JW Player Wiki

This site contains all documentation, source code and bugtracking for the JW Player. All basic info can still be found at  www.longtailvideo.com, but this site is used to offer developers more info and feedback opportunities. Please see the Roadmap to check future release dates and features. As always, feedback is highly welcomed.

• JW Player for Flash
• JW Player for Silverlight
• JW Image Rotator

JW Player for Flash

The JW Player for Flash is the most-used flavor. It is built in actionscript 3 and allows you to play back a multitude of media formats through the  Adobe Flash Player. Here's both a short introduction and the player download.

Tutorials

The more publisher-centric tutorials can be found on the public site:

• Embedding the JW Player in an HTML page.
• javascript API tutorial, lots of copy-paste examples.
• HTTP Video streaming: seeking, throttling, security, lighttpd.
• Making video accessible (fallbacks, captions, audiodescription).

The more developer-aimed toturials can be found right here:

• Building plugins? for the Player.
• [SkinningThePlayer Skinning the JW Player] in Flash CS3.
• The YouSearch plugin? re-built.
• Embedding the player? in Flex.

References

• Supported files and playlists?.
• Supported variables? (flashvars).
• The Player API? for javascript, actionscript & plugins.
• All skinning elements? (names and nesting).
• All events used in the player?.

• An architectural overview? of the player.
• All packages and classes? used in the source code.

• Crossdomain security? considerations.

Source code

The source code can be obtained in a zip (click the zip links at the bottom) or through  Subversion:

svn co http://developer.longtailvideo.com/svn/tags/mediaplayer-4.2

If you don't have a Subversion client, check out  Tortoise (Windows) or  SC Plugin (MAC).

Full changelogs for each version can be requested here.

JW Player for Silverlight

The JW Player for Silverlight is a great tool for playing back Windows Media formats online. It is built in javascript and uses the  Silverlight Plugin. Here's both the introduction and a zipped download.

Tutorials

• Video compression for internet.
• Setup LongTail ads for the Silverlight Player.

References

• Supported files? (no playlists yet)
• Supported variables?
• Supported API calls? (javascript).
• If you find a CMS module for the Silverlight player, please report!

Source code

The source code can be obtained in a zip (the small links at the bottom of the pages) or through  Subversion:

svn co http://developer.longtailvideo.com/svn/tags/wmvplayer-1.1

If you don't have a Subversion client, check out  Tortoise (Windows) or  SC Plugin (MAC).

Full changelogs for each version can be requested here.

JW Image Rotator

Next to the players, the rotator cotinues to be a popular product. Its introduction? and documentation can also be found here. Note that the 3.xx player supports exactly the same variables, playlists & modules.

References

• Supported variables?.
• Supported playlists?.
• Available CMS modules?.

Source code

The rotator source code can be obtained in a zip (check the zip links at the bottom of each page) or through  Subversion:

svn co http://developer.longtailvideo.com/svn/tags/imagerotator-3.17

If you don't have a Subversion client, check out  Tortoise (Windows) or  SC Plugin (MAC).