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Stop buffering


Hi all,
Is it possible to disable the buffering system?

Regards,
Michael

17 Community Answers

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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What do you mean?

JW Player

User  
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I don't want the buffer function and just wanna play by what the bandwidth can provide.

Apparently i saw the 'bufferlength' in the setup wizard, does that mean when i set it to 0 there will be no buffer?

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Yes – http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12536/configuration-options

bufferlength ( 1 )  Flash only
    Number of seconds of the file that has to be loaded before the player starts playback. Set this to a low value to enable instant-start (good for fast connections) and to a high value to get less mid-stream buffering (good for slow connections). 

JW Player

User  
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Hi Ethan,
So it only works for flash?
What about mp4?

Regards,
Michael

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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MP4 works in Flash, too.

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

i don't want video to buffer..i use bufferlength(0) but it still take time to start the video in jwplayer.
plz reply asap

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Can you show me a link?

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

Hi Ethan, I have the same difficulty. I want to disable buffering. Actually i am providing streaming url. But the problem is when i pause and then when i again play the file it will resume from the point where i paused it. whereas i want it to play runtime.
var tmpflashvars = {
"file":"radio url",
"type":"sound",
"autostart":"false",
"playlist":"none",
"repeat":"list",
"backgroundTransparent":"true",
"duration":"",
"bufferlength":'2',

}
}
var tmpparams = {
"allowfullscreen":"false",
"allowscriptaccess":"always",
"wmode":"transparent",
"bgcolor":"#1d3657",
"duration":""
}
var tmpattributes = {
"id":"song_media_player",
"name":"song_media_player"
}
swfobject.embedSWF("<?php echo URL; ?>player/player.swf", "song_media_player_container", "100%", "55", "9.0.115", 'false', tmpflashvars, tmpparams, tmpattributes, mediaPlayerLoaded);

Also, i want to know is there a way to hide seek bar and time duration (shown at the ends of seek bar) on run time.
Please help !!

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Do you have a link?

JW Player

User  
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Hey first issue was solved by me. Just want to know is there any way to hide duration shown at the end of seek bar at runtime.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Glad you got it.

JW Player

User  
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U still dint solve my query :(.
I want to know if it is possible to hide duration at the ends of seek bar at runtime.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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You can either set the controlbar variable to none, or remove the time slider via our skinning model – http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/14/skinning-the-jw-player-5

JW Player

User  
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Can we change the skin of the player at runtime i.e. using javascript api?

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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I’m afraid not.

JW Player

User  
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Hi Ethan,
Is it possible to stop the video download after few seconds if user "paused" the playback?
I saw youtube has a "stop video download" option if I right click on the video player. even on pause it stop the buffering after few seconds.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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It isn’t possible, sorry.

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