Hi Jake, Sorry for the delayed response. Due to an oversight on my part the flvPlayer can only be overridden globally using $.fn.media.defaults.flvPlayer. And it looks like I've got a bug supporting the old metadata plugin, but the current one seems to work fine. Here's a test page that shows an example of what I think you're trying to do:
http://malsup.com/jquery/media/jake.html Cheers! Mike On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Jake McGraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to use the Media Plugin as it appears to be a gift from god > in the way it handles multiple media types with the same code. > Unfortunately, I've got two problems: > > 1) I can't get it to acknowledge my custom flash video player. When I > do something like: > > $(".mediabox").mediabox({ > "flvPlayer" : "http://www.foobar.com/fooplayer.swf > }); > > and then click on a link, say: > > <a class="mediabox" href="http://www.foobar.com/media/bar.flv";>Watch > Now!</a> > > Firebug tells me I've requested the following URL: > > mediaplayer.swf?file=http://www.foobar.com/media/bar.flv > > 2) I can't get it to acknowledge my custom flashvars, which are unique > for each video. I've tried using both the metadata plugin: > > <a class="mediabox > {flashvars:{playlist_url:'http://www.foobar.com/playlist?id=1234'}<http://www.foobar.com/playlist?id=1234%27%7D> > }" > href="http://www.foobar.com/media/1234.flv";>Watch Now!</a> > > and the pre-render callback: > > $(".mediabox").mediabox({...}, function(e,o){ > o.flashvars = { > "playback_url": "http://www.foobar.com/playlist?id=1234"; > }; > }); > > Using Firebug and looking at the HTML that was generated, I see the > following: > > <embed ... flashvars="file=http://www.foobar.com/media/1234.flv"; ... /> > > So, what am I doing wrong? > > - jake >
