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1. stephanfowler
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Does the Flash Video Player accept .flv files served from a different host than the one the page is served from? This doesn't seem to work for me. Any ideas?

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/

2. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You could test it by posting a video on your blog, but instead of using the .flv location on your server, use the address of the off-site .flv location.

   Example:

   your video:

   [flashvideo file=video/yourvid.flv width=320 height=240 image=path_to_.jpg /]

   video on another server:

   [flashvideo file=http://www.someserver.com/path_to_video/video_name.flv width=320 height=240 image=path_to_.jpg /]

   Try that and see. It might work. (I'm making the assumption that you have permission from the video owner to use video resources from their server.)

3. stephanfowler
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I got it working with external flv files. However there remains something very strange: when I set an INTERNAL preview image, the external flv DOES play. But when I set an EXTERNAL preview image, the external flv does NOT play.

   This is the page in question: http://valeriestroh.com/fr/extraits/
   The flv URL is external and identical in both players, but the preview image is internal in the first case and external in the second. And lo, the second does not play... weird.

4. ClaytonJames
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   http://mac-dev.net/blog/flash-video-player-plugin-customization/

   "image (url): This variable will allow you to show a poster frame of your movie. It can be a JPG/SWF/PNG or GIF file. You can also assign an image for every item in a playlist. The path should be relative to the WordPress install directory."

5. stephanfowler
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you. I guess that answers it; preview images just can't be external.

6. stephenzz
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   If you know the URL of the FLV, you can add it to the Flash video player of playerdiy.com.
   Otherwise, you can check this tutorial - http://flash-video-player.blogspot.com/2009/07/embed-flash-videos-to-your-website-or.html

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