Wordpress and video help easy question

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How do I make a video clip show up in the player as a preview before the I even push play so that it doesn't just have a black screen with the play button when someone first visits the wordpress post that the video is on?

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  • Profile picture of the author eholmlund
    It depends on what kind of flash player you're using. Some players have a built-in option to use a frame from the video, or to use a JPG. On my blog I actually use an IFRAME, with a static JPG linked to the actual video.
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  • Profile picture of the author DominicTFY
    You could either use Eric's recommendation of using a static JPG or you could configure the default frame if you're using Camtasia to produce the video clip.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Gosse
    look at the code on my site indoorrider.com I am using the free JWplayer.
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  • Profile picture of the author glasshalffull
    here is the video post on my blog, having issues with it as well as I have resized the video to fit 16:9 and the text now is showing up on the video player screen...it didn't shift.

    Not sure what type of video player for flash this is, I'm using Viper's video quicktags plugin Viper007Bond.com My WordPress Plugins Viper's Video Quicktags

    Is there anything better out there that wouldn't cause these problems with the text or am I just missing something?

    here's my blogpost

    http://topforeclosuretips.com/2009/03/test-5/

    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author glasshalffull
    thanks Brad, I'll check it out but I'm not very savvy with code. I'll see if I can figure it out just by looking at your code
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  • Profile picture of the author glasshalffull
    i supplied the wrong link, here is the correct link to see the post


    test 5 | Tips On Foreclosure Investing
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  • Profile picture of the author glasshalffull
    i supplied the wrong link, here is the correct link to see the post


    test 5 | Tips On Foreclosure Investing
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  • Profile picture of the author jacstone193
    Thanks everyone for the tips here !
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