Name: Newb 2011-01-12 14:17
Need some help and fast. And yes I'm trying google but I keep coming up empty handed. I think its because I'm still new at this and don't quiet know how to word what I'm looking for in google terms.
So the problem is, I'm making a website for a friend and he has 3 video's that he wants to have play on the site. The problem is, its a family site and he's got relatives all over the place and most are so illiterate about computers that they don't know the difference between an mp4 and an mp3 file. So this has to be something simple and universal.
The site itself is practically done except for this problem. So I can get each video to play no problem by putting them in an mp4 container and using javascript to simply call and play the video. this causes the windows media player to automatically start playing the file. well thats sort of fine and dandy, but the problem is there are no controls. he want to be able to pause/play and/or full screen the video. also this method doesn't work out the box on firefox.
so I got JWPlayer and put that in. converted the files to SWF.
So here's where I'm stuck. i can only get 1 video to play. I can't figure out how to get it where i can click the thumbnail of each video listed to the side and it'll start playing that video. also, the player doesn't track the time. it stays at 0:00 all the time, however, it still plays the video.
So that's where i'm stuck. getting the player to play any referenced video, and to get the time index to work. I'm thinking the time problem is just a matter of how its encoded. what should I use instead, FLV?
Hopefully someone here can help me, either by point me to a good site with info on what I need or just break it down for me. whatever, I just need help. Please!
So the problem is, I'm making a website for a friend and he has 3 video's that he wants to have play on the site. The problem is, its a family site and he's got relatives all over the place and most are so illiterate about computers that they don't know the difference between an mp4 and an mp3 file. So this has to be something simple and universal.
The site itself is practically done except for this problem. So I can get each video to play no problem by putting them in an mp4 container and using javascript to simply call and play the video. this causes the windows media player to automatically start playing the file. well thats sort of fine and dandy, but the problem is there are no controls. he want to be able to pause/play and/or full screen the video. also this method doesn't work out the box on firefox.
so I got JWPlayer and put that in. converted the files to SWF.
So here's where I'm stuck. i can only get 1 video to play. I can't figure out how to get it where i can click the thumbnail of each video listed to the side and it'll start playing that video. also, the player doesn't track the time. it stays at 0:00 all the time, however, it still plays the video.
So that's where i'm stuck. getting the player to play any referenced video, and to get the time index to work. I'm thinking the time problem is just a matter of how its encoded. what should I use instead, FLV?
Hopefully someone here can help me, either by point me to a good site with info on what I need or just break it down for me. whatever, I just need help. Please!