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1) It would be nice if jwplayer could be configured to automatically stop on the last frame instead of proceeding to blackness. Instead, programming effort is required to implement onTime events and to stop the video 1 second short of the end. This workaround of course also requires that videos have at least 1 second of dead time at the end, which is weak.

2) It would b nice if jwplayer could be configured to change its aspect ratio BY PLAYLIST ITEM rather than forcing the same aspect ratio on all items of the playlist. To get around this, programming effort is required to manually stop the playlist, kill the player, and then restart the playlist with the new item and the new aspect ratio.

3) It would be nice if jwplayer could be configured with a helpful countdown timer between playlist items, i.e. before automatically playing the next item (as with youtube and others). This would also solve the issue of the "next" message occluding the current video, since there would in this case be no need for a "next" occlusion. This obviously also can be overcome with programming effort.

4) It would be nice if jwplayer's API documention mentioned that the "playlistItem" event is fired twice when starting a playlist item. Programming effort is required to work around this, including the debugging effort necessary to understand that this is what is happening. Furthermore, the first event always shows the playlist item index = 0, even if it is not. The second event has it correct. So there's probably a bug here as well as a documentation issue, or maybe just a bug period.

Bottom line: great player (7.8.7) and overall quite happy so far, but unhappy that programming effort was required to make it work well.

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Alex

JW Player Support Agent  
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Hi there,

My name is Alex and I am one of the Team Leads of the Support Team at JW Player. I will be more than happy to assist you with your questions.

1) It would be nice if jwplayer could be configured to automatically stop on the last frame instead of proceeding to blackness. Instead, programming effort is required to implement onTime events and to stop the video 1 second short of the end. This workaround of course also requires that videos have at least 1 second of dead time at the end, which is weak.

I will pass this along to our Product team as a Feature Request.

2) It would b nice if jwplayer could be configured to change its aspect ratio BY PLAYLIST ITEM rather than forcing the same aspect ratio on all items of the playlist. To get around this, programming effort is required to manually stop the playlist, kill the player, and then restart the playlist with the new item and the new aspect ratio.

You are correct that there would be workarounds available, but the issue with implementing functionality like this in the player is that the size of the video is not necessarily, and is often not the size that the player will be on the site. In addition, we do not see a lot of playlists with content of mixed aspect ratios so devoting engineering resources to this would not be a high priority.

3) It would be nice if jwplayer could be configured with a helpful countdown timer between playlist items, i.e. before automatically playing the next item (as with youtube and others). This would also solve the issue of the “next” message occluding the current video, since there would in this case be no need for a “next” occlusion. This obviously also can be overcome with programming effort.

I will also pass this along to our Product team as a Feature Request.

4) It would be nice if jwplayer’s API documention mentioned that the “playlistItem” event is fired twice when starting a playlist item. Programming effort is required to work around this, including the debugging effort necessary to understand that this is what is happening. Furthermore, the first event always shows the playlist item index = 0, even if it is not. The second event has it correct. So there’s probably a bug here as well as a documentation issue, or maybe just a bug period.

I’m going to have to escalate this to our Engineering team to see what they say. As soon as I hear back, I will let you know.

Thank you.

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Hi Alex,

Thanks for your response. With regard to aspect ratio, it is never useful or attractive to display a video in "letterbox" style, whether the letterbox is horizontal or vertical. So if jwplayer ever finds itself wanting/needing to add blackness to the left/right or to the top/bottom, it would seem logical to me that jwplayer should, on its own, automagically correct the aspect ratio to the exact dimensions of the original video, and then set the actual width to the width provided by the user's setup. This will always display the video optimally in the space provided (which space, as you point out, you do not control), without adding the ugly blackness. So that's the Feature Request I'd propose submitting for item (2).

-- Eric

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Alex

JW Player Support Agent  
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Hi Eric,

I will pass that feedback along. Thank you!

Please let me know if you need any more help or have any other questions.

Thank you!

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