FLV Embed

Standards compliant Flash video (FLV) embedding in your blog posts. Supports video sitemap generation.

Author:Yaosan Yeo (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.5
WordPress version tested:2.7
Plugin version:1.2.1
Added to WordPress repository:07-04-2007
Last updated:14-01-2009
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/plugins/flv-em...
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Adds FLV Flash videos into your blog. Video sitemap generation is supported.

For WordPress version older than 2.5, please download version 1.0 here.

Features:

  • uses simple, intuitive tags to generate Flash video (FLV) movies for your posts
  • supports video sitemap generation
  • standards compliant: valid XHTML
  • many options are configurable, such as autostart, show/hide control bar, player colour, poster image, full screen button etc.
  • supports text only output for RSS that prompt readers to visit the original post for Flash content
  • supports outputting poster image for RSS if desired
  • accessibility: requires Javascript to display FLV player, but will prompt user to enable Javascript when disabled
  • accessibility: prompt user to download latest Flash player if it is not installed or too old
  • accessibility: no annoying “click to activate” for IE users

Usage

This plugin uses one universal, standard tag style:

[flv:url width height]
  • url – the URL of the FLV file you want to embed, the path can either be site-relative or absolute
  • width – width of the FLV movie
  • height – height of the FLV movie

More usage details can be found at the plugin’s homepage.

History

1.2.1 [2009.01.13]

  • Fixed: Poster image issues with YouTube embed

1.2 [2008.07.18]

  • Upgraded FLV Player to 3.16
  • Added: Custom FLV player location support
  • Added: YouTube video support
  • Added: Google Analytics support
  • Added: Video smoothing option
  • Added: Show download button option
  • Added: Optional raw embed code for RSS
  • Changed: Several options in admin panel to be more user friendly
  • Fixed: wmode transparency issues
  • Fixed: Poster image issues with non FLV files (e.g. mp4)

1.1 [2008.04.22]

  • Upgraded FLV Player to 3.14
  • Added: New video sitemap appearance
  • Added: Auto remove invalid FLV files from custom field during custom field update
  • Changed: Admin option panel for WordPress 2.5+
  • Fixed: Only published post will be included in the video sitemap

1.0 [2007.12.30]

  • Upgraded FLV Player to 3.12
  • Added: Admin option panel
  • Added: Video sitemap support
  • Added: Option to show/hide volume button
  • Added: Option to show/hide stop button
  • Added: Option to show large control bar for visually impaired users

0.3.2 [2007.05.31]

  • Added: Option to show poster image in feeds

0.3.1 [2007.05.19]

  • Fixed: Poster path problem

0.3 [2007.05.10]

  • Upgraded FLV Player to 3.7
  • Switched to SWFObject instead of ufo.js
  • Added: Option to show/hide logo with link
  • Added: Option to set poster and flv movie path
  • Added: Option to show/hide icons
  • Added: Option to set volume
  • Added: Optional tag parameter for poster path

0.2 [2007.02.16]

  • Upgraded FLV Player to 3.5
  • Added: Option to show/hide controller bar
  • Added: Option to change buffer length
  • Added: Option to set overstretch
  • Fixed: IE display problem

0.1 [2007.01.09]

  • Initial release