Hi Jonas,

yes I agree that it would be best if you have only one lightbox of your choice, but you have to realize that it would require to make all these plugins to cooparate.

Our plugin generates the video into the content, so it is not that straightfoward as placing just an image into the post, and therefore it needs adjustments for the video to display in order in the lightbox.

Going forward with your idea would mean that we should include support for every lighbox plugin, which would not be possible. Having said this, we are not planning to include this functionality in the near future.

Zdenka

Hi KS,

I have checked the demo site again, in different browsers and I can see the video playing without any issues.

This looks like a problem with your own computer, rather then with the site, as I can see it correctly.

I have one more idea, since Flowplayer is Flash based player, also you’re using .flv file, you might need to update your flash, if you have one which is very much out of date, then might cause troubles. Maybe try using some other computer, or last thing maybe try to recode the video into another format, say for example mp4.

Zdenka

Hi Riaz,

I’m sorry, but we do not have an option or shortcode for hiding play again button, nor this can be hidden via css.

The opacity:0 might work for you, if official Flowplayer documentation says so. But you would have to edit the /models/flowplayer-frontend.php file manually to achieve this.

Zdenka

Hi KS,

when I go to the page you’ve posted I can see the video playing well. Not sure what was the problem, maybe there’s was something temporary with your hosting.

Zdenka

Hi Dennis,

yes there is definitely something wrong with your wordpress install. The placeholder that gets inserted there is not even the final Flowplayer shortcode, if I understand your description correctly, you don’t even see the popup where you write down the video path.

Are you using maybe some other editor for editing posts? If you do not use the default wp editor, you might have troubles inserting generated shortcodes properly. You can try switching to the default editor for a while, or you can try our editor Foliopress WYSIWYG.

Last thing you can try: What happens if you type in the shortcode manually? Just try to type the simplest version [flowplayer src='http://yourdomain.net/pathto/your/video.mp4'] of course replace the path with your real one please.

If you save the page and load it, does the video play?

Zdenka

Hi Etha,

our plugin automatically turns into the html5 player when the mobile device is detected.

The bunny video from longtail should play well. I have just tested this on our test site with the latest version of the plugin and the default wp theme. You can maybe check this page on your mobile device too. If this plays for you then you have some bug on your page, which prevents the video to play. If this video does not play on your device, then I would like to ask you if you can write us exact version of Iphone you’re using or even better the user agent of your mobile browser.
Thanks,
Zdenka

Hi Etha,

I am not sure what are you asking. The video on the link you have sent plays just fine. Please try to be more specific.

Maybe one advice I can guess at this moment, is that you need to have flashplayer installed – Flowplayer is based on Flash. It won’t play unless you have flash installed.

Zdenka

Hi Sito,

this depends on the browsers behavior. We are opening a new window in all browsers, but it Chrome does not allow this, and it opens everything as popup.

Zdenka

Hi hyperhead,

I have one general advice for you. Are you using relative paths to videos? If yes, then this might cause troubles. Please try to use full urls for videos (http://…).

Otherwise, it would really help me if I can see the site. Also I do not entirely understand what you mean by ‘generate a workable key’ – which key do you mean?

Lastly which version of our plugin you have installed?
Thanks,
Zdenka

Hi Jim,

ok so the line what you are looking for is line 852 in style.css where is the the max-width: 97.5%;

This makes all images in posts, comments and widgets shorter then they are.

Zdenka

Hello,

we will check this problem of flowplayer wpmu and I will be back when I find something out.

Zdenka

Hi Jim,

there is certainly some conflict with your own css. Please check your styles for img tag (most probable cause), or check other styles that might affect the image.

Zdenka

Hi Kiyani,

there might be some javascript conflict maybe, it’s hard to say without seeing. Or maybe you have the folder where is the video stored protected? .. When I try to access the video directly I can’t.

Last point, but that cannot be the cause, we don’t have alt attribute in our shortcode.

Zdenka

Hello Jeannine,

there must have been some change on the server which prevents the videos to be played, maybe they have stared to compress the media files.

The problems reported so far, which were related to hosting, were always streaming problems caused by the servers themselves, which cannot be solved by us. Nor we are relying on any server paths, we’re using only paths to videos, which I guess haven’t changed.

Does this problem you’re having appear in all browsers or only in particular ones? I am asking because just recently another user reported that the media files could not be played in Chrome, and he found there was an issue with compression of his filed on the server, he found a solution, check out the post from Beninsky in this thread.

All in all we are not using any special server depended technology, Flowplayer uses flash, so this needs to be there, but other then that it’s just javascript, php and html.

Zdenka

Hi Lisa,

we are planning a brand new release of testimonials plugin, as well as their pro version. It will come out in May.
The new version will have shortcodes that can be used within normal text widgets.
Thanks for this suggestion to create a dedicated widget, we will certainly consider this in this or in one of the next releases!
Guide to templates is here, and at the very end of the article there’s an example of simple template, which you can start with.

Thank you,
Zdenka

Hi Janek,

we haven’t changed the flowplayer code for a while now, and the core player remains the same for several months, so there is no reason Flowplayer to suddenly start behaving oddly.

It might happen that some videos were wrongly captured, or there has been an error already before you encoded it. Also you should keep in mind, that some codecs might be updated even if you do not update them intentionally. Sometimes it’s enough that you just install a new video player, or another video processing tool, which would install newer codecs without you even noticing.

Zdenka

Hi Alberto,

check your css, you have a conflict there. You have max-width set for all images on your site, which makes also the splash image shorter (style.css, line 852: max-width: 97.5%;)

The splash at the end is correct because it is set by javascript.

Zdenka

Hello Alberto,

if you are a Mac user, you can try following guide:
http://foliovision.com/2010/12/07/convert-videos-for-ipad-on-mac

Otherwise I would suggest to you the h264 codec, and maybe alter the properties, be sure to not use some strange video resolution, also alter/remove streaming options, and try other features your video encoding application supports.

For us, the above link on how to encode always worked on mac, which is if you have quicktime pro the easiest solution. On Windows it’s more complicated as you have probably installed some custom application for video encoding so we can really help here. We’ve been successfully using also the online service http://www.encoding.com/, but this is not entirely free.

Zdenka

Hello Cyranoz,

this is a very specific problem and it cannot be generally solved within out plugin, so I am sorry we cannot help here. But maybe you’ll me lucky and as you write somebody else having the same problem might help you.

Zdenka

Hi Tim,

the above question is about something different, but answer to your question is no as well.

We will try add support for this in next couple of weeks.

Zdenka

Hello ash,

if you are referring to the above link, then the source code of the page says the original link is still present.

If this is some other website/page then I can’t help you without seeing it. There might be different reasons why the video does not show up, maybe a conflict with some other plugin, or even conflict with css.

Zdenka

Hi Archie,

Did you set up correctly the Settings for Link robot, especially the ‘Directory slug name’? You also need to update permalink structure after changing this (WP Settings > Permalinks > Save changes)

Zdenka

Hi Phil,

we have never experienced such problem, and from this description it seems like there is something at the end, which, maybe the players on your computer are able to filter out. Please try to use another codec, to see it the additional minutes go away.

Zdenka

Hello cacf,

yes, FV WordPress Flowplayer is compatible with latest wp.

The play button is positioned at two places. The centering is located in the floawplayer css file, right at the beginning of the file in the .flowplayer_container class.

The vertical alignment is done in the /models/flowplayer-frontend.php (line 75, starting with $splash = …). To modify the vertical position modify top: round($height/2-45) to your custom value.

Please be very careful is you decide to change the php file. Any mistake would cause the plugin to stop working properly. Watch out especially for syntax mistakes.

Zdenka

Hi Chris,

I hope it will work also for your WpeMatico. We have tested this only for default wp feed, we haven’t been testing other feed generators.

Zdenka

Hello,

thanks for reporting this problem, we will look into this and we’ll let you know.
The Flowplayer shortcodes should not be inserted into feeds because they cannot be interpreted there properly.

Zdenka

Hello Roger,

it seems you have removed the link directory from your site, the link you posted does not work anymore.
I have also just checked the link robot in wp3.3.1, I haven’t experienced any issues. You might want to try to refresh your permalinks, just go to Settings > permalinks and click Save changes.

The other links to edit or trash should be working as well. They use ajax calls, so if you have some javascript errors on your page, they may misbehave.

Zdenka

Hi Sean,

well yes, it could be also your provider, but to be more detailed, we have tested the video you are using, we have used the same url for it as you did, and it played well also in chrome. So the video can be played from your server.

It really seems like some issue with your site/theme/other plugins, as we are always testing our plugin in different browsers, to be sure it does work. Also you are the only one having this problem.

Zdenka

Hello Sean,

we have tested the plugin in Chrome and it had played well. It seems to me you have some javascript errors on your page which might be preventing the Flowplayer javascript to execute properly. Please check your site for these errors first, as this is not something we can solve with our plugin.

Zdenka

Hello Dave,

which WordPress version you are using? I have just tested this in 3.3.1 and no issues were found.

Edit, Trash and Check links are controlled via javascript. If you have some javascript bug on your page – can be caused by other plugin – it might prevent these links from working properly.

Zdenka

Hi Dave,

well, it sounds a bit promising, not sure if it would apply on both those buttons, but it is definitely worth a try. We haven’t been experimenting with this, as these are very specific features you like to achieve.

If you feel like trying, then try adding for example
play: {
opacity: 0
}

and it should go in the same file you edited the gradient before, you will have to try the proper location, I would suggest either at the same level as is audio, or the same level as controls and clip are.
Watch for commas again, if the video doesn’t play at all you have syntax error there.

Looking forward what you find out.

Zdenka

Hi Dave,

the whole problem is that the image is not accessible, otherwise it would be very easy to replace it with let’s say 1px transparent gif. The play again button is already inside the flowplayer object, it’s compiled into the flash. That’s why we don’t have access to it.

Zdenka

Hi Dave,

the version 1.0.6 (and previous) was unbranded, but then we had to bring the branding back due to licensing issues. However, this affected mostly the full screen playback, and not the normal embedded video.

We haven’t tried transparent video with v1.0.6, but I think the problem here is with the transparency. It wouldn’t probably help if you use the previous version –
the logo is hidden in the last layer of the Flowplayer object, so when the normal video is played, it is not visible. It is visible only for few moments until the video is loaded. But now if you use the transparent video, there’s nothing that can cover the logo, hence it is visible.
You can try to experiment with v1.0.6, but I would say that this logo in the lower left corner would be there as well.
You would probably need some white patch at the place where the logo appears so that it is covered. We cannot remove it because of licensing.

Zdenka

Hi Dave,

last thing you need to tinker around a bit is css. The background as well as the border are defined in the css: /fv-wordpress-flowplayer/css/flowplayer.css

You will need to remove background and border from the
.flowplayer_container class – the very first class in the file.

Zdenka

Hi Juan,

if you are asking about how to add viral or adsense plugins, that the answer is we do not have direct support for these plugins at the moment.

Zdenka

Hi Sandy,

if you experience the 200 error problem, first you need to check if the shortcode is ok, if you entered correctly the path to the video, if the video is properly uploaded.
If everything is ok on your side, then you can talk to your hosting company about allowing the streaming of the video. I don’t think there’s anything special that needs to be installed, but your hosting company should know better what they have on they servers and what they allow or not.

Zdenka

Hi Lois,

it is not that straightforward to place this piece of code into our FV WordPress Flowplayer. It requires some programming skills and understating of the code. Also as I see there publisherid and channel it would require extending the shortcodes so these can be modified.

The main file to be edited is in models/flowplayer-frontend.php, but if you are not a programmer then you won’t be able to incorporate the code into the right place. For the shortcodes is much more complicated and you really have to understand the plugin sourcecode for this.

Zdenka

Hi Karen,

we are working on an improvement of our testimonials plugin and it’s PRO version, and we’ll be adding this functionality as well.

Zdenka

Hi Nancy,

please check the write permissions on your server in the directory you’re trying to create your testimonials directory. You can try to create that directory manually and then set it up in the options page.

Zdenka

Hi Alan,

thanks for letting us know, we’ll fix this right away.

Zdenka

Hi cacf,

the splash made at the end is inserted via javascript in there, the first splash image in normal image. They have different classes, ids, and their parent divs are different. Your css probably has something that is overriding one of the classes used for the first image, but not for the last one.

Try checking classes such as splash, player, plain in your css.

Zdenka

Hi cacf,

this seems like some conflict with your own css. Please check your style sheet for any image width and height restrictions.

Zdenka

Hi Misha,

an option has just been added into Flowplayer to prevent the duplication of the link. Update to version 1.2.14, the option is set to false by default – which is what you need.

Zdenka

Hi Gant,

sorry, this option is not possible, fit scaling is only a global option.

Don’t forget that people have various screens, there are many monitors that are not 4×3 anymore, so if I were you I would want my videos fitting well all screens, hence the global setting.

Zdenka

Hi Misha,

The doubling effect was done by purpose to highlight the link, but I understand your frustration with your image link. I see you’re not the only one who doesn’t like this feature, I guess we’ll make it as an option. Watch out for a new version coming out sometime this week.

Zdenka

Hi Alfredo,

the spinning indicator is build in already, even in the basic version. It starts to spin shortly after you hit play button. The spinner is white so if you have changed the background you might not see it.

Zdenka

Hello JC,

if you’re looking for player that plays on mobile devices, you might want to check out our extension for FV WordPress Flowplayer, WP Mobile Video Player. See the demo here. This extension supplies different video for different devices, using Flowplayer for normal browsers and HTML 5 video for mobile browsers.

Zdenka

Hi Stefan,

in general videos placed on Amazon S3 work, but all the additional features such as password protected videos or rmtp are not yet included into our FV Flowplayer plugin.

From what we know about these features, yes they may be added, but we need some help from our users to help us out with providing the account where we can test the features.

Zdenka

Hi UTV,

I couldn’t see the problem you were describing. Please do not post the link again.

Zdenka

Hi Wendy,

unfortunately yes, all files in the plugin directory will be overwritten. It’s how wordpress handles this.

Zdenka