Thanks. I actually don't want to use Flash at all since it is not
iPhone compatible, but thanks.
On Sep 25, 7:32 am, allenm541 <allenmack...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, after reading over your post again, it looks like what you
> need is to set autoBuffering: false
> autoBuffering: false will prevent the media from loading until the
> play button it presses. It differs from autoPlay: false which simply
> prevents it from player, but buffers anyhow.
>
> So, your code may look something like this. You can add in and define
> a host of different options.
>
> flowplayer("player", 'http://www.your-website.com/path-to-flowplayer/
> flowplayer-3.1.3.swf', {
> clip: {
> url: path-to-your-media,
> autoPlay: false,
> autoBuffering: false, //<-- THIS IS YOUR GOLDEN NUGGET
> seekableOnBegin: true
> },
> plugins: { // load one or more plugins
> controls: { // load the controls plugin
> url: 'path-to-controls-plugin/flowplayer.controls-3.1.3.swf',
> backgroundColor: '#927150',
> timeBgColor: '#000000',
> progressGradient: 'low',
> height: 20,
> scrubber: true,
> } //Ends controls
> } //Ends plugins
>
> }); //Ends flowplayer
>
> On Sep 24, 8:51 am, RealMason <st...@tangentnet.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm a total jquery newbie and I'm just trying to find out if something
> > is possible.
>
> > If I have a full album worth of songs that I want to list on a web
> > page, can I use jquery to only embed the quicktime file after the user
> > clicks on a play button for that track.
>
> > Similar to Amazon's or iTunes play button per track.
>
> > The way I'm doing it right now, every song is embedded and therefore
> > is progressively downloading and soaking up bandwidth even though the
> > user may only listen to one song (or none).
>
> > Essentially, I want the song to only progressively download IF the
> > user clicks play.
>
> > I am NOT asking about autoplay versus click to play... instead my
> > question is about controlling the point in time that the file gets
> > embedded and starts downloading to the browser.
>
> > Any direction would be appreciated. I do have the "jquery.media.js"
> > plug in.
>
> > My ideal solution would be a list of song titles and a play button.
> > When the user clicks the play button, the quicktime play is revealed
> > below the title and ONLY at that moment does the file start
> > downloading.
>
> > Thanks.
