[[PlayerToc(silverlight)]]

= JW Player for Silverlight: Variables =

This is an overview of all the variables you can set in HTML to configure the player.

== The basics ==

 * '''height''' (''320''): Sets the overall height of the player.
 * '''width''' (''260''): Sets the overall width of the player.
 * '''backgroundcolor''' (''FFFFFF''): Sets the background color of the Silverlight block. You can only see this as the color of the shadow below the controlbar.
 * '''windowless''' (''false''): If this is set to ''true'', the Silverlight control is rendered inline. In practice, this means that the player won't flicker through any contents that is placed in divs over it. 

== File properties ==

 * '''duration''' (''0''): Use this flashvar to display the duration of the video in the controlbar. When the actual video is loaded, this is always overwritten by the real duration. 
 * '''file''' (''undefined''): Sets the location of the file to play. The wmvplayer plays MP3, WMV and WMA files and MMS streams. [wiki:SilverlightFormats Here's an overview].
 * '''image''' (''undefined''): If you play a sound or movie, set this to the url of a preview image. It will show before the video is playing.
 * '''link''' (''undefined''): Set this to an external URL or downloadeable version of the file. This link is assigned to a link button in the controlbar and, if '''linkfromdisplay''' is set to ''true'',the display.
 * '''start''' (''0''): When using an MMS server, use this flashvar to start the video at the ''start'' position.

== Layout ==

 * '''backcolor''' (''FFFFFF''): Backgroundcolor of the controls, in HEX format.
 * '''frontcolor''' (''000000''): Texts & buttons color of the controls, in HEX format.
 * '''lightcolor''' (''000000''): Rollover color of the controls, in HEX format.
 * '''screencolor''' (''000000''): Color of the display area, in HEX format.
 * '''shownavigation''' (''true''): Set this to ''false'' to completely hide the controlbar.
 * '''showstop''' (''false''): Set this to ''true'' to show a stop button in the controlbar.
 * '''showdigits''' (''true''): Set this to ''false'' to hide the elapsed/total time digits in the controlbar.

== Behaviour ==

 * '''autostart''' (''false''): Set this to ''true'' to automatically start playing when the page loads.
 * '''bufferlength''' (3): Sets the number of seconds a video should be buffered before the players starts playback. Set this small for fast connections or short videos and big for slow connections.
 * '''linkfromdisplay''' (''false''): Set this to ''true'' to make a click on the display result in a jump to the webpage assigned to the '''link''' flashvar.
 * '''linktarget''' (''_self''): Set this to the frame you want hyperlinks to open in. Set it to ''_blank'' to open links in a new window or ''_top'' to open in the top frame.
 * '''overstretch''' (''false''): Sets how to stretch images/movies to make them fit the display. The default stretches to fit the display. Set this to ''true'' to stretch them proportionally to fill the display, ''fit'' to stretch them disproportionally and ''none'' to keep original dimensions.
 * '''repeat''' (''false''): Set this to ''true'' to automatically repeat playback of the file (an infinite loop).
 * '''usefullscreen''' (''true''): Set this to ''false'' to hide the fullscreen button and disable fullscreen.
 * '''usemute''' (''false''): Set this to ''true'' to mute the player on startup.
 * '''volume''' (''80''): sets the startup volume for playback of sounds and movies.