How to add flv movie files into Highlight Media (Highlight Page Template)

[johntree 0]

I see from the template itself how to add youtube videos to the Highlight Media (Highlight Page Template) section. But I don't want to use youtube. I have flv videos that I'd like to put in that section, and I know how to do it with dreamweaver to a standard html page. I used the script provided below, and it works fine using dreamweaver publishing into a standard page. But when I put this into the highlight media section, it doesn't work... I put the flash player and skin into the website folder as well... Any thoughts on how to get my flv movie to show up without youtube? Thanks, John dreamweaver code follows: <script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0','width','460','height','360','id','FLVPlayer','src','FLVPlayer_Progressive','flashvars','&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName= http://www.whygowest.com/videos/mrtintro&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true','quality','high','scale','noscale','name','FLVPlayer','salign','lt','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version= ShockwaveFlash','movie','FLVPlayer_Progressive' ); //end AC code </script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="460" height="360" id="FLVPlayer"> <param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" /> <param name="salign" value="lt" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="scale" value="noscale" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=http://www.whygowest.com/videos/mrtintro&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true"'>http://www.whygowest.com/videos/mrtintro&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true" /> <embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=http://www.whygowest.com/videos/mrtintro&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true"'>http://www.whygowest.com/videos/mrtintro&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="460" height="360" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /> </object></noscript>

[Andrew 207]

Hi John, The 'media' area of the feature page evaluates just like HTML. So anything that works in HTML should work fine inside the feature. I'd suggest looking at your setup or getting it working on a static page before trying on the 'feature page' template. You might also use Firebug to look for JS errors

[johntree 0]

Andrew - The code I used that I pasted above is my dreamweaver code that works just fine on my static page... But when I put it into the media area of the feature page, nothing shows up in that spot on the page. Does it not run scripts? Any other ideas? It's definitely not the code, as I copied it directly from my fully functional static page... Thanks, John

[Andrew 207]

probably a JS conflict or markup issue. This won't have an effect on a static page, but will screw up the feature. Use FireBug for Firefox to inspect.

[johntree 0]

Do you recommend a different flv player then, other than the js one that comes with Adobe?

[Andrew 207]

No, but use the inspector to see what issues you're getting. I'm not familiar with many FLV players outside of Vimeo and Youtube

[britaidian 0]

I believe that there is one called jmvideo, and there is a plugin from wordpress that supports this. FLV,needs a player of some description to work properly. The other free upload area that I know of is stickam, at the same name .com

[justin 0]

johntree, I believe the problem is the mod_rewrite rules. When I tried to open the direct URL to the movie, I am getting a 404. http://www.whygowest.com/videos/mrtintro You must make the videos directory excluded from mod_rewrite. I don't use apache webserver though, so not sure exactly how to do that.

[britaidian 0]

I found this plugin that works really well follow this link then upload the plugin to your wordpress and you should be good to go. Once you have installed and activated you simply need to add the following [flv:/PATH TO FLV FILE 422 351] and it works fine

[jnoh 0]

cool. will have to try this out.

[bali 0]

Try dropping the script altogether </noscript> and just starting from <object classid=xxxx> (end with </object> ). Input your full web address and directory of the .flv file <param name="movie" value="http://www.YOUSITEHERE.com/FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" />. If possible, put the .flv into the same size (dimension) .swf and point it there.

[Andrew 207]

thanks for the help bali

[bastien 0]

thank's for the plugin i'll check but can you give the link to upload it ? Cause i've tried flv embed, and Videobox v1.0 Plugin but didn't manage to incorporate flv, (it's a big one so, may be it's that) but there are both quite good for static pages and post.