Nope, my code opens a popup window where the result is a PHP page that accepts the video URL passed in through the query string and uses that to create the proper HTML embedding code.
If you just do target="_blank" then you aren't solving the issue... IE does not like to play videos properly unless they are embedded in HTML. -Josh On 2/9/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 9, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Joshua Kinberg wrote: > > > I just never got around to adding in support for SWF. > > It would just be a matter of adding that code to the PHP popup file > > which you can download from my site and ru on your own server if you > > wish: > > < http://www.joshkinberg.com/blog/archives/2006/02/ > > get_your_video.php > > > > > If someone wanted to contribute these changes back to me, I'd > > appreciate it very much. > > > > As for customizing the size of the player and window... that code is > > actually hidden in the file. It defaults to 320x240, but you can pass > > in height and width parameters from the URL query string... of course > > you'd also need to set the size of the popup window a little larger > > too from the Javascript onclick handler. > > > > If you're slightly code-savvy this should be really easy... > > I'm not understanding something.. > > What's the difference between your code: > > <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive- > AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v" title="test" > rel="enclosure" onclick="window.open('http://embedthevideo.com/ > popup.php? > url='+this.href,'video','width=350,height=286,top=20,left=20,scrollbars= > no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status= > yes,left=0,top=0');return false;"><img src="http:// > photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6909/1319/320/amcmillin1.jpg" alt="test" > border="0" class="thumbnail" /></a> > <br /><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive- > AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v">click here to download</ > a><br /> > > & just a basic "open the video in a new browser window" using <a > href="video.mov" target="_blank">video.jpg</a>: > > <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Jumplive- > AndyMcMillinTT83BITD06Parker425Race221.m4v" target="_blank" rel= > "enclosure"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/ > 6909/1319/320/amcmillin1.jpg"></a> > > [ the above is one of the implementations at http:// > www.freevideocoding.com/, "link to Player" ] > > Don't both of them accomplish getting the video opened up in a new > pop-up browser window? > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On 2/9/06, Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've experimented with your popup and I like it very much. I used it > >> with QuickTime files. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you > >> had been thinking of a similar app for .swf files. Is that true? > >> > >> Also, how hard would it be to change the size of the popup > >> window? Is > >> it just a matter of changing the html code when I paste it? I have > >> been trying out a similar code generator for Flix Pro from On2. That > >> takes the image size as an input variable. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Stan > >> > >> > >> --- In [email protected], Joshua Kinberg > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> If you embed the videos in the blog entries, then you also need to > >>> provide a direct link to the video file in order to use a service > >>> like > >>> FeedBurner to create enclosures. > >>> > >>> This is why the video popup method is good. It preserves the direct > >>> link to the video for FeedBurner, but also gives an embedded video > >>> solution for playback in the browser (including IE, which requires > >>> embedded video playback). > >>> > >>> -Josh > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > 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/
