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May 21, 2012 5:59 PM

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?

 
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    May 22, 2012 10:56 AM   in reply to gweingourt

    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

    http://www.pickleplayer.com/

     

    JW Player

    http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/

     

    FlowPlayer

    http://flowplayer.org/

     

     

     

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    May 24, 2012 12:54 PM   in reply to gweingourt

    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

     

     

     

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    May 29, 2012 12:47 PM   in reply to gweingourt

    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.

     

     

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    May 31, 2012 10:53 AM   in reply to gweingourt

    Your code didn't come through correctly.

    The best way to get help is to upload your page to your web server space and post a link in the forum so we can see it.

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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    Jun 1, 2012 10:43 AM   in reply to gweingourt

    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.

     

     

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