RapidFLV - The RapidWeaver Flash Video Player Plugin

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My first RapidWeaver Plugin should implement the verry good Flash Video Player from Jeroen Wijering for anybody. The functionality is similar to the quicktime and moviealbum pagetypes allready included in RapidWeaver, but with flash videos.

As soon as i finished the plugin, I will release the sourcecode. Also I will publish a tutorial about RapidWeaver Plugin Development using this plugins as an example. Please be patient, this may take a while.

IMPORTANT!!!
I have to suggest that this is curently a alpha release. So only fundamental funtionality is implementet and certain errors could appear (See release notes for further information).

Planned Features

  • Two new pagetypes for a single video or a video playlist
  • Most of the Flash Video Players options are customizeable by the settings dialog
  • Customizable templates for HTML and CSS Code

Version History

  • 0.5.1: Bugfix Release. An error that appears when creating new RapidFLV pages on a Mac with PowerPC processor and/or Mac OS X 10.4 is solved.
  • 0.5:
    VERRY IMPORTANT!!!
    Due to heavy changes in the sourcecode, the current version of the plugin could not restore the data stored by a previous version.
    To prevent problems delete all pages that use the plugin from your projects prior to install the new plugin version.
    And don't forget to make a backup copy of your project files!
    And the good news are:
    • The plugin uses the most current version onf Jeroen Wijerings Player, that is called JW FLV Media Player now.
    • You can use the fullscreen mode if you have a flash plugin version 9.0.28 or higher.
    • You cann enable embed code snippet to the player page. The embeded player links to the original page.
    • You can completely hide the controller or switvh it to OnScreen display.
    • There's a header and footer content area now.
    • You can disable the upload of the video now. If you allready uploaded the video you can switch it off, so it won't be uploaded again if you just change a little setting.
    • Some minor new options.
    • Some known issues are fixed.
  • 0.3: You can modify the HTML and CSS templates in the settings pane. The preview image will be scaled on upload/export. Buttons for adding and removing links on the conten are available now.
  • 0.2: Most of the Settings Pane is wokring now, so you can configure a lot of the play settings. Also you can select a preview image for the movie in the main pannel.
  • 0.1: Fundamental functionality of the player. You can select a flash video file and add some additional text. Preview a publishing of the page will work on the following premises: The javascript.js file of the selected theme must include the SWFObject function (all original RapidWeaver theme are fine), an the player ist fixed to 320x240 pixels.

Known Issues

  • "Error creating page" appears on Macs with PowerPC processor and/or Mac OS X 10.4.(0.5.1)
  • The scaling of the preview image does not respect the aspect ratio of the image.
  • The add link and remove link buttons are not enabled/disabled automatically.(0.5)
  • Export/upload will fail with an error message if you do not select a preview image.(0.3>
  • Drag and Drop is not working on the preview image
  • The preview image is not shown after loading a project.(0.3)
  • You can edit the settings of an image inserted into the content area.(0.5)
  • The HTML-Template and CSS-Template areas in the Settings Pane are not working right now.(0.3)
  • You can't insert images in the plugin message area of the settings pane.
  • The color pickers in the Settings Pane did not work.
  • Volume selections made by the slider in the Settings Pane did not work. Only Volume changes in the textfield are used.

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