Looking to hire: Google Analytics tracking and Flowplayer Created Nov 20, 2009

Since this was posted in the configuration section I'll post a quick example below. If you're only looking to hire someone this thread can be moved to the market place.

Remember to replace "UA-Your-GA-Code-Here" with your GA code.

Also check to make sure the normal GA tracking code is not anywhere else on the page with the player you want tracked.

<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/flowplayer-3.1.4.min.js"></script>

<a id="player" style="display:block;width:480px;height:270px;"></a>

<script language="JavaScript"> 
var _tracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-Your-GA-Code-Here");
_tracker._trackPageview();

$f("player", "/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf",{ 
   clip:{

   onStart: function(clip) { 
            _tracker._trackEvent("Videos", "Play", clip.url); 
        },onPause: function(clip) { 
            _tracker._trackEvent("Videos", "Pause", clip.url, parseInt(this.getTime())); 
        },onStop: function(clip) { 
            _tracker._trackEvent("Videos", "Stop", clip.url, parseInt(this.getTime())); 
        },onFinish: function(clip) { 
            _tracker._trackEvent("Videos", "Finish", clip.url); 
        },

         url: '/path/to/your/video.flv',
         autoBuffering:true,
         autoPlay:true,
         scaling: 'fit'
         },
    plugins:{
	    controls:{
		   autoHide: 'always'
	         }
        },
    canvas:{
	   backgroundColor: '#000'
	}
}); 
</script>

"Also check to make sure the normal GA tracking code is not anywhere else on the page with the player you want tracked."

I agree, that when you have google analytics twice on the page the code above you will have inflated visits to the site.

But what if you want to track the rest of the page as well as the videos? Most people have google analytics embedded in the footer, as instructed by Google Analytics.

Would you have to remove the code from the footer? and make an exception in how google analytics is embedded everytime there is a video on the page? This will be a maintenance nightmare. Isn't there a way to leverage the Google Analytics that is already on the page?

Have you tried using the analytics swf plugin?

Checkout the Bridge mode example: http://flowplayer.org/plugins/flash/analytics.html