free package
Fully functional, no restrictions
Easy to install on any website
XML customizable
GPL Licensed
Watermarked :
paid package
NO watermark:
plus a Flash component (AS3) which can be used in Flash projects
Features
- a completely skinnable media player with more than 100 customizable properties
- supports both audio (mp3) and video (flv)
- easy to embed into any website at your custom size without any Flash knowledge
- enable/disable or establish any order for the control buttons (play, pause, volume slider, etc)
- a css customizable list of media items (show/hide the list with a single click on the controls)
- repeat & shuffle control buttons
- enable/disable slide out control buttons
- top/center/bottom positions for the controls and transparency percentage
- watermark & play-pause center buttons
- fonts, colors, sizes and many other properties through style.css file
Design your own skin, slice it, and add it to this player as easy as editing an XML file.
Installation instructions for:
How to install this Video Player on your website
Step 1. SWF embedding
Download the player.zip package and put all the files from this package into the same folder with the HTML file in which you want the component to be embedded.
You should know first of all that the SWF file is the one that actually represents the component, while the other files (settings.xml, media.xml and JPGs in the assets folder) are the assets that the SWF file uses.
A short explanation on how SWFs and XMLs interacts you will find here.
Open your HTML file with a text editor and insert somewhere between the <head> </head> tags the following lines:
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = {};
var params = {};
params.scale = "noscale";
params.salign = "tl";
params.wmode = "transparent";
var attributes = {};
swfobject.embedSWF("player.swf", "PlayerDiv", "600", "360", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
</script>
For a fast and easy publishing, the best thing to do is to have the SWF file, the HTML file which embeds the SWF, the swfobject.js file, and the assets that the SWF uses (XMLs, JPGs folder) in the same folder.
If that is not possible, please read this detailed article on how to specify the paths correctly.
The above code itself isn’t enough to publish the SWF file on your webpage. You just need to add a div somewhere in the body section of your page (between the <body> </body> tags of your HTML file).
So, in a specific location of your HTML body section insert this div:
<div id="PlayerDiv"></div>
Step 2. Customization
You’ll be able to define a maximum size of 1680 in width and 1050 in height in the 3rd and 4th arguments of the swfobject.embedSWF() function above. Usually the same values as for appWidth and appHeight (which you will set below).
Now you will have to define the properties of your Video Player.
You can do that by editing the settings.xml file, or much simpler, set your values on the Live Demo above and press Generate button, then select all (Ctrl+A) and copy-paste over the existing content of settings.xml file.
In addition to these customizable variables on the Live Demo you have some 50 more properties you can customize in the style.css file, regarding fonts, colors, sizes of the list, subtitle and info section.
If you intend to have multiple Video Players on the same page, for the same player.swf file you’ll need to have different settings.
If you want to design your own skin all you have to do to integrate it into this player is to slice the design so for each button you will have a different image (JPG, GIF, etc). Then in the skin.xml file, for each control (button) you will be able to define three states for each button (out, over, press).
All is left to do is to put your own video or audio clips (media items), add the details like thumb image, description title, description text, watermark, subtitle, start image. All these through the media.xml file. In the media.xml file from the downloaded package you will see how these details are specified so you could change them with your own custom details. You can delete a detail if you don't want to have it (like subtitle tag, or watermark)
You can have as many media clips as you like. To add a new clip add a new item tag in the XML file.
Here’s how an XML entry (corresponding to an image) should look:
<item>
<url value="video/sample.flv"/>
<watermark value="assets/watermark/sample.png"/>
<startImage value="assets/startimage/sample.gif"/>
<subtitleURL value="assets/subtitles/sub.xml"/>
<infoThumb value="assets/infothumb/sample.gif"/>
<infoTitle><![CDATA[<infoTitle>Sample Title</infoTitle>]]></infoTitle>
<infoDesc><![CDATA[<infoDesc>Sample description</infoDesc>]]></infoDesc>
</item>
If you’ll want to use the Video Player in Flash projects (FLA files), the Video Player FX is available as a Flash component (MXP file) in the paid package
Instructions on how to use the Video Player component in Flash you will find here.
Make sure your Wordpress version is greater than 2.8 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.
1. There are two files to download:
a. WordPress Plugin that you have to install and activate
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your wp-content folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called video-player-fx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different than the one above, go to Video Player FX from the Settings tab from your WordPress Dashboard and update the path accordingly
4. Add [video-player-fx][/video-player-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page.
5. If you want to make the Video Player FX part of your theme, edit the template files and add <?php videoplayerfx_echo_embed_code(); ?> where you want it to show up
6. Customize your Video Player FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite wp-content/flashxml/video-player-fx/settings.xml
7. To use your own videos, upload them to wp-content/flashxml/video-player-fx/video and update the wp-content/flashxml/video-player-fx/media.xml file accordingly
Additional settings file
To embed the Video Player FX more than once, you will need another settings file and (probably) another set of videos. Let's assume your new file is called settings2.xml. Add [video-player-fx settings="settings2.xml"][/video-player-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the videoplayerfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php videoplayerfx_echo_embed_code("settings2.xml"); ?>).
No Flash support text
To support visitors without Adobe Flash Player, you can provide alternative content by adding the text between [video-player-fx] and [/video-player-fx]. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the text as the second argument of the videoplayerfx_echo_embed_code() function call (for example <?php videoplayerfx_echo_embed_code("","Alternative content"); ?>).
If you have PHP4
To make it work with PHP4, add [video-player-fx width="600" height="300"][/video-player-fx] where you want the Flash to show up in your post/page. If you made the Flash part of your theme, add the width and height as the third and fourth argument of the videoplayerfx_echo_embed_code() function call. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 600 and 300 are just examples.
Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label
To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package. Once you'll do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the wp-content/flashxml/video-player-fx/ folder.
Make sure your Joomla version is 1.5 and your hosting provider is using PHP5.
Joomla Module Instructions:
1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):
a. Joomla Module that you have to install and enable
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called videoplayerfx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different than the one above, update the Path from module's parameters accordingly
4. Customize your Video Player FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/videoplayerfx/settings.xml
Joomla Plugin Instructions:
1. There are two files to download (both under GPL License):
a. Joomla Plugin that you have to install and enable
b. Free package
2. Create a new folder inside your Joomla folder called flashxml, inside this folder create a new one called videoplayerfx and copy the content of the free package there
3. If you copied the free package to a location different from the one above, update the Path from module's parameters accordingly
4. Add {videoplayerfx}{/videoplayerfx} where you want the Flash to show up in your article
5. Customize your Video Player FX using the Live Demo from the top of this page. Generate the settings.xml text and use it to overwrite flashxml/videoplayerfx/settings.xml
6. The default name for the settings file is settings.xml, but if you want to use another file (for example settings2.xml), specify the name like this: {videoplayerfx settings="settings2.xml"}{/videoplayerfx} where you want the component to show up in your article
7. In some cases the width and height will not be read from the settings.xml file but you can specify them like this: {videoplayerfx width="400" height="300"}{/videoplayerfx}. Don't forget to provide your own width and height values, since 400 and 300 are just examples.
Getting rid of the FlashXML.net label
To remove the FlashXML.net label from the top-left corner you'll need to buy the paid package.
Once you will do that, simply use the SWF file from the paid package to overwrite the SWF file from the flashxml/videoplayerfx/ folder.
Below you will see instructions on how to install and use the Video Player Component in Flash (available for Flash CS3, CS4, and Flash Player 9 or later).
For basic instructions on how to integrate the Video Player’s SWF file into HTML/PHP, click here.
You can watch an installation video tutorial of a very similar component in Flash (3D Carousel Menu FX) by clicking here.
In this video you will see:
- how to create an instance of the component on the stage: from the Components panel (Ctrl+F7) drag & drop the component on the stage
- how to give a name to that instance for further use in ActionScript: click on the component instance on the stage and from the Properties panel (Ctrl+F3) enter a name in the text input
- how to access the properties of the component (read or modify) during different moments of your Flash application
Any property of the Component could be accessed that way. The names of the properties are identical with the ones from the settings.xml file.
The properties of the component can be of any of the three types: Number, String, Boolean. We assume it’s intuitive of which type each property is.
Warning! Setting the parameters of the component in the Component Inspector window (Shift+F7) and in the same time having a settings.xml file populated with different values for each property, the properties from the settings.xml file will have priority (meaning that a parameter set in the Component Inspector will be ignored if that parameter is also defined in the XML file)
For now, this component doesn't dispatch events, but stay tuned for an update.
Do you have a question?
you will get an answer in 24 hours, tops.
Alain
Posted 2 Months AgoDear support,
the player is behaving weirdly in firefox browser unlike ie. It is very slow, sometimes when putting cursoe over menu it doesent move and when cliking on a vid it doesent directly paly.
whats wrong? can we fix it?
Hi,
Make sure you’re using the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for Firefox. Also, please send us the link to your website and we will check it.
Alain
Posted 2 Months AgoDear support,
i currently have the free version, the label flashxml.net is appearing. however is it possible to remove its hyperlink, not the label itself ?
thx
Hello,
That feature is not available for the free version, only the commercial one.
Anton Petrov
Posted 2 Months AgoHi, I’d like to ask, how can plear through this to reproduce and avi divx formats.
Thank you in advance.
Excuse me for bad English.
Hi,
This player does not support avi files. It only supports format accepted by the Adobe Flash Player like flv and mov.
Alain
Posted 2 Months AgoDear Support,
I noticed something wrong with the fxplayer. If i enter fullscreen mode and i exit it using the buttom of the menu all is gd, however if i exited full screen mode by pressing escape the player is corrupted, the menu disappear…..and so on….. what’s wrong? how can we fix it?
Hi,
This is a Flash Player issue. When you press the ESC key in a browser the SWF doesn’t catches the event. If you open the SWF and press ESC you’ll see that it will work.
donell
Posted 2 Months Agoit’s written right there in plain english for me – but im not sure how to add the file name as the first argument:
>From the PHP files of your theme, add the file name as the first argument of the >videoplayerfx_embed_code() function call.
the video player on the home page is pulling from the settings.xml file that i created for the media page:
http://urbanmedia.griotmedia.com
http://urbanmedia.griotmedia.com/?page_id=9
how do i change the .xml file that the video on the home page pulls it’s parameters from?
Hi,
Could you please send me the archive that you downloaded from us to support at flashxml.net?
We’ll implement the feature to change the settings.xml file.
Alain
Posted 2 Months Agodear support,
i wld like to place it on the center of the page under my horizental menu… tell me what properties i need to modify so that i try all the possible values to achieve my desire.
thx
Hi,
You don’t have to modify the settings of our component for this. You have to modify the HTML code of your page. Please give us the link to the page you want to place this component and we’ll suggest you a solution.
Alain
Posted 2 Months AgoDear support,
I noticed i am not able to control the location of the palyer on my page along the x and y axis. i am using a cascading style sheet that refer to the division of the palyer. for ex #player
{
padding-left:20px;
.....
}
it is not moving at all BUT other components like image scroller did work that way? what is the problem? is it in setting.xml and which criterias?
Hi,
Where would you like to place the Video Player FX on your page? There are many ways to place it where would you like.
Alain
Posted 2 Months Agohi suuport, not the same component 2 times on my page but the player and image scroller and both have settings.xml !!!!
Hi,
You could change the name of the settings.xml file of the image scroller. Please read this.
Alain
Posted 2 Months AgoHi, i have 2 comps from here into my website, and actually at same page, the prob is that for the 2 components there is the same name settings.xml, i modified it to settings1.xml to make this player works however it isnt, thepalyer is appearing coloredwith no vids. i am 100% sure the prob is becz of settings1.xml, i copied its contents to settings.xml and the player worked!!
however i cant dot hat,i spent a whole day looking in all the files of the playeer to find settings.xml to modify it to seettings1.xml but cld find nothing!!!
Support save me plz.!
Hi,
The possibility to change the name of the settings.xml it’s not implemented. To use the same component two times on the same page you have to place the video player in different folders and use this tutorial to embed the video player from different locations.
Jeromy
Posted 2 Months AgoHi, Is there a way to make the index.html view larger without clicking fullscree? I was looking in the settings.xml and the skin.xml to enlarge the parameters but couldn’t find anything.
Saw comments that addressed issues with fullscreen but I’d just like to make the initial box view larger on the page is possible.
Thanks so much for all the great work!
Hi,
You have to increase the values of appWidth and appHeight attributes from your settings.xml file. Also, you have to change the width and height in the embedding code of the SWF file from your index.html file like this:
swfobject.embedSWF(“player.swf”, “PlayerDiv”, “600”, “360”, “9.0.0”, false, flashvars, params, attributes);