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What is it ?

Multi FLV Embedder is a wordpress plugin which enables to easily embed in your posts FLV and Youtube videos into a player highly configurable. It was designed with the Neolao FLV player.

Six reasons to use this plugin for your WordPress blog :

1. Plays Youtube videos, in addition to FLV videos.
2. Can insert several videos (Youtube and FLV) in each player.
3. Highly configurable with the runtime options (dimension, color, start image… attributable differently to each player).
4. Can be translated.
5. Fullscreen available.
6. An administration pannel very easy to use allowing to change all default parameters of the player (logo…) (Tools/Multi FLV Embedder).

» DOWNLOAD HERE (V1.3.1 BETA - ZIP) «

Example :

Wih this syntax :

Functionalities :

This plugin has a lot of parameters easily editable, either with the TAG (syntax), or with the plugin administration. Below, I list the available runtime options as well as some other little things about the capabilities of this plugin

Analysis of the TAG to insert : [mfe:URL(,TITLE|URL2,TITLE2|URL3...#OPTIONS)]. The elements in brackets are optional and the “|” is used to separate the videos parameters.

The parameter URL is, either a link to a video from a other site which the parent folder is not protected, either a link to a video from your servor (/wp-content/uploads/myvideo.flv), either the ID of a YouTube video. The #OPTIONS parameters are used to change the parameters (color, dimension…) of each player separately. They are listed below.

First, the runtime options : you can add them once you have indicated the URL and TITLE(optional) parameters of the current player (see “Analysis of the TAG to insert”). Here they are :

• #w=400 (Change the default width in px).
• #h=300 (Change the default height in px).
• #auto=1 (1 to autoplay the first video).
• #buffer=10 (number of seconds to buffer, useful when the connexion is bad).
• #autonext=0 (1 to automatically start the second video after the first).
• #showvolume=0 (1 to show the volume bar).
• #startshow=1 (1 to show the title of the videos before their start, 2 to show their image. Automatically set at 2).
• #loop=0 (1 to repeat the video playlist once it’s finished).
• #hideplayer=1 (Hide the control bar)

Colors (must be 6 digit hex) :

• #bgcolor1=dddddd (Change the top color of the background gradient).
• #bgcolor2=777777 (Change the bottom color of the background gradient).
• #buttoncolor=eeeeee (Change the button color).
• #buttonovercolor=ffff00 (Change the button over color).
• #currentcolor=ff0000 (Change the title color of the played video).
• #playercolor=222222 (Change the player color).
• #textcolor=eeeeee (Change the title color of the video playlist).

Other :

• #configfile=/wp-content/playersconfigs/myconfig1.txt [in last parameter] (Attribute an option configuration file (.txt). Once this option is set, all other options will be ignored (except #h, #w and the URL and TITLE parameters) to attribute to the player the configuration options of this file : see an example here).

Now, I’d like to add that you can attribute a jpg image to a video; to do so put this image in the same folder and with the same name as the video it is attributed to. For instance, if you write this TAG in the post : [mfe:/wp-content/videos/myvideo.flv] =>> the image should be located in /wp-content/videos and named myvideo.jpg. For the Youtube videos, the images are automatically recovered  unless you have saved images bearing the same names of these videos : VIDEOID.jpg in the plugin folder provided for this purpose : /MFE/images/YTimg/.

Also, this plugin works fullscreen, just double click on the video or click on the button “fullscreen” (if it is activated).

In addition, Multi FLV Embedder is easily translatable with PO/MO files (flvfp-xx_XX.po/flvfp-xx_XX.mo) that you can create with poEdit for instance; once created, put these files in the wp-content/plugins/flvFP directory.

Finally, I’d like to remind you that this plugin can show YouTube videos. Just recover the video ID (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_uXq7xLekk) and put it in a URL parameter. In the example below, the player contains two YouTube videos.

Installation :

» DOWNLOAD HERE (V1.3.1 BETA - ZIP) «

» DOWNLOAD the V1.2.5 (ZIP) «

1. Download the archive above and upload the folder MFE in the directory wp-content/plugins.
2. Then, activate it (Multi FLV Embedder).
3. Now, just put the following syntax in your post (you can use the video embedder tool of the plugin with the editor button ) :
   [mfe:URL1,TITLE1|URL2...#OPTIONS]

   (See “Analysis of the TAG to insert” above for more informations)

4. Or, since the version 1.3, it is possible to use the plugin in the sidebar as widget or with this function :
   get_mfe_sidebar(array(’URL1,TITLE1|URL2,…’,'Width in px’,'Height in px’)); or get_mfe_sidebar(’URL1,TITLE1|URL2,…’);

Default parameters are editable in the plugin administration (Tools/FLV Flash Player).

Languages available :

Versions :

• Version 1.2 : 03/20/2009 :

I added the possiblity of inserting the videos through a button in the TinyMCE editor at the post edition. I also appended other little corrections. Please report bugs to me…

• IMPORTANT : Version 1.2.5 : 04/11/2009 :

Apparently, for some time YouTube crypts the “token” (a sort of ID) of its videos, and so users of the previous version can’t play YouTube videos with version 1.2. After a long search, I managed to find a solution ;).

• Version 1.3 : 05/31/2009 :

This version has a lot of improvements :

- Widgetizable + Creation of a function allowing the insertion in the sidebar.

- Possibility to activate the show of the videos in comments.

- Plugin administration page lot easier to use.

- Automatically show, if activate, of Youtube video images.

- Add of #hideplayer and #startshow parameters.

- Show a error message if Flash Player is disabled or if isn’t at the version 8.

- Correction of some little bugs.

- Change of the “Syntax Tag” : “[mfe:” instead of “[flvfp:” (still functional).

For a old version users, it is imperative you desactivate it (FLV Flash Player V1.2.5 or V1.2) of your plugins list before activate the new (Multi FLV Embedder V1.3).

• IMPORTANT : Version 1.3.1 : 06/03/2009 :

Following a problem with the get_headers() function, the Youtube videos were no longer recovered. I found a solution but I’m not sure of the result, keep me informed. So, If you use this plugin to play Youtube videos, you must download this version.