How do I get a video to autoplay or autostart: Here is the code I am using:
bc.. <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/{$video.video_key}-57694-36297.swf" width="640" height="387" bgcolor="#000000" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" autoplay="true" />
If you use the swf style embeds the only way to do this is by adding the following into the custom flashvar field of the player:
autostart=trueWhen you use the js style embed codes you can add variables in a much more flexible manner like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/nPripu9l-ALJ3XQCI.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> botr_nPripu9l_ALJ3XQCI.addVariable("autostart","true"); </script>See the <a rel="no follow" href="http://www.bitsontherun.com/tutorials/add-custom-flashvars-within-bits-run-cms/">add custom flashvar tutorial</a> for more details.
Thanks for your quick reply, the demo you sent works perfect, but when I add the code to insert the VIDEOKEY and the PLAYERKEY, it does not work, the video shows up, but does not autostart. Here is the code:
bc.. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/{$video.video_key}-57694-36297.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
botr_{$video.video_key}_57694-36297.addVariable("autostart","true");
</script>
Any suggestions?
botr_{$video.video_key}_57694-36297.addVariable("autostart","true");should be
botr_{$video.video_key}_57694_36297.addVariable("autostart","true");(note the underscore). This is because JavaScript starts doing math on a string when it sees a dash.
Yea, I tried that, tried all variations of that, here, again, is my current code - maybe it is something wrong with the "-" in the PLAYERKEY?
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/gdbaUJPG-57694-36297.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
botr_gdbaUJPG_57694_36297.addVariable("autostart","true");
</script>
First of all, you are using the {video_key}-{conversion_key}-{player_key} scheme. This has been deprecated, you should use {video_key}-{player_key} instead.
Furthermore it looks like you are using a player that is not in your account. It is quite possible that this other code has a hardcoded autostart=false. That will override any autostart parameters sent in a flashvar.
If I change you embed code to:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/gdbaUJPG-vAKOX3V6.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> botr_gdbaUJPG_vAKOX3V6.addVariable("autostart","true"); </script>Here vAKOX3V6 is a video player in your account. Even when I disable autostart within the player configuration, the flashvar will cause an autostart now.
That worked, thanks! The client gave me the incorrect account info, all good now.
I am trying to get my video to autoplay as well. The code I am using is
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/ywhbSEsY-u5qYY6D6.js"> </script>
<script type="text/javascript"> botr_ywhbSEsY-u5qYY6D6.addVariable("autostart","true"); </script>
I can watch the video, but it does not autoplaying
Hey Chris,
At first glance this happens because you will need to replace a dash in the second line with an underscore like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://content.bitsontherun.com/players/ywhbSEsY-u5qYY6D6.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> botr_ywhbSEsY_u5qYY6D6.addVariable("autostart","true"); </script>You need to use an underscore because a dash would trigger javascript to treat as a calculation; botr_ywhbSEsY minus u5qYY6D6 instead of a string, which doesn't make a lot of sense.
