How much HTML and CSS do you need to know for Flowplayer?

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I havent used it yet but am looking at getting it. I have zero skills in HTML and CSS. How much do you need to know? How complex is adding videos with this. I am using Eazy Video player now and its pretty straight forward....
#css #flowplayer #html
  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
    Flowplayer has excellent instructions & tutorials, so if you know just the basics of HTML & CSS, there's really nothing to it.

    If you don't know ANY HTML/CSS at all, then this is a good place to start...

    http://www.tizag.com/
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  • Profile picture of the author imdesigner
    Hey,, If you're an EVP customer you should now move to flowplayer. You will need to know html, css, java/JS for this... It is not a plug and play system like EVP..
    Benefits of EVP everything(video) can be added to s3 not much storage on your server. faster load times. just better over all..

    Unless you can do it yourself or have big servers or your own programmers.. EVP all the way
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  • Profile picture of the author azmanar
    Hi,

    Most of the paid video plugins are either using flowplayer or jwplayer.

    Even without WP plugins, you can use either of the flash players.

    I like flowplayer better because it is more stable than the latest jwplayer. With some knowledge of HTML and CSS, you can custom animate text a layer above the flowplayer screen. Even the text can be hyperlinked. I use this flowplayer's ability to brand my videos without burning watermarks on them in post-production.

    With a simple knowledge of Javascript, you can easily custom design the looks of your flowplayer controls and configure the functions as well as specify when text appears or pop-up while the video or audio is playing and also redirect your audience to another page at specific point of time or end of video.

    You can also beautify the playlist as well as arrange all sorts of files - graphics, video and audio - on the playlist.

    Flowplayer has several plugins which can enhance the functions of your embedded player on the page ( for both HTML page or Wordpress page ).

    Flowplayer works with video/audio file sources via http, live streaming or pseudo streaming. Really depends on the media server technology. And you can set file sources from multiple servers on a single embedded flowplayer to your playlist. With this ability, you are not stuck with a WP plugin that uses only S3 as the media server.

    You can decide the sort of security you want - anyone can hotlink, anyone can download, streaming only, single domain only, multiple domains and etc. Really depends on your business model.

    IMHO, flowplayer is a better choice than any WP video plugin.
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