OS FLV

The Open Source FLV Player now has a mambot! The current mambot is written for Joomla 1.0 - this can be considered an alpha release, but if your comfortable with Joomla, go ahead and test it out. It does not work with Joomla 1.5 - not even in Legacy mode.

I am working on a video tutorial. Until then, here is how you set it up.

1) Download.

2) Install the Mambot. (Go to Installers > Mambots. Hit browse, find the zip file, click Upload File and Install, hit Continue…)

3) Publish the Mambot. (Go to Mambots > Site Mambots, find FLV Tag, click Published)

4) Add the code to include the javascript file:

<?php require_once("$mosConfig_absolute_path/mambots/content/flash/flash.php"); flvheader("$mosConfig_live_site/mambots/content"); ?>

You can add it into the head section of your template, or, for a more lasting approach, open up includes/frontend.php, find the line: function mosShowHead() {, and below it add the line:

require_once("$mosConfig_absolute_path/mambots/content/flash/flash.php"); flvheader("$mosConfig_live_site/mambots/content");

5) Put it last. (Click FLV Tag, go to Mambot Order, choose last. This screen also lets you change a few default options. Save when done.)

6) Start adding video! You can insert video by adding {video src=”video.flv”} The video tab supports all of the attributes of the regular player. You can get the complete list here.