Title: Playlists Doing Nothing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Playlists Doing Nothing

 *  Resolved [TheArtofRetouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)
 * (@theartofretouching)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/)
 * I’ve been using this plugin for almost a year now, and the single videos work
   fine. I am now trying to setup Playlists for the first time, but all I see is“
   Prev” and “Next”. There is no video window on the page.
 * Oddly, I tried another page, and I see a video window filled with black and it
   has 3 circles that blink. The same navigation text is below this video window.
 * I’ve tried multiple playlists and videos, in multiple browsers and platforms.
 * The link below should have 14 videos in a playlist. I’ve tried one video too,
   same result.
 * [http://www.TheArtofRetouching.com/blog/test](http://www.TheArtofRetouching.com/blog/test)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ulrich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grapplerulrich/)
 * (@grapplerulrich)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5923710)
 * The problem seems to be that something is loading the jQuery from Google instead
   of that from WordPress. It seems to be happening on the fly by some type of JS.
   I would recommend switching to a default theme and then disabling the plugins
   one by one to see if it starts working at one point.
 *  Thread Starter [TheArtofRetouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)
 * (@theartofretouching)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5923858)
 * Thanks Ulrich. I’ll have someone look into it.
 * Is there a way to disable the triangle play button that overlays the video? I
   use thumbnails that have a big ghosted one embedded. The one with the plugin 
   overlaps my white text, making it hard to read.
 *  Plugin Author [Ulrich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grapplerulrich/)
 * (@grapplerulrich)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5923860)
 * This css should hide the play button.
 * This will hide it on all videos
 *     ```
       .flowplayer-video.is-splash .fp-ui,
       .flowplayer-video.is-paused .fp-ui {
       display:none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Change 17 with the video ID and it will only hide it on that specific video.
 *     ```
       .flowplayer-video-17.is-splash .fp-ui,
       .flowplayer-video-17.is-paused .fp-ui {
       display:none;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [k1rah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k1rah/)
 * (@k1rah)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924067)
 * I have this problem as well. All single videos work but playlist just loops the
   first video, there is no grid-style list of videos like in the demos, just Prev
   and Next links, and using Firefug, I can see the a href for these links are empty.[
   I can’t seem to right-click these links, it just pops up the flowplayer menu]
 * I am using
    s2member pro watu pro widget logic Child Theme of 2012 theme but 
   issue persists on 2015 theme as well
 *  Thread Starter [TheArtofRetouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)
 * (@theartofretouching)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924068)
 * 6 month later followup: I had a coder properly look at the original issue, and
   fixed it per suggestions above. However, like Kirah, I experience the same 1st
   video loop.
 * Personally, I just gave up and listed all the (software tutorial) videos individually.
   The issue then came from Mac vs. PC. I originally made Tiny 300×200 thumbnails
   to click on, expecting people to go full screen.
 * PC would go full screen of browser window (as desired). Mac unfortunately goes
   full screen and blacks out the other monitor. Then the viewers could not follow
   along in their own software while watching my video. I was forced to make 640
   ×480 thumbnails, and after listing like 10+ videos per page, it’s quite overbearing.
 * I have no solution to see small thumbnails, with video titles (preferably with
   descriptions as well), and have it play in it’s own window. I even tried a Lightbox
   that accepts HTML code, but it didn’t know what to make of the Flowplayer plugin
   code.
 *  Plugin Author [Ulrich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grapplerulrich/)
 * (@grapplerulrich)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924069)
 * [@k1rah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/k1rah/) – At the moment there are
   just simple links. I have not gotten around to styling them. I don’t think they
   will ever be thumbnails etc as everyone has different needs. The HTML markup 
   is all there for you to style. e.g. This css should add buttons under the video
   to switch between videos
 *     ```
       .flowplayer {
          background-color: #ccc;
          /* allow room for playlist buttons */
          margin-bottom: 100px;
       }
   
       .flowplayer .fp-playlist {
          position: absolute;
          bottom: -100px;
          width: 100%;
          text-align: center;
       }
   
       .flowplayer .fp-playlist a {
          display: inline-block;
          width: 70px;
          height: 70px;
          border-radius: 70px;
          background-color: #666;
          margin: 15px;
       }
   
       .flowplayer .fp-playlist a.is-active {
          background-color: #eee;
       }
   
       .flowplayer.is-paused .fp-playlist a.is-active {
          background-color: #ccc;
       }
       ```
   
 * Do you have a link to the page where you have added the playlist so that I can
   see what is not working?
 * [@theartofretouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)–
   Unfortunately I am not able to test the screen issue with the mac as I only have
   use Windows and only have access to a single mac without a second display.
 * I did start working on having a lightbox feature for the videos but never finished.
   I will try to get it finished.
 *  Thread Starter [TheArtofRetouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)
 * (@theartofretouching)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924071)
 * Ulrich, if you could complete the Lightbox function, that would solve a huge 
   problem for Mac users. As I said, Full Screen currently takes over both monitors.
   If you could put Lightbox into this plugin, It could them grow to the size of
   the browser, and that would let the user decide how big to make it. For software
   educational videos (like mine), that would be amazing.
 *  Plugin Author [Ulrich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grapplerulrich/)
 * (@grapplerulrich)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924075)
 * I have completed the lightbox feature. Let me know if you would be interested
   in beta testing it,
 *  Thread Starter [TheArtofRetouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)
 * (@theartofretouching)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924076)
 * Absolutely, that would be a wonderful addition. I’ve just been through re-coding
   my entire website fixing the core full screen issue on Macs (that required the
   lightbox). So while it sucks that I just finished fixing on my side, I would 
   offer the solution is not visually appealing, and I would happily re-code the
   pages that required this change.
    You can reach me at info at theartofretouching
   com. Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Ulrich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grapplerulrich/)
 * (@grapplerulrich)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924077)
 * The lightbox feature is included in the latest update 1.12.0
 *  Thread Starter [TheArtofRetouching](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theartofretouching/)
 * (@theartofretouching)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/playlists-doing-nothing/#post-5924078)
 * Yeah, not so much. Link below has three screenshots for the 3 new options. “None”
   is the only one that still works Mac Firefox. No Lightbox actually seen, only
   the broken thumbnails and tiny video like the screenshots suggest.
 * Image Samples
    [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/de3fdlfguwyphwd/AAAd6FHwtS67HIYYNSnbsdola?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/de3fdlfguwyphwd/AAAd6FHwtS67HIYYNSnbsdola?dl=0)
 * I also created a test video and page. This works fine in my regular website. 
   Once I set it to one of the new options, the display gets screwy and Thumbnail
   gives me double art. Mac and PC did the same thing. Nothing I tried actually 
   gave me any Lightboxes, just broken Artwork/Display.
 * Live Test
    [http://www.TheArtofRetouching.com/blog/test](http://www.TheArtofRetouching.com/blog/test)

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