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WordPress - JWPlayer - auto hiding the control bar?

Is there a way to hide the control bar until someone rolls over the movie area?
Is there also a COMPLETE list of arguments when entering code within the page/post?

Thank you very much!
Chris

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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@Chris – If you use the 5.3 player, this is a supported feature.

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/ticket/1000

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JW Player

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Great, what am I supposed to do with this?
I open it and it shows a bunch of code. Shouldn't there be a file to update or something?

So, I went up and purchased the latest version but when I go to download, I only see version 5.2. Now I either need to get a refund or I need to be given another link to download 5.3.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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5.3 will be out shortly. It is just wrapping up QA.

You can download 5.3 to test here – http://developer.longtailvideo.com/player/trunk/fl5/player.swf

You will need to set the controlbar flashvar to over controlbar.idlehide flashvar to true.

If you show me where you are running the player, I will show you how to add it.

All flashvars for the player are here – http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Player5FlashVars

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JW Player

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I think that I misunderstood what I paid for. I was looking for a video player that I could upload without any watermarks to upload my Amazon ams (s3) files to.

does JW Player do this? If so, where is the tutorial?

If not, I will need a refund.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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The JW Player does that.

Read here – http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12538/supported-player-embed-methods

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JW Player

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Ethan, I'm also trying to hide the control bar until someone rolls over the movie area.

I looked at this page:

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Player5FlashVars


but didn't see the exact way to set the controlbar flashvar to over controlbar.idlehide flashvar to true. This flashvar isn't on the page.


Could you please provide more details?
thanks
Bill

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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How is your code set up? I will show you where to add it.

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JW Player

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http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Player5FlashVar

The idlehide is not documented on this page. I can not seem to make it work either. Code is:

<script type="text/javascript">
jwplayer("container").setup({
flashplayer: "/jwplayer/player.swf",
skin: "/jwplayer/glow.zip",
dock: "true",
playlist: "none",
fullscreen: "false",
sharing: "none",
controlbar: "over",
idlehide: "true",
file: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlu4a_5H2yM",
height: 114,
width: 200
});
</script>

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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@Douglas D – Thanks for pointing that out.

Change:

idlehide: “true”,

To:

‘controlbar.idlehide’: “true”,

Should work now.

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JW Player

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Thanks... tried it...

http://www.wholesalervclub.com/keystone

all i get is Player Loading....

<script type="text/javascript">
jwplayer("container").setup({
flashplayer: "/jwplayer/player.swf",
skin: "/jwplayer/glow.zip",
dock: "true",
playlist: "none",
fullscreen: "false",
sharing: "none",
controlbar: "over",
controlbar.idlehide: "true",
file: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkiToSzzuII",
height: 114,
width: 200
});
</script>

BTW: do I enclose parameters in ""

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JW Player

User  
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Got it... did not notice the single quote around the controlbar.idlehide

Thanks!

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np! Yes, you need that!

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