JPlayer 
Version
1.6.2 (last update on May 29, 2011)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
71
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
13 March 2010
NEW: Added option to play video with srt subtitles and more features... For activate subtitles use 4. parameter in tag. Subtitles support styling. Example: {flv}your-flv-video|640|480|0|1{/flv}
JPlayer is simple flash player plugin for Joomla! based on flash player "JW Player".
Plugin is a fork of AllVideos plugin (by JoomlaWorks). JPlayer have simplified code without unnecessary functions but enhanced with lots of usefull features.
Supporter file formats: flv, mp4, mp3, xml playlist, youtube video, srt subtitles.
Features:
- stream local file or remote file
- play video with subtitles (with styling)
- play files from xml playlist
- play Youtube video
- display a preview image
- your website logo in player window
- skinable player
- can switch to older player version without JW Player logo
- enable or disable fullscreen, autoplay, shuffle and more options
- debug mode for help solving problems
Why?
- easy to use
- lots of tunable parameters
- play video with subtitles
- simple and fast without unnecessary functions
- support Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla! 1.6
Use:
After installing and enabling plugin, in WYSIWYG editor use plugin tags {format}filename|width|height|autoplay|subtitles{/format} or simple {format}filename{/format} with default settings.
With local media use filename without file extension, with remote media use filename with file extension.
If you want use preview for video file (instead of black background), place png image (name like video file) to directory with video file. If you want use jpg image rename file extension jpg to png, player can use it ;)
In remote video must have subtitle file or preview image file video extension in name too (example: your-remote-flv.flv.png).
All supported tags:
{flv} {flvremote} {mp3} {mp3playlist} {mp3remote} {mp4} {mp4remote} {videoplaylist} {youtube}
Examples:
{flv}your-flv-video{/flv}
{flv}your-flv-video|||1{/flv}
{mp4}your-mp4-video|600|450|1{/mp4}
{mp3}your-music{/mp3}
{mp3}your-music|600||{/mp3}
{mp3}your-music|600|20|true{/mp3}
{mp3playlist}your-mp3playlist{/mp3playlist}
{flvremote}http://vault.futurama.sk/video.flv{/flvremote}
{videoplaylist}videoplaylist|600|450|1{/videoplaylist}
{youtube}ZN5PoW7_kdA{/youtube}
Images
It would be great if the plugin flash is not installaed/activated in the browser to get a paragraph explaining that Flash must be installed/activated and a button to get it from Adobe...just like SWFObject 2.
Please consider this. Thanks.
Please consider this. Thanks.
Owner's reply
Thank for rewiev. In future i want rewrite plugin with SWFObjects.
I like it, works great and it's easy to setup. Dropped a star just because I'd like to see a bit more options in future versions:
- Option to remove "Click to download in FLV format"
- Justification instead of default center. I'd like the player right justified.
- Option to remove "Click to download in FLV format"
- Justification instead of default center. I'd like the player right justified.
Owner's reply
Thanks for review but:
- you can disable link in "Administrator -> Extensions -> Plugin Manager -> Content - JPlayer -> Display download link"
- you can change css in "plugins/content/jplayer/tmpl/ to templates/yourtemplate/html/plg_jplayer/css/style.css"
I needed an easy way to allow article writers to embed youtube videos in articles in Joomla! 1.6 and Jplayer allows to do that very easily and works like a charm!
The only thing to do is to drop a line such as the following one in the article and that's it!
{youtube}cvTJbaeA_ms{/youtube}
Installation is a one click story and configuration is a breeze.
Thanks a lot for having this released for free to the community!!
The only thing to do is to drop a line such as the following one in the article and that's it!
{youtube}cvTJbaeA_ms{/youtube}
Installation is a one click story and configuration is a breeze.
Thanks a lot for having this released for free to the community!!
A very good extension for my Joomla-site,
it installs quickly and it works great!!
it installs quickly and it works great!!
I love it! Just one thing wasn't clear for me (and take me a few hours to figure it out). You have to create the audio and video folders by yourself (using FTP).
I am using the skin option too, very cool!
Thanks a lot guys!
I am using the skin option too, very cool!
Thanks a lot guys!
... but please, put in very bold letters the fact that YOU SHOULDN'T TYPE THE FILE EXTENSION, e.g. .flv, for locally stored video files. It cost me about an hour of frustration before I found out this was the only problem preventing my video from being played. I already checked the MIME types of my server and everything. Please!
After 4 hours of fighting with other players to try and get a preview image to show up, I found this and was good to go. I did have to use a .png instead of a .jpg to get it to show up, but what a relief! I think someone already mentioned the documentation.
"Don't go to media manager to try and upload files".
The default folder is media in your root or /public_html/media, then make your video and audio folders there. Documentation=3 but the player still gets a "5".
"Don't go to media manager to try and upload files".
The default folder is media in your root or /public_html/media, then make your video and audio folders there. Documentation=3 but the player still gets a "5".
I needed a simple video player with total control over..well, the controls, namely the ability to eliminate them entirely for a kiosk system.
I Installed, tested, altered configuration to meet my needs through super-simple and logical interface and it is working absolutely perfectly.
I also created an article that's only available when logged in so I could always call on the parameters. Had to change all { to (, but that's helpful to quickly refresh memory.
Thanks Jplayer!
I Installed, tested, altered configuration to meet my needs through super-simple and logical interface and it is working absolutely perfectly.
I also created an article that's only available when logged in so I could always call on the parameters. Had to change all { to (, but that's helpful to quickly refresh memory.
Thanks Jplayer!
With the examples it was also easy to create a playlist. What i miss is to change the height of the Lines inside the Playlist. For example when i add only titles or title and one line of description. Also the font in the playlist looks a bit ugly on a mac. But so far i know you can adjust the font smoothing in flash. For dynamic fonts too?
Thanks from Argentina, Michael
Thanks from Argentina, Michael
I needed a simple player plugin that is able to display subtitles. This one's it, it works great!
I believe it's worth mentioning that subtitles should be in UTF-8 format to properly display non-latin characters (like cyrillic subtitles in my case).
A few wishes:
1. A subtitles won't hide until the next subtitle appears. This should be fixed.
2. Some options on subtitles font, size, color, effects, border, shadow and background would be nice, although the default ones are okay.
I believe it's worth mentioning that subtitles should be in UTF-8 format to properly display non-latin characters (like cyrillic subtitles in my case).
A few wishes:
1. A subtitles won't hide until the next subtitle appears. This should be fixed.
2. Some options on subtitles font, size, color, effects, border, shadow and background would be nice, although the default ones are okay.
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