OS FLV – An Open Source Player For Flash Video Files
Currently, there is a large number of possibilities to publish Flash video files online, but the necessary code to associate them with a certain type of player could generate confusion for beginners. An embeddable player will solve the compatibility incertitude related to the type of the code which will make available the video file in case of most used web browsers.
OS FLV is an easy to implement player for Flash video files. This embeddable player offers many possibilities to customize the embed code in order to change the default width and height of a SWF file, include a FLV video in a HTML page and more. It is compatible with both Internet Explorer and Firefox web browser.
OS FLV comes also with a code generator made with JavaScript and a library containing a few PHP functions. For example, in the simplest form of usage, the integration of a single FLV file in a web page requires only a line of code. The PHP functions allows the changing of various parameters like foreground and background color of the player, starting volume value, auto-rewind, auto-load and auto-play options.
OS FLV can also be included into a Joomla! based website with the help of a mambot. This extension is compatible with Joomla! 1.0, but it does not work in Legacy Mode with Joomla! 1.5 or later.
Due to the fact that the code is open source, the player could be practically implemented in any other content management system easily. An extensive documentation and various samples of OS FLV implementation are available at the official website.
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