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The easiest way to use the object method is to setup the player using js first then add the embed plugin. If you already tried the embed plugin please post your current object config.

The devs mention it on the link you posted near the bottom of the page.

"TIP: if you want to provide complex configurations for the OBJECT/EMBED tags, you shouldn't bother making them manually. You'll almost certainly become frustrated. The trick is to use our embedding plugin for that. Just configure Flowplayer any way you like and let the embed plugin do the hard work of generating the OBJECT code so you don't have to "get your hands dirty"."

Either disable .swf caching via your server or try using cachebusting true.

$f("player", {src: "/flowplayer.commercial-3.1.5.swf", cachebusting: true}, { 
Rest of the flowplayer config
}); 

It should work fine in either case. Can you post a link to a test page where this is occurring?

Have you tried using the analytics swf plugin?

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

I just checked the above link and it seems to be playing in FF3.6 correctly.

for cleanliness you may want to remove the href value from the anchor tag

<a id="fms"
  style="display:block;width:400px;height:300px;margin:auto;">
</a>

What version of flash player are you running?

Hello,
I would check out MaxCDN. They have a great deal going at the moment.

The configuration shown here will work for most rtmp environments: http://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/rtmp.html

They should be in the Events section of google analytics.

Sign into google analytics.
Go to Content on the left hand side, expand it.
Then look for Event Tracking.

The events should be listed there. If not check the config using firebug to make sure its sending the data ect.

I completely agree with you regarding x264's quality and its distribution of information throughout the video, its far superior to Vp anything. Although Google just officially got On2 so it will be interesting to see how this unfolds: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/20/google_nabs_on2/

Audio encoding: Using NeroAac would allow you to use even lower audio bitrates while maintaining your current level of acceptable audio quality. NeroAac = better quality at substantially lower bitrates = smaller files. Here's one at 20kbps audio: http://vizmu.com/flash/bf-20kbps-audio.mp4

Going back to your initial question about resources usage:
The only way to really test this is to start from scratch with your encoding method. Even if only for testing. It's important to know if using a 100% compliant .mp4 will correct the resource issues you're having. You also may want to look into using x264 presets. There's a thread here about them: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=148149&highlight=preset

If you've already tried the above extensively its possible you're hitting the limits of the codec's usage in flash on various older or underpowered machines. As you discovered setting the quality can help. Below is a few things to try via the player.

Player setup:
Setting the actual width and height of the player in pixels rather than percentages is preferred.
I don't think setting accelerated via the params works. Albeit I haven't tested it, but I'm pretty sure it needs to be in the flashvars config section.

The latest version of flowplayer is 3.1.5, upgrading it would be beneficial. The latest version is here: http://releases.flowplayer.org/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.5.zip

Try the below snippet, it should enable acceleration correctly.

<object id="flowplayer" width="848" height="384" data="flowplayer-3.1.5.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> 
<param name="movie" value="flowplayer-3.1.5.swf" /> 
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> 
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="quality" value="autohigh" /> 
<param name="flashvars" value='config={"clip":{"scaling":"fit","autoPlay":true,"accelerated":true,"url":"bf-20kbps-audio.mp4"}}' /> 
</object>

Forgive me for being blunt but if you're going to use mp3 audio @ 32kbps, rename the file to flv, use "fast - non high quality" encoding settings and are apparently targeting the low end pc audience why don't you just use Vp6 flv's?

Here's a vp6 flv: http://vizmu.com/flash/bf-test_1.flv
Its at the default res, I just tossed it in and ran it, took literally less than 2 minutes to encode.

Here's a quick test encode: http://vizmu.com/flash/bf-test.mp4

I'm interested in seeing how it performs with the flash quality settings you're using + the netbook. I didn't re-encode that xvid sample, thanks for posting it though.

Our of curiosity have you tried using Aac audio instead of mp3?

If you're running the latest version make sure to add --weightp 0 to the cmd line. Currently only the beta version of flash player is able to correctly render weighted p frames.

You may also want to consider disabling mbtree: --no-mbtree depending on your media. Its great in some situations but bad in others.
I'm unsure what kind of impact either of these 2 settings have on decoding performance as they haven't been beneficial to the media I work with.

I wanted to ask you what's your reasoning behind renaming the .mp4's? Is it a limitation of the cms you're working with?

If you have a test file I could download, I could encode it and post a link. A small source file would be ideal.

->"Might these settings be applicable to the quality entry in flowplayer-3.1.4.min.js as well?"

Yes their one in the same.
The adobe doc's page you posted explains it well.

Here's a few x264 and other general encoding options that play a roll in decoding resources usage.

1. Use a lower res "which you seem to be"
2. Use few or no bframes, if their used use 3 or less than 3
3. Use few or no reference frames, again if used use 3 or less than 3
4. Always use an updated version of x264 and a gui that's able to run it. If you're using cmd line make sure the cmd's still exist, a lot has changes recently with x264. The latest x264 can be downloaded here: http://x264.nl/

Updated x264 wiki here: http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings#Quick_Run_Support

Have you tried enabling hardware acceleration via the flowplayer config?

accelerated: true,

More info here: http://flowplayer.org/documentation/configuration/clips.html

Yea their 10 bucks for 1TB is great. I'm using them now with 0 complaints thus far. I also really dig their stats tracking.

Hello,
What you're trying to accomplish is only possible when using RTMP for streamng.

RTMP only buffers a few seconds ahead of the current play position and stops buffering when the media is paused.

This is not possible when using pseudostreaming, at least I've yet to see anyone do it successfully.

There's more info on rtmp here: http://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/rtmp.html

If you're bandwidth limited you may want to consider using a CDN.
Or if you're on a dedicated server or a VPS you could limit the download speed on a per ip and file type basis.
Eg: Limit .m4v's to 250Kbps - or just enough bandwidth to keep the media playing without constant buffering.