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If you are interested in helping to test release 2.0.1.3, check out the current development version here:

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Ah yeh so I forgot to blog about this, 2.0.1.2 of my wordpress plugin is now available, as noted development of this plugin is unaffected by recent events.

2.0.1.3 will be released shortly to amend a minor bug with nonstandard wordpress installs, 2.0.1.2 fixed the loading in of flowplayer and the javascript libs however as Jerry has pointed out here: http://www.saiweb.co.uk/wordpress-flowplayer/comment-page-1#comment-995 this does not extend to wp-content/videos/

As such for the time being as a work around please use the full http://yoursite.com/blog/wp-content/videos path when embedding media.Tweet

2.0.1.2 brings a fix for #15 allowing users to edit the relative path.

As this is currently in testing you can get a copy of this fix here

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Completion of the milestone listed here: http://trac.saiweb.co.uk/saiweb/milestone/wordpress-flowplayer%202.0.1.0

Means 2.0.1.0 has now been released, so go update and give it a run

I have noticed that wordpress has a habit of setting incorrect file permissions on the config file after updating, if you also run into this issue let me know.Tweet

Liam (http://goodingsweb.com) has shared his findings on tweaking ffmpeg output with h.264, he has taken a 174MB flv file down to just 24MB (86% reduction in file size).

There is no noticeable difference in quality either, you can follow the forum thread here: http://flowplayer.org/forum/7/12671.

Click the video for a preview of Liam’s settings:

Version 2.0.1.0 is aimed to close 3 enhancements to the plugin including google analytics support.

v2.0.1.0 is due for completion 05/01/09

You can track progress here: http://trac.saiweb.co.uk/saiweb/milestone/wordpress-flowplayer%202.0.1.0Tweet

After much head banging you can now get a tagged release from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/word-press-flow-player/

If you have this plugin installed allready you should receive an update notification from wordpress shortly.

Please report any issues via our trac system http://trac.saiweb.co.uk/saiwebTweet

With the release of wordpress 2.7 and flowplayer 3.x I thought it was time to update the plugin.

A development copy as always can be obtained from:

However please remember that it is development and most like will not work.

Anyway enough talk here are some screen shots of upcoming version of the plugin (2.x).

UPDATE: I have been in contact with the flowplayer development team, and can now confirm 2.x of this plugin will support both GPL and commercial versions.

I am adding a section to the admin menu to allow input of a license key, and a link at the bottom of the menu to allow you to purchase a commercial license.

Purchasing a commercial license helps to support the Flowplayer project and continue it’s development, for a list of features in flowplayer 3.x see: http://flowplayer.org/documentation/index.html

Certain features i.e. custom logo, will only work with a commercial license.

Please direct any requests for support on this plugin to our TRAC system: http://trac.saiweb.co.uk/saiweb

UPDATE 2: V 2.x of this plugin should be release this evening.Tweet

After updating to 2.7 I can confirm that WordPress Flowplayer does not work with 2.7

Most likely due to hook changes.

I will be publishing an update shortly to correct this.

UPDATE: This was due to a folder permission problem post upgrade, remember to ensure your wp-content dir is at least 711 *doh* (Also bear with me on the stylings they also broke my theme )

Also please note I am working on integrating flowplayer 3.0.1. into the plugin, as such do not update your plugin from the development respository at this time.Tweet

Whilst I wait for a reply here: http://community.flowplayer.org/node/1051

I am making version 0.1 of this plugin available.

Installation

• Unzip wpfp
• Upload to /wp-content/plugins/

Usage

• Make a new directory in the root of wordpress called “videos”
• Upload streaming media (.flv, .mp4) to /videos/
• In the wordpress panel (/wp-admin/) under plugins activate “Flowplayer for WordPress”
• Write a post and add the tag (see example: here) *

* Where “media.flv” is your video file, 600 and 450 are the width and height to make the flash player in the page.

Notes

The version of flowplayer provided with this plugin is version 2.2.2 and is provided under the GPL license as specified by the authors of flowplayer (http://flowplayer.org/).

I am not the author or owner of flowplayer as such all copyright for flowplayer remains that of the respective parties.

I am the author of the included flowplayer.php file and have made this available under the Creative Commons license similar to the GPL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk

If the authors of flowplayer object to the distribution of their works under the original GPL license, I reserve the right to remove the download of this plugin*

* Whilst GPL does allow for me to legally redistribute the “free software” under the original license.

Remember this is version 0.1 as such this only uses the flowplayer minimum embed code, support for playlists etc has not yet been added, depending on the popularity of this plugin I may continue to work on it to provide full access to the flowplayer features (http://flowplayer.org/player/advanced.html).

Please leave a comment with feedback.

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As pointed out by Mons PHP 4.x does not support the intial release of this plugin.Tweet