Okay, this cost me a lot of time and nerves.
Todo:
Videos coming from vimeo, they must be played in jwplayer. There must be a preroll ad, the URL to this video ad contains a 10-digit random number, which is the reason why I cannot use a config.xml file but have to configure it inline. And, to make it just a bit harder, I was asked to use the javascript API instead of the <embed> tag.
Problem:
The documentation is… well, it’s not good. There are plenty of good examples for the <embed> tag version, but close to none for the javascript API. Additionally I asked for help in the jwplayer forums and the result was a very uninterested, uninformed reply. The person seemed to have a hard time following my description, demanded a link to an implemented version, blamed my video ad url, and finally, when he understood my problem, this: “Go post in the OVA plugin forum“. Let me point out that it took 3 days for this ‘advice’ to come forth…
Solution:
The OVA Plugin Forum was very helpful, the answers were quick and competent, within a short amount of time I managed to make it work. Here is a complete example script:
<div id="container">Loading...</div><script type="text/javascript">
jwplayer('container').setup({
'width': 500,
'height': 300,
'file': 'http://player.vimeo.com/external/123456.sd.mp4?s=858afaac8eebccc7acb544e998799a3d',
'skin': 'jwplayer/bekle.zip',
'plugins': {
'jwplayer/ova-jw.swf': {
'ads': {
'notice': { 'textStyle': 'smalltext' },
'filterOnLinearAdMimeTypes': false,
'schedule': [
{
'zone': '47',
'position': 'pre-roll',
'server': {
'type': 'direct',
'tag': 'http://www.adververdomain.de/video?[<?php echo rand(1000000000, 9999999999); ?>]'
}
},
{
'zone': '48',
'position': 'auto:bottom',
'width': 320,
'height': 80,
'startTime': '00:00:02',
'duration': '5'
}
]
}
},
'sharing-3': {
'link': '<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>'
},
'fbit-1': {
'link': '<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>'
},
'plugins': {
'gapro-2': {}
}
},
'modes': [
{type: 'flash', src: 'jwplayer/player.swf'},
{type: 'html5'},
{type: 'download'}
]
});
</script>Thanks again for competent and friendly help in the OVA Plugin forum!