[SWFObject] Different flash player interfaces?

Geoff Stearns geoff at deconcept.com
Mon Jul 24 08:13:08 PDT 2006


the nbc player was a custom build job... it doesn't matter what you  
use to embed the movie, it depends on how you build your player.




On Jul 21, 2006, at 2:19 PM, <athornbury at adelphia.net>  
<athornbury at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Why is it when I go to video.nbc.com (which uses a customized  
> version of SWFObject), all of the flash videos have a very compact  
> interface (see below),
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------------
> | Full Screen | Position Bar | Time Index | Back | Fwd | Pause |  
> Volume    |
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------------
>
>
> But when I use SWFObject for a video I have to use on a webpage, I  
> get this huge cluncky interface (see below)?
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------
> | Position  
> Bar                                                                    
>          Time Index |
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------
> ----------------   
> ---------------                                          
> -------------------------
> | Play/Pause | | Back | Fwd  
> |                                        | Volume Bar            |
> ----------------   
> ---------------                                          
> -------------------------
>
>
> Is the interface dependant upon in which version the flash file was  
> encoded?  Or are there some settings that you can invoke to promote  
> this behaviour?  I looked through the source code of video.nbc.com  
> as best I could and couldn't find anything that clearly said "this  
> is causing the smaller interface to appear."
>
>
> The point being: if there is a way to force the smaller interface,  
> I would gladly have it as space is limited in the webpage where it  
> is going.  I apolgize for the great ASCII art, but I am guessing  
> the mail list doesn't take well to attachments/embedded pictures.   
> Any suggestions, questions?  Thanks!
>
> Alex
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