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Problem with Videos - all autoplaying themselves on Page

by EdmundLoh
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Hey Guys,

I had to come here to see if anyone else can help figure out what the problem might be.

I have a Thank You page where all my MP4 videos are there, ready to be played manually by the Customer.

I used Camtasia Studio to render the videos in "Custom Production Settings" similar to "Web Settings" (just that the dimensions were smaller to fit the Mini Site)


THE PROBLEM:
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Upon loading the page, all of the videos autoplay at once.

This is strange, since I never had this problem before - and I did this the exact same way I did with my previous Thank You pages in the past.



WHAT I ALREADY TRIED:
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Here is the raw HTML code for one of the videos - there are several codes like this for each video stored on the same page.

HTML Code:
 <div align="center"> 
                                <object id="csSWF" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="455" height="361" codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash7/cabs/ swflash.cab#version=8">
<param name="src" value="Module01_controller.swf#"/>
                                  <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/>
                                  <param name="quality" value="best"/>
                                  <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/>
                                  <param name="flashVars" value="csConfigFile=Module01_config.xml&amp;csColor=FFFFFF"/>
                                  
                                  <embed src="Module01_controller.swf" width="455" height="361" name="csSWF" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" quality="best" allowScriptAccess="always" flashVars="csConfigFile=Module01_config.xml&amp;csColor=FFFFFF" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" autoplay="false"></embed> 
                                </object>
                              </div>
So here is what I already tried:

- I added the play="false" line. The problem with doing this is that as a result, the video will show up blank (or white, since the page background is white). The Buyer will have to manually figure out to play the video by right-clicking and select 'play' button in order to play the video for real. Not a good impression.

- This appears to be the case on FireFox and Chrome.

- I have checked against my previous set up with the past Thank You Pages I did before that followed the same pattern of having a few videos on the same page, ready to be played manually. I have found nothing unusually, added or removed.

- I won't use flowplayer script because (1) it autoplays and (2) I cannot store up multiple videos on the same page.

Can anyone else figure what the problem might be, just looking at the raw HTML codes above?

If this requires a slightly more complicated solution, I'd be willing to pay to get over this.

Thanks in advance,

Edmund
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
    Edmund,

    I'd only be guessing at what the problem is for that code, as I never use Camtasia's player code (I always use other players). One thing that sticks out is that there is a blank space on the 2nd line where there probably shouldn't be (between cabs/ and swflash). It's unlikely that would be the cause of the autoplay problem, but you never know.

    I have used Flowplayer many times though, and can say with absolute certainty that you can set your videos to not autoplay if you want, and you can also have multiple videos on the same page. There are lots of demos on their site that show you how to configure it to do pretty much whatever you want.
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    • Profile picture of the author EdmundLoh
      Originally Posted by Brandon Tanner View Post

      Edmund,

      I'd only be guessing at what the problem is for that code, as I never use Camtasia's player code (I always use other players). One thing that sticks out is that there is a blank space on the 2nd line where there probably shouldn't be (between cabs/ and swflash). It's unlikely that would be the cause of the autoplay problem, but you never know.

      I have used Flowplayer many times though, and can say with absolute certainty that you can set your videos to not autoplay if you want, and you can also have multiple videos on the same page. There are lots of demos on their site that show you how to configure it to do pretty much whatever you want.
      Ok I gummed those lines together but that didn't solve the problem.

      I'll look into flowplayer again.

      Edmund
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  • Profile picture of the author Mohsin Rasool
    Hi Edmund,

    Which version of Camtasia you used? And during the production did you set autostart to YES? As sometime you have to reproduce these videos with Camtasia as they do not allow
    the change flashvariables from the code...


    Also i have seen word "autostart" also in their code in the past, whereas you have used "autoplay" so you may try putting "autostart" to false also if your this version of camtasia supports custom arguments from the code?..

    Best Regards,
    Mohsin
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    • Profile picture of the author EdmundLoh
      Originally Posted by Mohsin Rasool View Post

      Hi Edmund,

      Which version of Camtasia you used? And during the production did you set autostart to YES? As sometime you have to reproduce these videos with Camtasia as they do not allow
      the change flashvariables from the code...


      Also i have seen word "autostart" also in their code in the past, whereas you have used "autoplay" so you may try putting "autostart" to false also if your this version of camtasia supports custom arguments from the code?..

      Best Regards,
      Mohsin
      The Camtasia Studio version is 6. I'll give that a try.

      Edmund

      EDIT: Just tried, didn't work either.
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  • Profile picture of the author EdmundLoh
    EDIT: Went through quite a lot of trouble setting up the videos through flowplayer - my computer crashed.

    I decided to remedy the problem using Wordpress + Wishlist and then flowplayer for each video individual Page. A lengthy process I was actually hoping to avoid from the start, but looks like it's the best solution I can think of overcoming this.

    Edmund
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  • Profile picture of the author David V
    I can't be certain on v6, but I think you'll find the controller has the settings and/or the xml.
    If the controller is telling it to autostart, then putting it in the embed code won't matter.
    You should be able to test it quickly by just re-producing a video again in camtasia but really pay attention to the settings.
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