Link TV Player

Link TV Player is a standalone Flash® video player, written in ActionScript 3. Developed for ViewChange.org and Link TV Platform, the player supports streaming and progressive video sources, as well as YouTube videos.

Features

• Streaming (RTMP) or progressive (HTTP) video playback
• MP4 (H.264) and FLV/F4V media support
• YouTube video support, via the YouTube Chromeless Player API.
• "High quality" video option
• Segment/chapter support
• Embedded display mode

Dependencies

• Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher
• JSON-js or equivalent JSON serializer

Configuration

Flashvars:

• config (string): JSON-encoded config object (see below)
• configUrl (string): URL of JSON config data (valid only if config not provided)

Config object:

• startTime (integer): Video start time (default: 0)
• playerId (string): Player DOM ID (required when passing eventHandler)
• eventHandler (string): JavaScript callback for handling player events
• embedded (boolean): true for embedded display mode (iframe)
• permalinkId (string): Video GUID
• permalinkUrl (string): Video URL
• streamHost (string): RTMP host, with prefix
• mediaType (string): "internal" or "youtube"
• mediaStatus (object)
  • available (boolean)
  • message (string)
• media (array)
  • (object):
    • url (string): Internal or YouTube URL
    • size (integer): File size, in bytes
• duration (integer): Video duration, in seconds
• title (string): Video title
• description (string): Video description text
• posterImage (string): Image URL
• posterAttribution (string): Image attribution text
• segments (array):
  • (object):
    • id (integer): Numeric ID
    • startTime (integer): Start time, in seconds
    • title (string): Segment title
    • thumbnail (string): Image URL
• trackPlayUrl (string): URL for tracking play event (POST)
• userId (string): Optional user ID for play event tracking
• googleAnalyticsId (string): Google Analytics ID for GA event tracking
• player (object): Player UI customizations
  • controlsBgColor (string): Hex color
  • controlsBgOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • controlsTextColor (string): Hex color
  • progressBarTrackColor (string): Hex color
  • progressBarTrackOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • progressBarLoadColor (string): Hex color
  • progressBarColor (string): Hex color
  • segmentNavColor (string): Hex color
  • segmentNavOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • segmentNavActiveColor (string): Hex color
  • segmentNavActiveOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • segmentInfoBgColor (string): Hex color
  • segmentInfoBgOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • segmentInfoTextColor (string): Hex color
  • headerBgColor (string): Hex color
  • headerBgOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • headerTextColor (string): Hex color
  • linkTextColor (string): Hex color
  • tooltipBgColor (string): Hex color
  • tooltipBgOpacity (float): Decimal, 0.0 – 1.0
  • tooltipTextColor (string): Hex color

External Methods

• getCurrentTime(): Returns playhead time, in seconds
• seekToSegment(segmentId): Seek to beginning of segment

Examples

See the examples directory for embedding examples using SWFObject. You may encounter Flash Player security warnings if attempting to run the files locally.

Acknowledgements

• Developed by Rob DiCiuccio for Definition LLC
• Produced by Link Media, Inc.

Google Analytics Tracking For Adobe Flash, an Apache 2.0-licensed project, is bundled with this distribution. More information available at http://code.google.com/p/gaforflash/

License

Distributed under the MIT License, copyright (c) 2011 Definition LLC. A project of Link Media, Inc.