiting for this improvement.

Click Here for OSFLV Player v3.1!

Grant has been nice enough to share this C# player implementation code with everyone on the board. Click here to check it out.

As always, thanks for your on-going support.

As the new school year begins, we hope to see the OS FLV Player on more student-driven websites.

Currently, McNeese State University and Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School are using the player on their sites. Thanks for your support!

OS FLV has gotten over the 3,000 mark for downloads from www.SoftSpecialist.com. In May, we were right around the 2,000 mark. We hope to see even more growth of these numbers as we continue to improve and maintain the player.

As always, thanks for your support.

The FAQ Section has been updated. Post any other questions you need answered about the player.

I have been hearing about many issues where the player is loading but showing an error. When troubleshooting, the first thing you should check is the path to the flv. The flash var ‘movie’ does not like relative paths, your path must be absolute in order for the player to load and run the clip.

Example of Relative Path: ../../videos/mario.flv
Example of Absolute Path: http://www.website.com/videos/mario.flv

The OS FLV Player makes it possible for you to add video to your site for free. Online video is a valuable asset for any site.

What are you waiting for? Get started today.

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The Downloads page has been updated with a new release of v3.0 to fix the issue with the blank white progress bar going out of alignment while a clip was loading.

Another issue being looked at: When you try to load a 100mb+ file into the player, if you seek to the white bar (where video has not been loaded yet) it will break the player. I’ve got the fix to a point where Firefox handles this issue but for some reason it still breaks in IE. Hopefully this issue will also be resolved soon.

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