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How to create playlist


Hello there, I'm new to ...Hello there, I'm new to JW player, I'm currently in the process of creating a website.

I would like to create a playlist with different mp3's files.

Where do I begin? What do I need? (I've already uploaded the player into my server).

Thanks in advanced.

16 Community Answers

JW Player

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See the Tutorials linked at the top of this page in the *Support* sub-menu.

JW Player

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no tutorial for using a playlist. I would like to do the same. Just have 100 or so of my mp3s playing randomly? what code do I enter?

JW Player

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Hi

i'm experiencing some difficulties to make my Jw player with an xml file i created below :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<videos>
<video url="http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/swf/golf550kbs.flv" desc="golf" />
<video url="http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/swf/VTS_06_1.flv" desc="golf" />
</videos>

my embed code :
embed
src="http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/swf/player.swf"
width="320"
height="240"
allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="false"
flashvars="image=http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/images/Myimage.jpg&duration=71&file=http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/swf/Myplaylist&screencolor=888888&stretching=fill&skin=http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/swf/nacht.swf"/>
</embed>

i tested it on JW setup wizard, but only get error #2048

can someone help, please ?

JW Player

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@kreolyag,

Your playlist URI returns a *"404 Not Found"* error.

Try it yourself by pasting this code into your browser:bc.. http://www.wmaker.net/liveklictv/docs/swf/Myplaylist



JW Player

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The tutorials and support of the Longtailvideo website are outstanding in my opinion. If you do struggle however, you may find this article on playlists helpful.

http://garethhooper.com/articles/information-technology/web-multimedia/135-how-to-add-hdhq-youtube-videos-to-a-playlist-for-use-with-the-jw-flv-player-.html

You could use my playlist as a template and modify it for your own videos/mp3s. There are some gotchas so read the article carefully.

I hope it helps.

Gareth

JW Player

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so outstanding there is not 1 example of a fucking playlist

JW Player

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guess you missed the examples here: *http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#Playlists*

*_please stay in school_*

JW Player

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Emmie - THERE'S NO EXAMPLES OF AN XML PLAYLIST THERE...

I actually find the site, tutorials and support twisted and not clear at all and all over the place.

Can anyone in fact post HERE an example of a playlist that us, the newbs, can simply edit to our paths and file names?

Please post it HERE, don't give us links we already visited or don't even work...

I found somewhere this (can you confirm is the correct format and what should it look if you want to add comments or more content?):

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>

<trackList>

<track>
<title>Part 1</title>
<location>http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/file1.flv</location>
</track>

<track>
<title>Part 2</title>
<location>http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/file2.flv</location>
</track>

<track>
<title>Part 3</title>
<location>http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/file3.flv</location>
</track>

</trackList>

</playlist>

Thank you.

JW Player

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If you can't find examples of playlists at: *http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#Playlists*, then posting here isn't going to help you.

There are 5 examples at that link...

JW Player

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It's true. There are no proper examples how to create our video player with playlist.

I think we're looking for...

1 - Code we literally paste into our web editing program
2 - XLM playlist example we litereally paste to make our .xml file

JW Player

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*_LOL_*

JW Player

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here is an example of a xml playlist that worked well for me.

Edit the Bold part in the first track and then do the rest of them.

Save this as an xml file, then upload it to your server.

Use the wizard and where it ask you for a file put the path to your xml playlist it works great

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>
<trackList>
<track>
<creator>*Poker Joe*</creator>
<title>*Segment #1 Interview with Toby Oddy*</title>
<location>*http://pokerjoesbonus.com/PJsBonusAudioFiles/Spin32Tobyoddyseg1.mp3*</location>
<image>*http://pokerjoesbonus.com/WebsiteImages/hat1.jpg*</image>
<info>http://pokerjoes.ning.com/</info>
</track>
<track>
<creator>Poker Joe</creator>
<title>Segment #1 Interview with Toby Oddy</title>
<location>http://pokerjoesbonus.com/PJsBonusAudioFiles/Spin32Tobyoddyseg1.mp3</location>
<image>http://pokerjoesbonus.com/WebsiteImages/PFUeventspj2</image>
<info>http://pokerjoes.ning.com/</info>
</track>
<track>
<creator>Poker Joe</creator>
<title>Segment #1 Interview with Toby Oddy</title>
<location>http://pokerjoesbonus.com/PJsBonusAudioFiles/Spin32Tobyoddyseg1.mp3</location>
<image>http://pokerjoesbonus.com/WebsiteImages/hat1.jpg</image>
<info>http://pokerjoes.ning.com/</info>
</track>
<track>
<creator>Poker Joe</creator>
<title>Segment #1 Interview with Toby Oddy</title>
<location>http://pokerjoesbonus.com/PJsBonusAudioFiles/Spin32Tobyoddyseg1.mp3</location>
<image>http://pokerjoesbonus.com/WebsiteImages/PFUeventspj2.jpg</image>
<info>http://pokerjoes.ning.com/</info>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist>


Here is a place that tells how to do videos also.

http://labs.influxis.com/?p=47

I am sorry if I dont use the correct terminology but I am not as smart as emmie

This did work for me and I will be happy to help anyone who needs to know how a dummy did it.

Contact me at http://pokerjoes.ning.com

JW Player

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Im pretty lost on this. Where do you paste the filepath to the xml playlist?

JW Player

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I agree it is hard to find an easy working example of a playlist on the jw site

This is a good example (already mentioned)

http://labs.influxis.com/?p=47

If you are not streaming just replace url location of video with videos/video.flv or whatever you use....

next find a playlist that includes thumbnails!

JW Player

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Playlist documentation *_WITH_* examples is here:

*http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#XMLPlaylists*

Also, there are examples in the tutorials, where appropriate:

*http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/tutorials*

And specialized examples, such as this one for bitrate switching:

*http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#BitrateSwitching*



*_What were you looking for, that you couldn't find?_*

JW Player

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Thanks lost - I am looking for a basic use of an xml playlist to the right of the player with thumbnails (jpegs), title, description and using .flv locally. The example in the tutorials is using a javascript to create the playlist not quite what I'm looking for.

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