Ahh, I missed that it was an open-source player.
I'll shut up now ;-)
Luke
Brice Burgess wrote:
> Luke Lutman wrote:
>> In your flash
>> movie, try this actionscript on the first frame:
>>
>> getURL("javascript:$('#FP').doWhatever('abc',123);");
>>
> Correct me if I am wrong.. but I *think* you're hinting at altering the
> actual SWF -- which I theoretically could because it's an open source
> project (flowplayer), although haven't setup the development bed yet. I
> do not know if it is necessary? Here is what I am trying to accomplish;
>
> Embed flowplayer in a hidden div (display:none). When you click a
> "trigger", the div is made visible ($(div).show()) & the movie plays.
> Using the "fq" method queueing system I was more or less able to
> accomplish this with code similar to;
>
> MARKUP;
> <div style="display:none"><div id="fp"></div></div>
>
> JS;
> var fo = new SWFObject("flowplayer/FlowPlayer.swf", "FP", "730", "510");
>
> ...
> fo.write("fp");
> $('div:hidden').show().find('#FP').fq('DoPlay');
>
>
> NOTE; Flowplayer allows you to interact with the SWF via JS (e.g. the
> DoPlay() method).
>
> You cannot interact with the movie, however, if it is hidden (display:none).
> Is it *common* behavior to stop a flash movie when its container is hidden?
> Is this cross browser/platform behavior?
>
>> why not use the jQuery Flash
>> plugin (http://jquery.lukelutman.com/plugins/flash)?
>>
> The only reason I've used SWFObject is that was what the author's examples
> used. I'll be switching to your jQ Flash plugin as soon as I get this sorted
> out.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~ Brice
>
>
>
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