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JWPlayer hosted files - Wordpress - media file address

Hi, this is an Wordpress plugin embedding question as well as about JWPlayer Platform (formerly BOTR).

I use the JWPlayer plugin in Wordpress. ( JW Player 6 Plugin for Wordpress v2.1.2 )

I have legacy videos which were published using BOTR. Luckily from old code (pre-Wordpress) I have the URLs to the hosted mp4s in the form of http://content.bitsontherun.com/videos/xxxxxxx.mp4. This works perfectly in Wordpress by Adding External Media (supplying the URL) and then inserting with JWPlayer.

Now I have published new video using the JWPlayer Platform. Interestingly none of my legacy videos show up in my account (at least not manageable). They sort of show in stats.

My question is how can I get the URL of the new video. All I can find is the embed code which supplies the javascript with an RSS link.

Or is there another method of embedding hosted video files in Wordpress that I should investigate?

Thanks,
jim

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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If you want to get a URL to a new video, go the transcodes tab in your platform account, you can click any of the globe icons to get any of the direct links.

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jimlongo

User  
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Thanks Ethan, but nowhere do I see anything called "Transcodes"

I have Analyze and Manage.

This is a Free Monthly Account.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Oh, I thought you had a JW Platform account. (BOTR). If you are using our free JW Player account, the shortcode is basically just [jwplayer playlist=“http://file_here”]

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jimlongo

User  
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I'm totally confused.

I use to have a BOTR account free account.
Now I have what I thought was a free JWPlayer Platform account, it lets me upload videos.

I have uploaded a video, I want to embed it, how do I get the url to the video. All that seems to be available to me is an embed snippet that looks like this. It has an rss URL, but I'm looking for the video URL

<div id='playerwiSZHcCb'></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
jwplayer('playerwiSZHcCb').setup({
playlist: 'http://jwpsrv.com/feed/wiSZHcCb.rss',
width: '100%',
aspectratio: '16:9'
});
</script>

IOW I would use the short code you supplied if only I knew what http://file_here was.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Right now you have a free JW Player account. It is really mainly for the player. The hosting included is totally beta.

If you still have a BOTR log in, you can access it here – http://dashboard.jwplatform.com/login/

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