HD Toggle in Flowplayer. I do not understand why is not available yet? Created Nov 16, 2009

It is possible with a bit of JS, i have done it here http://www.shoutfilm.com/film/14-attrition-2009/

I use the content plugin and the flowplayer js api so when you click the content it calls a JS function to toggle between HD on/off button and change the video file playing.

Each HD off and HD on are separate content plugins.

I couldn't get it to continue in the same position it seemed to mess up the time info for the film and not work properly so you have to start again, but better then nothing!

Its quite simple but a lot of code. Would really like this feature built into the player though.

Hi Steven,

All that you did is good, but I think that kind of implementations should be made inside Flowplayer with a plugin or several parameters

To expect to be like Youtube and if you do not provide the same feature then do not do anything (what FLV Player is doing for months and months) is a megalomaniac approach to solve the issue.

If the video has to start again, is pretty OK. Otherwise Flayer needs to have a close dialog with the server. This is not a simple solution for masses since this is a popular player, not a fancy thing for engineers.

FLV Player developers ... Give up the obsession symptoms about Youtube please!!!

Start with the easier solutions first and spend your time with the fancy experiments later.

The reason why it has to start again is probably because you are streaming through http://" if your video file is streamed through "RTMP" then when you toggle between HD and Regular it keeps you right where you were in the movie or video. (this is using JW Player)

in the example below i am using Flash Media Server to stream a video using Real Time Mesaaging Protocol or RTMP.

here is an example of the script im using:

<script type='text/javascript' src='/movies/pelis/_player/swfobject.js'></script>

<div id='mediaspace' class="c1">This text will be replaced</div>

<script type='text/javascript'>
var so = new SWFObject('/movies/pelis/_player/player.swf','mp1','768','432','9','#000000');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('wmode','opaque');
so.addVariable('file','cienciaficcion-aliciaenelpaisdelasmaravillas.f4v');
so.addVariable('plugins','hd-1');
so.addVariable('hd.file', 'cienciaficcion-aliciaenelpaisdelasmaravillas-hd.f4v');
so.addVariable('autostart','true');
so.addVariable('stretching','exactfit');
so.addVariable('streamer','rtmp://your-server.com/vod');
so.write('mediaspace');
</script>

That's OK, but for the http protocol, even Vimeo is starting from the beginning again when you toggle to HD or SD.

Why Flowplayer developers are so worry about to imitate Youtube features?

I cannot understand the megalomaniac things.

I see some lack of marketing and management skills in this project, very usual in the too much techie point of view, unfortunately. "You get lost in the small tech details losing the general and conceptual perspective".

I have been in the computer biz for 17 years and 14 in the online biz. I do not tell stupidities about this kind of issues usually.

This is a personal message for owners: Flowplayer is good but is not God. Keep up the good job but keep the common sense as well.

Anyway I understand that this is difficult when you are all the day looking at the programming code. I was like that for 2 years. It's a pity.

You need holidays man!

Best,

Mapg

what precisely you mean with "common sense". is it this HD switch? what else?

and yes. we are mostly programmers and don't have ANY marketing people. it's both good and bad.

to the guy with '17' years in the comp biz:

I don't know what you mean by 'common sense' and this 'obsession' you talk about. Like you, I have 16 years in the comp biz, and 15 ONLINE, sold my Internet business back before the bubble burst, and now I own my consulting company.. I've also known the Flow team for a while now, so I think my comments can be objective, fair and unbiased.

And, I believe the actual 'product' the flowplayer team has here is pure genious... not just the player, but all the other things their are doing, including joining the jQuery revolution and offering their own jQuery Tools.

So, to achieve what they have so far with 'no marketing' or managament skills simply tells me that their product is perceived as so 'good' they don't need the marketing BS! I please urge YOU to be the one to keep the common sense when making comments!! you make yourself look as if you were get paid to come into this forum to discredit the flow team..

Guys i'll implement this into the bandwidth checking plugin perhaps, considering it doesnt make sense to have a hd button on if your connection can't play it ! What do you think ? I'll speak to some people about it.

I have some functionality of the hd option in the bwcheck plugin it should be available soon.

Hi there, the hd toggle option will be available soon with the bwcheck plugin.

If there is a bottleneck of bandwidth and the changes in a stream of low quality. You should use an RTSP server to the video that can be treated with the appropriate point in time and you can referhttp://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/bwcheck.html for more help in codes.reciclaje de cables electricos