I am working on a mov file. The control bar is much to long so I tried to install one that is smaller. I also tried changing the controll bar type, ie: clear to corona but to no avail. How does one manipulate or change the controll bars?
The video player skins in Dreamweaver are for FLV files. The choices are limited & you don't have much control over them because DW is web authoring software. It's not player software.
If you want custom controls, try a different player.
Pickle Player
JW Player
http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/
FlowPlayer
Nancy O.
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Look at the documentation. Of the 3 listed, Pickle is by far the simplest to deploy.
http://www.pickleplayer.com/docs/install_setup.php
And you can customize the player controls (skin) with their optional Skin Designer Tool
http://www.pickleplayer.com/docs/skin.sd.overview.php
Nancy O.
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I am really a novice at this stage of the game. First of all is the player from "Pickle" a flash player? If so will this be able to be accessed by iPads and iPhones. When I was using flash for the media content my iPad would not recognize it (as well as on my Mac computer's browsers).
I have been trying to follow the directions in Pickle's Install and Setup. I uploaded all the Pickle files to my website. I navigated to my website exposedinblackandwhite.com/pickle/_SETUP.html and the page was not found.
In dreamweave I checked to see if the folder pickle got uploaded. It did(with all the files). What am I doing wrong?
Pickle uses multiple web technologies (HTML5 & JavaScript) to work in all devices including iOS, PC, Mac, Android, with Flash fallback for Mozilla browsers.
Did you upload the PICKLE folder and all it's contents to your remote site? Did you upload your video to your remote site?
See Supported Video Formats
http://www.pickleplayer.com/docs/file_formats_overview.php
Do you have the correct folder & file names listed in your player code?
<div data-media="folder/video-filename.m4v" data-image="folder/video-filename.jpg"></div>
NOTE: cAsE matters. Also, don't use spaces in folder & file names
Post a link to your test page.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
Hi
I am not sure what I am doing wrong or for that matter what I am doing at all. This is all very strange to me so I do appreciate your input in dealing with this problem and my ignorance.
I hope the below info will give you an insight to the problem.
Gilbert
The below (bold script) is what I added to the code.
XBW is the root folder.
"../../Pages/Categories_SlideShow/Category_background_right.jpg" width="1390" height="899" alt="rightsidebar" />
The below is the original code before I inserted the new code:
"../../Pages/Categories_SlideShow/Category_background_right.jpg" width="1390" height="899" alt="rightsidebar" />
</div
Hi
The below link is what I now have on my website. The problem is that I can not make the control bar shorter or for that matter I can not even eliminate it.
http://www.exposedinblackandwhite.com/Video_files/9-11/NineEleven.html
The below link is with the suggested code by pickle
http://www.exposedinblackandwhite.com/Video_files/9-11/NineEleven_pick le.html
Gilbert
PROBLEM #1 Absolute positioning is not recommended for primary layouts. You don't need positioning at all particularly since you're using a pre-built CSS Layout.
PROBLEM #2 Your video file is 404 not found on server. This is the path that is referenced in your Pickle Player code:
http://www.exposedinblackandwhite.com/Video_files/9-11/XBW/Video_files/9-11/WTC_9_11_720_QS.mov
It probably should be this (I can't confirm right now because I'm uploading a ton of media files):
http://www.exposedinblackandwhite.com/XBW/Video_files/9-11/WTC_9_11_720_QS.mov
PROBLEM #3 is the same as #2, image is 404 not found. Remember, don't use spaces in file names.
http://www.exposedinblackandwhite.com/Video_files/9-11/XBW/Video_files/9-11/%209_11.jpg
Correct path should probably be this but image is not there:
http://www.exposedinblackandwhite.com/XBW/Video_files/9-11/%209_11.jpg
I would suggest that you focus on getting your Pickle Player to work on a plain vanilla test page without any other CSS, scripts, menus, rollovers, etc.
Go to File > New > Blank page, HTML, [Layout] None.
It will be easier for you to work with the code if you don't have all that other stuff to look at. Once you get the player working on your test page, you can copy the code into your site page.
Nancy O.
Hello
I have tried but really got nowhere. Actually I've given up. I want to thank you for all your efforts. The reason that I have not succeeded is not your fault but rather my ignorance of computer language in general. I can plug in things easily but when it comes to really understanding what I am doing I am at a loss. I will eventually take another approach.
Thank you again for your time and effort.
Gilbert
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