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Detect if video is watched to the end

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  • Gerald 7 years, 2 months ago

    Hello,

    I found this script to detect if a video is watched to the end by the user: https://gist.github.com/foliovision/2c266598333ecbd1f151
    It was created two years ago. So I wonder if it still can be used. And if it can, where should I put it?
    I tried to insert it on the page where the video is embedded and trigger an alert instead of an Ajax call to check if it works, but it doesn’t.
    Could you please provide some help.

    Kind Regards,
    Robert Fröschl

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  • Eduard 7 years ago
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    Hi Robert,

    Thank you for the suggestion. We are currently using our own solution which is integrated with Google Analytics, where you can monitor the events and take a look at what parts of the video have been played. The video is separated into quartile events and if all of these were recorded, then the user has watched the whole video. It will also give you an idea if a part of the video was skipped. The full explanation of this feature is in the part Video Quartiles of our guide Using Google Analytics with FV Player.

    Thanks,
    Eduard

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by Eduard.
    Gerald 7 years ago

    Hi Eduard,

    thanks for your reply. But should this code/solution still work?
    I need to fire an action on the website after the user has watched the whole video.
    This has nothing to do with Google Analytics.

    Kind regards,
    Robert

    Martin 7 years ago

    Hello Gerald,

    the code you found uses the same principle of the FV Player Google Analytics tracking – you have to watch the entire video to make sure it tracks. So if you just seek to the end of the video it won’t trigger.

    I tested the code to be sure it’s working and found that it uses one of FV Player Pro variables in the Ajax call. I changed that to use what’s available in the free plugin.

    Other than than it works. When testing, make sure you watch the full video, or you click through it carefully to make sure you see each quartile of the video – you can also debug that on this line: https://gist.github.com/foliovision/2c266598333ecbd1f151#file-fv-player-custom-ajax-tracking-js-L38 You should see that all of fv_custom_track_start, fv_custom_track_first quartile, fv_custom_track_second quartile, fv_custom_track_third quartile and fv_custom_track_complete if being triggered.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    Gerald 7 years ago

    Hi Martin,

    unfortunately the code was not working for me at first.
    I then tried around a bit and found out, that when I delete this query: if (typeof _gat != ‘undefined’) { … } it suddenly works. I don’t know what this “_gat” is but it seems to be undefined because the code after was not executed.

    Without the query it works as expected.

    Martin 7 years ago

    Hello Gerald,

    thank you for pointing out the mistake, it’s fixed now. We didn’t notice there is anything wrong as we had Google Analytics on on our website – that’s what _gat is for. I fixed it now.

    Thanks,
    Martin

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