[thelist] flv player code and safari missing plugin

Will willthemoor at gmail.com
Sun Aug 14 21:21:10 CDT 2011


If they don't have flash (or javascript), they should see whatever markup
you have inside of <div id='mediaspace'></div>. You can include instructions
to download flash there.

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Bob Meetin <bobm at dottedi.biz> wrote:

> The problem: a safari user could not view the video because of a missing
> flash plugin (I think from what they said).
>
> <script type='text/javascript' src='players/swfobject.js'></**script>
> <div id='mediaspace'></div>
> <script type='text/javascript'>
>  var so = new SWFObject('players/player.swf'**,'mpl','190','167','9');
>  so.addParam('allowfullscreen',**'true');
>  so.addParam('**allowscriptaccess','always');
>  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');
>  so.addVariable('file','http://**www.youtube.com/watch?v=**KN7jdI62F1U'<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN7jdI62F1U%27>
> );
>  so.write('mediaspace');
> </script>
>
> I replaced the path for swfobject.js and player.swf with generic stuff for
> readability.
>
> I am thinking this is as easy as adding a line, a parameter perhaps,  into
> the code to instruct Safari, and maybe other browser, users where to
> download the missing flash plugin.
>
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> Bob
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