Thanks, Josh. I'm no programmer, but I dabble in PHP - so I should be able to figure it out.
Much appreciated... joe www.hotbizz.com --- In [email protected], Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eh, whatever... I'll send this to the group. > Here's the php script (attached .txt file... just rename to .php). > Feel free to add in the embed code for SWF and FLV. > If you have any scripting experience this should be really straightforward. > > Enjoy! > > -Josh > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Jan 12, 2006 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlogging with Flash - nice pop-up generator! > To: [email protected] > > > The PHP script is really simple. If you have any basic scripting > experience it should be a cake-walk. I was going to include it in the > Vlogging Hacks book, but then that got cancelled. It may be included > in one of the other Vlogging books that either Jay, or Ryanne and > Verdi are working on. > > I can send it to you offlist... I haven't looked at it in a while and > I don't really have time to provide much support. > > -Josh > > > On 1/12/06, Joe Chapuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Josh -- > > > > I like that pop-up generator! > > > > I switched from QT to Flash 8 as my primary format, > > but I'd like to offer other options via pop-up windows. > > Your solution is just what I was thinking about. > > > > Is the PHP script available? > > > > Thanks... > > joe > > http://www.hotbizz.com > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I think the whole argument that Flash has the most ubiquity is a bit of a > > myth. > > > Rocketboom has always been embedded Quicktime. They have a huge daily > > audience. > > > No one ever complains that they can't see the Quicktime video. Of > > > course they provide other formats too because some people prefer them. > > > Honestly, the myth that Quicktime isn't supported is more because > > > people use Internet Explorer on Windows, which sort of sabotages > > > Quicktime playback (it will not "fast start" quicktime unless it is > > > properly embedded in an HTML page). My answer to this is to use pop-up > > > windows with the video embedded, and I wrote a simple code generator > > > so that people can do it easily: > > > > > > http://joshkinberg.com/popupmaker > > > > > > Try it, enter the URL of a video file, add some of the other info if > > > you want and watch what happens. The link will pop up a small window > > > with the video embedded. It works for Windows Media too. I could > > > probably add FLV support as well, just haven't taken the time to do > > > it. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > YAHOO! 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Terms of Service. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > <?php > > if ($_GET['url']) > $url = $_GET['url']; > > if ($_GET['size']) > $size = $_GET['size']; > else > $size = 320; > > $width = $size; > $height = round(($size/4)*3); > > // get file extension > $url_array = split("/", $url); > $filename = $url_array[sizeof($url_array)-1]; > $file_array = explode(".", $filename); > $file_ext = strtolower($file_array[sizeof($file_array)-1]); > > ?> > > <html> > <head> > > <title>Video</title> > > <style> > body { > background-color: #000000; > text-align: center; > margin: 0px; > padding: 0px; > color:#CCCCCC; > font-size:12px; > font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; > } > > a { > font-size:12px; > color:#CCCCCC; > text-decoration:none; > } > > a:hover { > text-decoration: underline; > } > > #video { > height: 100%; > margin: auto; > padding: 15px; auto; > } > > </style> > </head> > > <body> > <div id="video"> > <?php > > // print HTML embed code for each file type > switch ($file_ext) { > case "mov": > case "mp4": > case "qt": > case "smil": > case "3gp": > case "mpg": > case "mpeg": > case "m4v": > case "mp3": > case "wav": > case "aiff": > case "aac": > case "m4b": > $height = $height + 16; > $html =<<<END > <object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" > width="$width" height="$height" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab";> > <param name="src" value="$url"> > <param name="autoplay" value="true"> > <param name="controller" value="true"> > <param name="scale" value="aspect"> > <embed src="$url" > width="$width" height="$height" > autoplay="true" > controller="true" > scale="aspect" > pluginspace="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/";> > </embed> > </object> > END; > break; > > case "wmv": > case "avi": > $height = $height + 46; > $html =<<<END > <object id="MediaPlayer1" > width="$width" height="$height" > classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" > codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/ns mp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112" > standby="Loading..." > type="application/x-mplayer2"> > <param name="fileName" value="$url"> > <param name="showControls" value="true"> > <param name="showTracker" value="true"> > <embed type="application/x-mplayer2" name="MediaPlayer1" > pluginspage = "http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/"; > width="$width" height="$height" > showControls="true" showTracker="true" > src="$url"> > </embed> > </object> > END; > break; > > case "swf": > > break; > case "flv": > > break; > } > > echo $html; > echo "<br/>"; > /* > echo "Resize: <a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?url=" . $url . "&size=320\">320x340</a> | <a href=\"" . $_SERVER ['PHP_SELF'] . "?url=" . $url . "&size=640\">640x480</a></div>"; > */ > ?> > </div> > </body> > </html> > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
