Need some help creating HD/SD playlists Created Sep 14, 2009

Okay well I tried implementing a standard Javascript playlist (http://flowplayer.org/plugins/javascript/playlist.html ) which doesn't have any sort of outer video selection, but instead has a forward and backward button on the control bar to switch to either video. Is it possible that I can just change the first button to say 'HD' and the second button to say 'SD' rather than having the arrows? Can I also make it so when one video finishes, it doesn't switch to the next and instead prompts you to 'play again' like it does to an individual video and doesn't switch over until they actually click 'HD' or 'SD'?

The playlist approach is the best available option at this point. Unfortunately we have no "native" support for switching between HQ / SQ video quality because this feature needs some support from the server side too. What can we do to help you further?

Could you not have a clip parameter like:

url: 'http://mydomain/video/video-one.flv',
hdurl:'http://mydomain/video/video-one-hd.flv'

and if the hdurl parameter is set it displays a button for it that just switches between the two files?

I also need a solution for this problem. Would also like a easy implementation like StevenGW suggested

My idea would be a custom button, which switches the streaming url on a onclick event, but seems to be not the best solution, because i think the player will loose its playing position.

Sincerely, what I cannot understand is how the feature SD/HD switching is not already done months and months ago, above all being a so common feature in any serious video site today.

It is a better thing (and not so bad as you could think) to play the video from the beginning once you switch to its HD version or viceversa, that do not counting with a feature like the SD/HD option.

Actually when I click on the HD version I want to see the video in HD from the beginning, not from the point the video was in SD.

In Youtube I see myself how I have to move inadvertently the bar to the beginning when I switch to HD, because I find stupid to start to view something really better from the middle.

In any case, taking or not in account the server factor, is better a solution for this "so normal feature today", as "an option" for who wants to implement it, that count with nothing of nothing about this.

It a pragmatic thing, what is a pretty enough reason.

What is more ...

In my case, I would love to count with an overlay with JQuery for the HD version when somebody clicks on the HD button, because in my opinion and case, I consider a better solution a "Semi-Fullscreen" with the real size of the HD file, than a really big fullscreen losing quality with 720p videos on 1080p monitors or 540p videos on 720p monitors.

When somebody is a video-encoding lover and perfectionist person I think he hates these fullscreens that never show the real definition and sharpness of a video. The scaling is my number one enemy. That is my case.

Best,

Mapg

I am a big fan of Vimeo full screen:
HD IS ON
SCALING IS OFF

Hello,

are there any updates to this topic till now?

I would need such a video quality change feature, too.

Thanks for any further ideas on this topic.

Best regards
Andreas

If you still need it, I've made a URLResolver plugin that can take a clip with a 'url' and 'hdurl' entry and switch between them, depending on a parameter set on the plugin itself ('mode'). I only knocked it up today, but it's very simple.

Do you have a CMS solution?

Most offer adaptive bitrate, where HD or SD is automatically selected based on bandwidth and in some cases even end user capabilities. You can enconde the videos at a few different bitrates and the CMS will identify the ideal bitrate (ie SD vs. HD) to deliver.

One company called MediaMelon, can actually switch adaptive bitrates on the fly. They're partners with flowplayer. Check them out.