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JWPlayer - Shuffle/Repeat & Fullscreen/Autoplay

I'm trying to do two things.

1) Use jwplayer to pull from a playlist and shuffle all items in that playlist. Once all items have played, start over. When I set shuffle to 'true' what happens is it is too true of a shuffle. I've got 5 videos in there right now and it seems to play the same video twice in a row often. Also it will do something like: 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 3' and skip videos 2 and 5. Is it possible to force shuffle on the entire playlist and not repeat a video until all items in the playlist are complete? I've even see it do the same video 3 times in a row which is bad.

2) How do you do a true fullscreen with autoplay command? The best I can figure is setting height and width to 100% but there's still a half inch border around the video with a white background.

If I can get these two things fixed, the company I work for will probably buy a few hundred licenses over the next year. I just have to get it working is all. Also I assume once we buy licenses the "jwplayer" logo will no longer appear in the lower left corner when a video starts to play?

Here's the code I'm using right now (shuffle is disabled because of the repeat video issue mentioned above)

bc.. <script type='text/javascript'>
jwplayer('mediaspace').setup({
'flashplayer': '/jwplayer/player.swf',
'playlistfile': 'rss.xml',
'controlbar': 'none',
'dock': 'false',
'autostart': 'true',
'icons': 'false',
'width': '100%',
'height': '100%',
'repeat': 'always',
'shuffle': 'false'
});
</script>

42 Community Answers

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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1) It is not possible to only shuffle after the first time, it is either on or off.

2) Because of a Flash security restriction, it is not possible to start the player in fullscreen mode I’m afraid.

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JW Player

User  
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1) Sad to hear that :(

2) How does a website like fullscreentube.com work if flash has a security restriction?

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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1) Yeah, sorry.

2) That is not full screen, that is just 100% width / height, just like this – http://developer.longtailvideo.com/player/trunk/fl5/js/test/examples/hundredpercent.html

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JW Player

User  
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The link you posted has a white border around the video where the fullscreentube site doesn't.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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It’s just an example. True “fullscreen” mode is not possible at autostart in Flash, the site you posted was not using real fullscreen.

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JW Player

User  
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Gotcha, I guess what I need to know is how do I remove the white border. I don't need true fullscreen I just want the border gone. Thanks for all your help.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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You can do this with CSS.

Sample code:

<html>
<head>
<title>100% by 100%</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#mediaspace {
	margin: auto;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://player.longtailvideo.com/swfobject.js"></script>
<div id='mediaspace'>This div will be replaced</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var so = new SWFObject('http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf','mpl','100%','100%','9');
  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
  so.addVariable('file','http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/bunny.flv');
  so.addVariable('image','http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/bunny.jpg');
  so.addVariable('stretching','exactfit');
  so.write('mediaspace');
</script>	
</body>
</html>

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Or with the embedder:

<html>
<head>
<title>100% by 100%</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#medispace {
	margin: auto;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://player.longtailvideo.com/jwplayer.js">
</script>
<div id='mediaspace'>
This div will be replaced
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    jwplayer("mediaspace").setup({
            'file': "http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/bunny.mp4",
			'image': "http://www.longtailvideo.com/jw/upload/bunny.jpg",
            'flashplayer': "http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf",
            'width': "100%",
			'height': "100%",
            'stretching': 'exactfit',
			'controlbar': 'bottom',
			'skin': 'http://www.longtailvideo.com/files/skins/five/5/five/five.xml'
    });
</script>	
</body>
</html>

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JW Player

User  
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You're my hero :)

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np :)

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JW Player

User  
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here is an example that I use on my web site to achieve fullscreen
using the event feature of the JWPlayer

bc.. events:
{
onPlay: function () {$jw('div1').setFullscreen(true)},
onPause: function() {$jw('div1').setFullscreen(false)},
onComplete:function()
{
$jw('div1').setFullscreen(false),
$jw('div1').setup(options)
}
},

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Do you have a link that does this? ;) I am curious to see.

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JW Player

User  
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Yes.works quite well too

The direct link is www.mirana.net/mediaZX.html

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Thanks

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JW Player

User  
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yw

email if you wish to see something new ;-)

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Sure

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JW Player

User  
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This line doesnt work :(
onPlay: function () {$jw('div1').setFullscreen(true)},

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Link?

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JW Player

User  
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@Josue

bc.. This line doesnt work :(
onPlay: function () {$jw('div1').setFullscreen(true)},



*You fail to provide a link indicating that it doesn't work. Hence making the statement without support/backup evidence losses its validity.*

You have to remember that the post above is the example that I use on my web site.

IF you by chance copied it and *did not change the id of the jwplayer ($jw)* then it is understandable that it will not work.

The id given in the example posted isn't really needed *IF and only IF* you have one instance of the player which does *require an id in its instantiation* BUT references made to the player thereafter really do not require the id to be present thus you could leave it out and use instead
bc.. $jw()



I bet the error lies is at you end.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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A link would be helpful though.

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JW Player

User  
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hi..
i am using jwplayer
when i play this code on mobile default browser then it is play on full screen.. but i want it is play only on that div.. how can we do this please help..

i use this sript
jwplayer("dvvdoHelp").setup({
autostart: true,
controlbar: "none",
levels: [
{ file: source1 },
{ file: source2 }
],
//flashplayer: "jwplayer/player.swf",
volume: 80,
width: 520,
events: {
onComplete: function () { }
}
});

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Which devices are you using? If you are using a phone it will always open in fullscreen due to the screen size.

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JW Player

User  
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Thaanx for quick response..
i use sony xperia s 256 but in mobile other then default browser like firefox it is working fine for me... is there anyway to play video on particular div. not on fullscreen..

i am waiting for your valuable respons..
Thanx.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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There is not. If you are using a phone with a smaller screen size than a tablet for example, the player will always render in full screen.

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JW Player

User  
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ok.. thanx ...

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np

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JW Player

User  
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I am trying in use the above code for getting fullscreenautoplay. When I plugged in my video works great. But for some reason I can't get it to use the custom skin. What am I doing wrong? Here's the code:

<html>
<head>
<title>100% by 100%</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#mediaspace {
margin: auto;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://player.longtailvideo.com/swfobject.js"></script>
<div id='mediaspace'>This div will be replaced</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf','mpl','100%','100%','9');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addVariable('file','http://rarepearlsboutique.com/jwplayer/videos/PhotoStory1.mp4');
so.addVariable('autostart','true');
so.addVariable('skin','http://rarepearlsboutique.com/jwplayer/skins/moderngreen/moderngreen.zip');
so.addVariable('stretching','exactfit');
so.write('mediaspace');
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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fullscreenautoplay is not possible, Flash security does not allow this.

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JW Player

User  
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Yes, I understand that Flash has a security feature that does not allow true fullscreenautoplay. The code you listed previously is a nice compromise. I am happy with it. My only problem is for some reason the custom skin I build doesn't display in the above code, although it works in everywhere else. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Why isn't the skin compatible with the above code?

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Do you have a link that I can see?

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JW Player

User  
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Oh. Sorry.

http://rarepearlsboutique.com/Untitled-2.html

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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You need a crossdomain.xml file here – http://rarepearlsboutique.com/crossdomain.xml

More information – http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/crossdomain_policy_file_spec.html

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JW Player

User  
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Thank you. I read through and uploaded the least restrictive cross-domain-policy example possible (see below) but still no luck. What else am I doing wrong here?

http://rarepearlsboutique.com/crossdomain.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="all"/>
<allow-access-from domain="*" secure="false"/>
<allow-http-request-headers-from domain="*" headers="*" secure="false"/>
</cross-domain-policy>

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Use this one:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain="*" />
</cross-domain-policy>

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JW Player

User  
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I'm OK now. Thanks.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np.

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JW Player

User  
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I have trying to use event function "setFullscreen(state)"
but for sorry; I found that: its just works with html5 mode as noted.
is there any way to embed youtube video using html5 mode within jwplayer?
Thank you very much and regards.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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YouTube HTML5 mode only works on devices, not browsers.

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JW Player

User  
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Thanks for your help,
but That mean I can use events function liek "setFullscreen(state)" and automatically will works fine of devices? thats because Iam -for sorry- useing emulators of Andriod and IOS for testing not hardware devices it self...

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Devices disable auto fullscreen mode…it only works in html5 mode in the browser…

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JW Player

User  
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I get it, Thank you very much for help and regards...

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np

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