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Removing The Watermark

First off, I do have a license. And found a thread that stated removing the watermark was allowed.

Could someone explain how to go about removing it? Perhaps there is a tutorial somewhere.

Thanks,
Jay Lachance

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JW Player

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@Jay,

This should do it for you..bc.. *http://mymail.playourvideo.net/smovl.htm?id=watermarktweak.mp4*
Regards - Jimb

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Adam

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Any license-holder can download an unbranded player here:
http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/commercial-license/

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JW Player

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Adam I have downloaded the unbranded player and entered my invoice number the like and the watermark still shows up.

Thanks Jimb for the video. That seems to fix it.

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JW Player

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Same problem here. I own a license and downloaded the unbranded 4.4 from your commercial download area...maybe the unbranded version is branded ;). The filesize are the same compared to branded version...

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JW Player

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Okay i just re-downloaded the licensed player. Now the filesize is diffrent compared to demo. The watermark is removed.

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JW Player

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..and where do we get the .fla file please?

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JW Player

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Just use a Flash Decompiler.

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Adam

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You can also get the source code here: http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/browser/tags/mediaplayer-4.4

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JW Player

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This seems to no longer be a problem, I downloaded from the link provided in the email after purchasing the licence and the downloaded version DOES NOT have the embedded JWL backlink. So, this problem is no longer a problem.

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JW Player

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I just purchased 2 licenses and downloaded the licensed player. When I right-click on the new player, I still can see the "About JW Player 4.4.198...".

I thought that an "unbranded" version also meant that the "About" link wouldn't be there. Is this not correct?

If owning a license entitles you to have a player without the About link, where can I download a player without it?

Thanks!

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JW Player

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Where is the fla? I have a license and am happy there is no watermark, but I want to adjust the skin slightly (remove the 1px high shadow effect under the control bar)

I have tried decompilers but the swf doesnt work after I publish from the decompiled fla

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JW Player

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There seems to be a very basic question that is being avoided.

What AS file etc allows you to remove this watermark. I can see from watermark.as that there is a URL for the onclick event but no actual reference to an image.

How does one remove the watermark image from the FLA for mediaplayer V4.4?

Thanks for your time.

Smiggy

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JW Player

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I have the answer. Navigate to the player.as file and comment out the watermark reference and save:

// sploader.addPlugin(new Watermark(),'watermark');

Load player.fla and recompile.

DONE!

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JW Player

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Yip, good job Dave, saved me $90 CDN

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JW Player

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Great Dave.. Thanks a lot... btw, how you can find that.. ?

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JW Player

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Hi there, I have the licensed player, downloaded from this link http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/commercial-license/

yet still getting the watermark at the top of the video.

Help? I'd prefer not to delve into code, it seems odd that you pay for an unbranded player but don't actually get one!

Thanks in advance,

Simon

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JW Player

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Hi Simon

Did you get a response? Same problem, I have the license but still the watermark?

Anyone help please

Ian

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JW Player

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I found out how to fix this!!!

When I downloaded the licensed player, I just changed my code to use the player-licensed-viral.swf, well that isn't enough, you have to rename the player-licensed-viral.swf to player.swf and overwrite the old file.

Walah!

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JW Player

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Hi Sarah

Still struggling. I'm not a codey. In which file did you change the code to clear the watermark? Seems strange you have to do any of this when you've purchased the license.

Thanks in advance
Ian

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JW Player

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I've got it.

I changed the code in the actual webpage that the player is in, (there I was looking at the code in the longtail files!! doh!)

from
<param name="movie" value="player.swf" />

to

<param name="movie" value="player-licensed.swf" />

Yippee!

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