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    • CommentAuthorBobb
    • CommentTimeFeb 4th 2007 edited
     
    Hi!

    How can I affect the appearance of the Flash player interface on the webpage?
    Does anyone have a flash-project I can look at, or know a good tutorial?

    I thought the so_tester.fla could give me a hint, but when I try to open it (using Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ver.7) is says "Unexpected file format". Any idéas?

    edit:
    I solved the problem with so_tester.fla by upgrading to Macromedia Flash 8, but I would still like to know how I can change the interface of the Flash player.
    • CommentAuthorGeoff
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2007
     
    not sure what you mean by 'change the interface'

    you can build custom looks for all your swf files by using flash.
    • CommentAuthorBobb
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2007
     
    I have a lot of swf and flv files on a web server, and I can show them with the standard Flash player (using your javascript, thanks!), but I would like to change the buttons and stuff. For example, in default mode, the button interface (play, volume, etc) seems transparent and I can see the movie through it. If you look at for example YouTube, there is a well defined player interface with nice clear buttons. How does that work?

    I think it's possible to make a player swf that shows another swf or fla through it, so with the javascript and html-code you always define the same movie name (the swf player) but then you also pass along some id-value for the movie to be played. I've been trying to find a tutorial on this, but so far without success.
    • CommentAuthortheinv
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2007
     
    hi Geoff,

    Thanks for creating this cool stuff!

    I want to do similar thing as Bobb. What I want to achieve is to have the embeded player to display the control panel icons (e.g. the play/pause icons) like the NBC and SCIFI site below:

    http://video.scifi.com/player.html

    http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/heroes.shtml

    Their video player is very nice. The switch in/out of full screen mode is also seamless. I digged into their html source code and it looks like the they are also using SWFObject, but the SWFObject example on this site doesn't show the control panel icons.

    So is it possible to do what they are doing with SWFObject? If yes, what else do I need? Is it possible to provide an example? I think many people wants this feature.
    • CommentAuthorGeoff
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2007
     
    the youtube player i think us a custom thing they created.

    you are talking about using the provided flv player skins that come with Flash.

    you can see all the skins by exporting your flv from flash (i can't remember where the option is, though) and you can pick different skins.

    This doesn't have anything to do with swfobject, though, as it just embeds the swf into your html once you pick a skin.

    Try asking this on a list like flashcoders or on ultrashock.com or flashkit.com
    • CommentAuthorBobb
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2007
     
    Hi Geoff and theinv,

    I've found some interesting tutorials at http://www.gotoandlearn.com/
    called "Video basics". I think I'll start from there.

    There is also a tutorial at ultrashock.com about:
    "Working With FP 8 FLVPlayback Component". I have no idea what's best for me but I'll get back with results when I've been experimenting for a while.
    • CommentAuthortheinv
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2007
     
    Hi Bobb,

    Good news!

    I just found out that the following website updated their Flash Video Player. They may have what you need it.

    http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player

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