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Is there a way to start playing a specic video in playlist

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  • meir kalmis 2 years, 9 months ago

    i am looking for a way to define in a playlist a default video to be played first – differently to the 1 video in list.
    this should be something like “first-video-to-play=”video_id””

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Martin.
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  • Mária Stašová 3 years ago
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    Hello Meir,

    Thank you for reaching out to us!

    There is currently no such shortcode parameter.

    The order of videos in the playlists follows the order in which they are written in the shortcode. Is this not a viable solution for you? What is your reasoning for requesting this feature?

    I will notify our programmers about your request, but I do have some bad news for you. If they’d like to go ahead with it, it would definitely be done as a custom development, as not many, if any, of our users would be interested in this feature. Especially as most use the visual editor.

    Thanks,
    Maria

    Martin 3 years ago

    Hello Meir,

    please try to add playlist_start="2" into your shortcode and let us know if it works for your purpose.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    YES it WORKS
    AMAZING
    thanks!

    why this shortcode do not appear in shorcodes list?

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    after using with success the “playlist_start” parameter, i realize now that the splash (playlist preview image) is still took from the first video image.
    is there a way to make the playlist preview image to be according to “playlist_start” parameter?

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    it should be a parameter like playlist_splash that overrides the first video splash …

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    please, waiting for a response

    Martin 3 years ago

    Hello Meir,

    I think it should just pick the right splash image based on playlist_start="2" argument, we will look into it.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    bsd

    ok, waiting for the fix.

    Martin 3 years ago

    Hello Meir,

    the splash screens actually already respect the playlist_start argument of the shortcode.

    Are you perhaps using the legacy shortcode style?

    [fvplayer src="..." playlist="...;...;..."]

    If so, please let us know what’s the reason for it?

    Otherwise there must be some other cause.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    yes, i am using legacy fvplayer, because i create a dynamic playlist shortcode by php from my episodes playlist metafields database (thousands of videos)

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    something new?

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    please , waiting for answer when the issue should be solved

    Martin 3 years ago

    Hello Meir,

    Could you please reinstall FV Player from this link? https://github.com/foliovision/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/archive/refs/heads/5228070264-playlist-start-splash.zip To do that you will have to first deactivate and delete the current FV Player plugin you are using. WordPress will warn you that you might loose settings and data, but it’s not the case with our plugin, no settings now videos will be lost. Or you can just replace the plugin files via FTP.

    Then it should work for you. Please let us know and we can make it part of the next FV Player release.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    meir kalmis 3 years ago

    YES!
    seems to work perfectly
    thanks a lot!!!!!

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