Hi Anderson, thanks. Tried to convert my .swf files to match the hight / length of my frame on the web..., for some reason it didn't work..Seems like people just have to wait for a few seconds until it is loaded fully. no big deal, love the good work on this player :)
I've also found problems buffering in firefox. Have addedthe bufferlength variable, no succsess. Using 3.7
Has ANYONE successfully buffered videos in Firefox? Or is this an irreparable bug?
My Code(which may be faulty):
<embed src="Video/mediaplayer.swf" width="320" height="340" flashvars="&displayheight=240&file=Video/VideoPlaylist.xml
&height=340&width=320&autostart=false
&shuffle=false&autoscroll=false&buferlength=5>
Thanks!
I think your missing a quotation after end, plus you have misspelled 'buffer', which has 2 f's.
You should replace with:
<embed src="Video/mediaplayer.swf" width="320" height="340" flashvars="displayheight=240&file=Video/VideoPlaylist.xml
&height=340&width=320&autostart=false
&shuffle=false&autoscroll=false&bufferlength=5">
Hi
My .flv file is taking a lot of time to load from my server and it stops playing from time to time, due to buffering. Is there a way to fix this, so that the video can be played continously ? I noticed other people have the same problem. I use www.bluehost.com as web hosting, and there it says that video streaming service is available.
Is it possible to set the embedded video to start buffering on main page load? I have my video embedded about halfway down a page of text, and it would be great to use the time the user spends reading that text to start buffering the video.
Currently it suffers from the youtube-syndrome of hitting play, starting the buffer, hitting pause, hitting play again when sufficiently buffered.
@Mike
i think there are two ways of accomplishing what you want - both using a little trickery:
you can place an invisble player on the page (size 0,0 or hidden <div) have it autostart and muted - that will make the file getting downloaded to the browsercache and thereby ready for your user to play in the visible player.
or you can use the [url=http://www.jeroenwijering.com/extras/javascript.html]javascript api[/url] to pause the autostarting player after a few seconds in which case the player will continue downloading the video, getting ready for your user...
I am having problems viewing a film. When I click start to watch a movie, it buffers instantly to a 100% and the film begins perfectly but 2-3 minutes into it, the buffering pops up again and stops at 0% which means I never get to watch the entire movie. In the past, I have left it to buffer for a few hours albeit very slow but eventually the buffering ended and I got to watch the full length of the movie. But frustratingly in the last 2 weeks or so, the stoppage in buffering means I have unable to view these films. Please anyone help as I am missing out on these really good films. Thanks.
@Casie
it is concievable that your movies doesnt have proper metadata!
you can use the tool from this [url=http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=4920]thread[/url] to see if there is metadata in an offline movie.
if there is no metadata then you can use the [url=http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/]buraks[/url] tool to inject them-
or maybe more easy, upload the movie to [url=http://www.youtube.com/]youtube[/url] and [url=http://keepvid.com/]download[/url] again and see if that makes any difference...
Thanks for replying so quickly. The movies I have watched in the past were posted free on different websites including youtube, veoh etc. and I did not have a lot of difficulties viewing them prior to a couple of weeks ago. I have tried using the metadata tool you posted, but I don't really understand how to add a film file on the browse window when the Flv-video and metadata reader is open. Although I have now installed adobe flash player and it seems to have to improved the picture quality a bit. Could it be that the problems I have is to do with low memory. And if there are any other suggestions, I am happy to try them. Thanks.
@Casie
ok - videos from youtube have just the minimal metadata to function.
were you playing videos hosted on other sites such as youtube?
on less you are playing HUGE videos memory should not be a problem
(the average youtube video is maybe 15Mb)
more important is if your operating system, browser and flash browser plugin and JW Player is up to date - make sure all four are fresh...
how does the test video (video.flv) in the download behave? is that ok?
for further help it is best if you can post a link to your test page or at least the code you use - else this turns too much into a guessing game!
stating you OS/browser(s) and JW Player-type is also helpful...
yes, it is very deficult to watch a film in the internet so that i hate th bufering it is very deficult to cross it
if there is any body that know the solution of that problem,please send me in alex_nuur@who.net.
thank you
Hi to all!
Thanks for the wonderful player, jeroen!
This is my problem: How can I set bufferlenght for mp3?
I read the code (MP3model) and it seems there's no evidence of buffer support..
can anyone help me??
Thanks a lot!
@Bruno,
Current versions of the players suport bufferlength.
What version of the player do you have?
Right click on the player to see the version.
Thanks for the answer, Will
The problem is referred to v3.5
@Bruno,
I'm not sure exactly when 'bufferlength' was added since I've only been using Jeroen's players since v3.7, but you might want to upgrade to the latest v3.99. I'm sure 'bufferlength' works in it.
It doesn't matter which one of the JW Players you use (media, mp3, or flv), they're all the same.
Thanks again Will but bufferlength property there is already in v3.5.
I'm using media player.
The fact is that bufferlength works only if you stream an flv, not if you want to stream an mp3! :$
However I solved my problem working within the code!
Thank you very much
Bruno
@Bruno
& how did you do that? :-)
I mean how did you manage to increase the bufferlenght for mp3?
Content-Length header must be present. If no, Firefox ignore bufferlength.
hey so Content-Length header of what? the .FLV file downloaded by FLVPlayer?
How can I test if my server sends those headers?
And if it doesnt how can I fix this?
confused... but intresting topic.. b/c whatever buffertime I specify, it doesnt listen to it
I can use the autostart trick to preload the first video, but if I have a playlist of say 10 videos that I want to play through one after another... is it possible to preload the rest of the videos in the playlist before it gets to them? So it plays through as one movie, not clip then buffering then next clip and buffering, then next clip and bufferint, etc.
I too have the Firefox buffer problem. I'm running the latest available version, 3.14. I have bufferlength set to 10 (for example), yet Firefox will immediately try to play the file. BUT, if I go to the same page in IE, it'll wait out the 10 seconds and then start to play.
Thoughts?
var s1 = new SWFObject("mediaplayer.swf","single","280","210","7","#000000");
s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","false");
s1.addVariable("backcolor", "0x000000");
s1.addVariable("frontcolor", "0x666666");
s1.addVariable("lightcolor", "0x00000");
s1.addVariable("showdigits","false");
s1.addVariable("showicons","false");
s1.addVariable("displayheight","210");
s1.addVariable("image","trailer.jpg");
s1.addVariable("javascriptid","mpl");
s1.addVariable("file","file.flv");
s1.addVariable("type","flv");
s1.addVariable("linkfromdisplay","true");
s1.addVariable("link","sendEvent('mpl','stop')");
s1.addVariable("linktarget","_self");
s1.addVariable("autostart","false");
s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
s1.addParam("wmode","transparent");
s1.addVariable("bufferlength","10");
s1.write("playerViewer");
*Hi...
My problem is something defferent then u all. I wants to customize right-click options.
I wants to add some more in it then default.
anyone can tell me how can i do this in JW FLVPlayer.
Thnx.*
HI
I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I CLICKING A VEDIO THE PROGRESS BAR REACHES END AND VEDIO STOP MIDWAY I HAVE INSTALL ADOBE FLASH PLAYER I DONT USE JW FLV PLAYER AND I DONT KNOW HOW TO USE IT .ITS VERY DEFFICULT
Hi Jeroen,
I love your flash player and it saved my life in million situations...
Thank u.
This is my question:
I have this .flv movie, about 60MB of size, and I play it from CD as it is some multimedia presentation of my school project.
It is a short movie, and I could have used other players but I plan to put it on the web so your player was the optimal choice. Anyways, I am annoyed with this small loading circle that appears every 10-15 seconds on the screen, like it is loading something. It is very distracting to the viewers. I put buffer size to 30s in order to prevent this "loading sign" to appear but it is still there. Is there anything I can do to avoid it? Am I doing something wrong? Please let me know what to do.
This is my script:
var so = new SWFObject('mediaplayer.swf','mpl','550','400','8');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addVariable("backcolor","0x445044");
so.addVariable("frontcolor","0xE9EDD2");
so.addVariable("lightcolor","0xE9EDD2");
so.addVariable('height','400');
so.addVariable('width','550');
so.addVariable("lightcolor","0x445044");
so.addVariable('file','media/Stari Grad 2x.flv');
so.addVariable('captions','media/test_ba.xml');
so.addVariable('showstop','true');
so.addVariable('autostart','true');
so.addVariable('bufferlength','30');
so.write('player');
Thank you so much.
Vanja
Since you didn't state what version of the JW Media Player you were using, I'll have to assume that you are using some old version. Upgrade to v3.14, the latest.
Hi all,
I have a buffer problem with Internet Explorer. The player works correctly in Firefox, but not in IE6 or IE7. Everybody with IE have the same problem on my site. On other sites with the same video player, I don't have the buffer problem. Tried several versions, but without any change.
When I try to watch a video in IE, it doesn't buffer or preload. It starts playing directly when I click on the play button. Setting buffertime doesn't make sence. Instead of seeing the load %, it's like we see the filesize in kb's that is loaded. When I reload the page, or try to watch another movie, the flashplayer doesn't appear at all.
I tried several things, beside of the player versions. Full domains or paths from the root, CHMOD values of the files and player.
The code:
<div id="player" class="player"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this player.</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var s0 = new SWFObject("<?=PATH;?>flash/mediaplayer.swf","mediaplayer","640","380","7");
s0.addVariable("file","<?=$fullPath;?>");
s0.addVariable("image","<?=PATH_GO;?>/images/video/<?=$previewImage;?>");
s0.addParam("allowfullscreen","true");
s0.write("player");
</script>
Using the full domains to the files and player, instead of <?=PATH;?> doesn't make sence. The source of the html output contains the right url's to the files. Firefox is able to play and buffer/preload the video's with any problem.
It's not the problem, but for IE, you should have:bc.. s0.addVariable("width","640");s0.addVariable("height","380");
Now on to the problem. Your video file possibly doesn't have metadata. See this:[url=http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player]*JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 3.14 - Support*[/url]bc.. If the progressbar isn't running with your FLV file, or if your video dimensions are wrong, your FLV file doesn't have metadata. Fix this by using the small tool from [url=http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/]www.buraks.com/flvmdi[/url].
I installed flvmd viewer, but I don't get the tab by any of my flv files. The dll / register file is installed.
To solve the problem, we need to run a script on our Linux server to be able to see the video in IE? Not possible for us, when several people upload 10+ movies daily.
We use ffmpeg to upload and convert video's.
After you convert with ffmpeg, you need to run [url=http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2]*flvtool2*[/url] (it can be scripted on Linux) to create and inject the metadata before the video will display correctly in Flash players.
FLVtool2 is installed on our server and the video's have metadata, but the problem isn't solved. IE still doesn't buffer the video's.
Do you know what headers your server is sending? It sounds like Internet Explorer is having a problem with the "Content-Length" header.
if you can post a link to a test video file, I can check the headers that your server is sending.
A video is shown on this page: http://www.xboxonly.nl/videos/788/Burnout_Paradise/. (it's a Dutch game community).
Hi,
I am websites;
Playing a movie with flv player in Firefox, there's nearly no ie. : (
<a href="http://www.harunkaya.org" title="*harun kaya*">*harun kaya*</a> - <a href="http://www.harunkaya.org" title="*elaz??*">*elaz??*</a>
I've also found problems buffering in firefox. Have addedthe bufferlength variable, no succsess
Now on to the problem. Your video file possibly doesn't have metadata. See this:<a href="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player" title="*JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 3.14 - Support*">*JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 3.14 - Support*</a><em>If the progressbar isn't running with your FLV file, or if your video dimensions are wrong, your FLV file doesn't have metadata. Fix this by using the small tool from <a href="http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/" title="www.buraks.com/flvmdi">www.buraks.com/flvmdi</a>.<br />
In firefox, the problem is due to deflate mode on apache.
If your turn off deflate mode into apache configuration, buffer works correctly in firefox.
regards
www.auto-museum.net
Anyone who knows a solution for my buffer problem in IE?
Meta-data is correct. But possibly there's something wrong with the "Content-Length" header.
@VincentG,
I tried playing the video *8007592_t_burnoutparadise_dev_diary1_h264.flv* from your site in IE and there was a buffering problem just like you described.
Then I tried playing the video from my server in IE and still saw the same buffering problem.
So then, I ran Adobe's FLVCheck followed by FLVMDI /k /l /x video.flv to create and inject the metadata array.
Now, the video plays fine from my server in IE.
So, I would suggest that you do the same.
a) Get *FLVCheck* from Adobe Labs, run it on the video.
b) Get *FLVMDI* from Buraks and run it on the video with the /k and /l options.
Hopefully, this will resolve the problems that you are having with that particular file.
I think it would be a good practice to run those two programs on every FLV file. If the file is OK, no harm done. But if the file has problems, they will either fix the file or alert you to the problems.
Hmm ok.
The programmer of the video uploader should have installed a tool, in which video's will be updated with meta-data. He tested a video with meta data, which still had problems.
The problem is that we can't update every video with the meta data directly, because there are uploaded by several people on different times. But I will check the meta-data tools.
We tested some new test video's, 2 of them with meta-data, injected by different methods (flvtool2 and flvmdi), 1 of them without meta-data. There was no difference in the playback of the videos.
In IE, it likes it has to completely buffer the video, before it can play. Instead of the percentage that is loaded, you see the kb's or b's. In Firefox, the loadbar is full shortly after playing, but the video isn't completely loaded.
Doesn't seem to be a problem caused by meta-data.
The symptoms that you are reporting now, like the symptoms you reported earlier, are symptomatic of an FLV video file that doesn't have the metadata array.
Can you make the new video files available for downloading and testing?
We tested some video's with correctly meta-data, but that didn't make any sence.
I'll try a new video with meta-data, and post the link here.
Edit: A test page with some video's:
*http://www.gamingonly.nl/test.php*.
Lost2 is editted by flvcheck and should have the meta-data (used the -m command, which creates a new file).
---
I don't see the results in flvcheck. When I want to test a file like I get something like this:
*D:\>flvcheck -f lost.flv
FLVcheck Version 1.0 - Utility to validate...*
But I don't get a result value of the file.
Your problem is something with the way your server is sending the file. If I play lost2.flv from your server, I see the problems that you describe, bytes shown instead of %, etc. If I play lost2.flv from my server, it loads with the % load shown, and plays normally.
Here are the headers from your server and my server. They look normal.bc.. YourServer:
--09:25:08--http://www.gamingonly.nl/dump/lost2.flv
=>`lost2.flv'
Resolvingwww.gamingonly.nl...84.243.245.160
Connectingtowww.gamingonly.nl[84.243.245.160]:80...connected.
HTTPrequestsent,awaitingresponse...
1HTTP/1.1200OK
2Date:Fri,29Feb200817:20:40GMT
3Server:Apache/2
4Last-Modified:Fri,29Feb200810:01:06GMT
5ETag:"e1c007-1112a07-1ddc3c80"
6Accept-Ranges:bytes
7Content-Length:17902087
8Vary:Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
9Keep-Alive:timeout=30,max=100
10Connection:Keep-Alive
11Content-Type:text/plain
MyServer:
HTTPrequestsent,awaitingresponse...
1HTTP/1.1200OK
2Date:Fri,29Feb200817:30:25GMT
3Server:Apache
4Last-Modified:Fri,29Feb200810:01:06GMT
5ETag:"4e1-1112a07-1ddc3c80"
6Accept-Ranges:bytes
7Content-Length:17902087
8Keep-Alive:timeout=3,max=100
9Connection:Keep-Alive
10Content-Type:text/plain;charset=ISO-8859-1
auto-museum.net's reply fixed my issue with buffering in Firefox. Simply disable mod_deflate in apache config for - at a minimum - FLV types. I turned mine off completely for the site in question and viola - instant gratification.
Thanks for the tip.
Hey guys,
I am trying to watch TV episodes online. The link that one of the websites always take me to tudou.com. I am not really a computer expert here, I have increase my RAM to 3gb, i have a dual core 2 processor, 1.8ghz . My internet connection is also good. DSL, but it works well for me. It was working fine for me before, but now the buffer time is killing me. After every few seconds it pauses. Please advice if i can do anything to improve this. thanks.
@Jason - I agree, the fix proposed by auto-museum.net resolved my FF non buffering problem.
@auto-museum.net - many thanks. Now my player buffers and works correctly in IE and FF.
To recap:
If your player is working correctly in IE, buffering and downloading, but not in IE, check to see that your apache settings do not deflate (compress) .flv files. Making this change resolved my FF non buffering, video plays quicker than download, advanced to next video, skip video due to insufficient buffering problems.
For Newbies: In some setups you can place these apache directives in the .htaccess file like:
bc.. SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|flv)$ \
no-gzip dont-vary
I use the mod_deflate in my apache 2 setup to compress data from server to client, I added those file types that I don't want to send compressed, like images, and the flv.
I hope that helps,
Enzo
P.S. Jeroen, great player. I used to comment on the old flvplayer that has served me well in the past, just upgraded to the mediaplayer and I am loving it. Great work...
I'm watching a video in Firefox on a Mac where the player has been updated to the latest version (3.15). The video seems to play for a short time and then stop and act like it's buffering with the icon spinning. The video never starts back up and again to start playing. The video doesn't always stop at the same spot but it does stop every time. Is there anyone who can help with this?!
The code I am using is below:
<embed src="../mediaplayer-315.swf" width="760" height="360" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="&file=previewplaylist.xml&bufferlength=15&height=360&width=760&autoscroll=false&displaywidth=540&overstretch=false&thumbsinplaylist=true" />
I thought it might be the bufferlength as I didn't have it before but I added it and set it to 15 but still same result.
You can see the videos here: http://www.harmony-central.com/theater/video/preview/preview_video.html
This is a big video size to stream. Try setting autostart=true and remove the bufferlength and see if you get the same behavior.
I'm trying to play a YouTube video,but it buffers, can someone help me with this.
how i open apache configuration?
same IE problem in JW player.
Sorry to come in on your problems but i have one that appeared out of the blue.
When using buffering:
It starts buffering for the buffer length ( 15 in my case ) when it reaches 15 the video runs like fast forward and than starts buffering again and at the second time it plays the movie correctly.
This is in IE because in Firefox works fine.
I'm using player 4.1.6 version
this is the link to the example.
http://maistv.no-ip.org/buf1.html
Thanks for any help
@algarve,
Try a newer version of the player from here: *http://code.longtailvideo.com/trac/export/87/branches/4.2/player.swf*
Hi kLink, thanks for the tip but didn't work.
Strange because it was working well before.
hai dont think it as silly. My problem is while watching movies in the bharat movies.com buffering is very slow and it is unable to watch.My real player is also failing to download that movie..I have a firefox also I dont know what is the use of that & how to use it.Please solve my problem as earlier as possible
HELLO SIR I M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH BUFFERING OF SYSTEM
hello. in my site. when i push play button. video doesnt start but sound comes. after second click to play video start. but after some second it stops and turn back.
Hi people!
Hope some one read my text and provide me the solution. im in a great need of the same. I have created videos in adobe captivate and the output files generated out of the video is in SWF format. I have uploaded this videos on our server. I am asked to add this video as inline buffering video. I managed to add video as inline. But Is it possible to add these videos in as buffering one. Kindly please help someone! I m Using Moodle as elearning site where i upload my videos.
Will be very thankful!
- Abbas
Hi I am using a flash player and it doesn't buffer content it just start playing content. suppose if the video is of 5 min. and after 2 min of play I revert the pointer to start than it will again start reading from source file. is there any away to include the buffer in player. I have already tried so.addVariable('bufferlength','30');
but no success. I am playing Mp3 in the player.
please do help me
Thanks
i can't access to youtube's videos as quick as before. i remember that problem when i tried downloading mozilla firefox. is there any way tos solve this problem. also it buffers just before a vidoe will play, but now it doesn't show any hint that a video buffers. what should i do?
Hi help
I can't watch movies due to buffering!! please help
Hi!
Excuse my english isn't perfect.
I have the problem below.
The player start to play the video correctly, and the buffer is OK. But the video is stall (or jam, or clog i dont know the right word, sorry) just for a sec. time after time.
Looks like buffer problem, but on the controlbar can see: is already 100% buffered. (I dont use the controlbar on my page, but i tried with it, so I saw the buffer was ok.)
I use this player half a year without problem, just since I upload the latest 2-3 video have this problem.
on head:
<script type='text/javascript' src='swfobject.js'></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
in body:
<p>
<embed
src="player-viral.swf"
width="470"
height="265"
bgcolor="undefined"
allowscriptaccess="none"
allowfullscreen="true"
flashvars="file=http://gabofilm.hu/eskuvo/eskuvo_keszulodes.flv?=preview.jpg&icons=false&stretching=fill&controlbar=none"
/>
</p>
<p class="szoveg">A legtbb pr krni szokta, hogy ksztsnk felvteleket a belltott fotzs alatt. Hangulatos werk-klipek szoktak szletni, amik feldobjk a filmet, mindenki szereti visszanzni ezeket a romantikus, vagy gyakran humoroson pillanatokat. Lin s Tams kifejezetten vidm, laza pros volt, nem jttek zavarba a vakuvillogstl, s?t sok sajt tletk volt, amelyekb?l sikerlt vicces pillanatokat elkapni. Rluk szl az albbi klip, ami taln vissza is adja az esemny hangulatt.
</p>
<p>
<embed
src="player-viral.swf"
width="470"
height="265"
bgcolor="undefined"
allowscriptaccess="none"
allowfullscreen="true"
flashvars="file=http://gabofilm.hu/eskuvo/eskuvo_fotozas.flv?=preview.jpg&icons=false&stretching=fill&controlbar=none"
/>
</p>
<p class="szoveg">
Vgezetl kvetkezzk egy zr montzs. Minden eskv?i film hasonlkpp r vget. Visszaprgetjk az id? kerekt, felidzve a nagy nap legszebb pillanatait, majd a montzst az ifj pr fotsa ltal ksztett, legjobban sikerlt belltott kpek zrjk.
</p>
<p>
<embed
src="player-viral.swf"
width="470"
height="265"
bgcolor="undefined"
allowscriptaccess="none"
allowfullscreen="true"
flashvars="file=http://gabofilm.hu/eskuvo/eskuvo_zaro.flv?=preview.jpg&icons=false&stretching=fill&controlbar=none"
/>
</p>
Pages (with one video) what worked before have the same problem.
(http://gabofilm.hu/ -->(second) REFERENCIK --> every submenu containt one or more video.)
What can I do? Or not to do? :)
Thanks for answer:
migroka
We had alot of buffer problems,
Here is what helped us :
Use the right mime type for .flv files
(MIME type video/x-flv)
Disable GZIP for the flv folder :
create a .htaccess file with
bc.. RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule . - [E=no-gzip:1]
Make sure the flv files have meta data.
do i have to wait hours&hours to see an interesting video even it`s only 2minutes width?! please help.....
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=9634#msg63975
That thread is pretty much the stomping ground for this issue, hopefully Jeroen will read it and propose a fix soon.
whenever i try to watch a video it has to completly buffer before i can watch it, this didnt happen before it use to buffer while i was watching the video, how can i fix this.
Can you provide a link to where you are running this?
