JW FLV Media Player - Web Component

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jwdawg77

Posts: 2
Member since: 6/22/2008

JW FLV Media Player - Web Component

Hello, I have a Web Componet Question.

I have succesfully been using the JW FLV Media Player for quite some time. By inserting HTML into the Code section of a page and altering code and utilizing swfobject.js object and the flvplayer.swf in the same directory of the .flv file for playback. I have also been succesful in placing snippets of code into pages from YouTube, Vimeo, Flash Renders, etc ... When I have used the JW FLV player, I have always used it in the middle of the page.

My question is ... I would like to use it (JW FLV) "Justified" to the right of the page i.e. 420 x 236 and have text wrap around this object:
Do I Insert a <Web Component> such as a <Advanced Controls> <Java Applet> or <ActiveX Control> and then edit Parameters of the component?
I tried to do this but was unsuccesful.

I tried to create "Table within a Table" but then I could not get my text to wrap around the "Cell" table within the table. The FLV would play correctly within the cell but I could not get my text to wrap.

Here is an example page of what I am trying to do ... JW FLV Player - Text Wrap?

Here is my code for the JW FLV Player (Working)

<p id="player1" align="center"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">
<font size="2" face="Arial">Get the Flash Player</font></a></p>
<p align="center">
<script type="text/javascript">
var s1 = new SWFObject("flvplayer.swf","single","385","236","6");
s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true");
s1.addVariable("file","marc.flv");
s1.addVariable("image","marcpreview.jpg");
s1.addVariable("width","385");
s1.addVariable("height","236");
s1.write("player1");
</script>

Can somebody help me insert a Applet that I can succesfully configure to play the video in the code above ...
that way I can get my text to wrap around the Applet.

Or ... is there something I am missing? in creating a Table or Cell that would allow me to make a designated cell and wrap the text on the side and bottom.
Basic HTML Code?

- jw

< Message edited by jwdawg77 -- 6/22/2008 4:41:07 PM >

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TexasWebDevelopers

Posts: 7013
Member since: 9/24/2002
From: USA

RE: JW FLV Media Player - Web Component (in reply to jwdawg77)

The javascript delays the writing of the .swf file until the page loads. The name of the file in your example is "player1". Normally, you would write the movie into a <DIV> tag but you are writing it into a paragraph tag....I'm not sure why you would want to do it that way.
This bit is where the movie actually "sits" on the page:
<p id="player1" align="center></p>
The "get flash player" link is "underneath" the movie if the movie loads correctly.
To get the movie to sit to the left you could change the align="center" to align="left" but that wouldn't help with your text wrap.
I would change your <P> tag to a <DIV>:
<DIV id="player1"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a></DIV>
Then use CSS to set the <DIV> with the parameters you want to get your text wrap, like:
<style type="text/css">

</style>

The actual code would sit inside a chunk of text:

texttext text etc. <DIV id="player1"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a></DIV> more texttext text etc.
And will wrap around the movie with a padding of 10 pixels on the top and bottom and right sides of the movie.

The style goes in between the <head> and </head> tags or in a separate style sheet.

< Message edited by TexasWebDevelopers -- 6/26/2008 9:25:52 PM >

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