What this module really needs is support for external files

So you can link to large files on an ftp server

for example create a cck field for the video url and use flashvars to pass the url to the flv player

at the moment the file size of your video is determined by your php upload settings, you cant really upload a 100mb file thru the browser

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arthurf commented

well there is a flashvar text field which you can use for this. I'm not sure if you're looking for more than that?

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Daniel J Wilcox - Blocked for personal attacks commented

Cant get the flashvars to work

I have allowed settings over ride on the flv media player settings page

then on the create content form i click allow setings override, change media file to flashvars

and then add in the link to the video in the flashvars field, i have tried file=http://link_to_video and var=http://link_to_video

but neither work, whats the correct way to add the flash vars

Also after i allow settings ovverride for a node and edit it after its been published the settings go back to the default

Im looking to drupalize this video site i did and would like to use this module for it

Heres the video site, i did all the video compression

http://samosbornedop.co.uk/

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arthurf commented

Please make sure you're running the latest version of FLVmediaplayer. Then go to admin/settings/flvmediaplayer to make sure everything is ok there. Then go to the node that you want to set the flashvars on. Make sure the override is on. Then you can set the flashvar to be: file=http://mysite.com/path/to/flv Make sure the file ends in .flv or .xspf For some reason, the player can be uncooperative if you don't do this.

If you check out: http://mediamover.24b6.net/node/18 You can see an example of how this works- the javascript output for the player looks the same as a generated one.

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Daniel J Wilcox - Blocked for personal attacks commented

im using quicktime .mov files, thats the problem

I can use the upload module or cck file field to add quicktime mov files to the player, i added the mov file extension on the xspf settings page

But i cant get quicktime videos to show up with flash vars, is there another way to link to an externally hosted quicktime mov

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arthurf commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Quicktime is not embeded the same way as flash movies, nor will it read the xspf standard. See: http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/01/26/web-standards-compliant-javascript-... for help with quicktime embeding. If there is interest, I could duplicate the functionality of xspf for quicktime, but I'd need to do some research on the format of the playlist.

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Juan V commented

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