How to get JW Player to play Youtube Videos

[Cherice]

How can i get youtube videos to play in the JW player in the index page? I've combed the forums and I'm sure the answer's in here somewhere. Just can't seem to find it. Please help. I'm losing hair over here. 

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[Shawn]

This should help
http://phpmotion.com/forum/index.php?topic=15484.0

[Cherice]

Thanks. I read the suggested post and tried editing the playlist.php but unfortunately, the code does not match. See my playlist.php below.

 

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<?php

/**
 * -------------------------USING THE PLAYLIST----------------------
 * You can set in the url query
 * -limit: ( number of videos returned) <optional>
 * -search: ('a seach query useful for related videos') <otional>
 * -type: ('featured'; 'promoted')
 *
 * --By default the playlist will be for latest videos.
 * --Specifying a search query will overide any 'type' setting
 * --Output is an xml file
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------
 */

include_once ('classes/config.php');


//____get video limit________
function GetVideoLimit() {
    $limit = (is_numeric($_GET['limit']))?$_GET['limit']:12;
    return $limit;
}


//____get the type $sql________
function GetVideoType() {
    switch($_GET['type']) {
        case 'featured':
            $add_sql = " AND featured = 'yes'";
            break;

        case 'promoted':
            $add_sql = " AND promoted = 'yes'";
            break;
    }
    return $add_sql;
}


//____get search query_________
function GetVideoSearch() {

    if($_GET['search'] != '') {
        $keywords = str_replace('+',' ',$_GET['search']);
        $keywords = str_replace('%20',' ',$keywords);
        $keywords = str_replace('%26','&',$keywords);

        $safety = array('UNION','=',"'",'?');
        $keywords = str_replace($safety,'',$keywords);
        $search = " AND (title LIKE '%$keywords%' OR tags LIKE '%$keywords%' OR description LIKE '%$keywords%')";
        return $search;
    } else {

        return;
    }


}

//____some cleanup___________
function CleanTitle($txt = '') {
    $txt = trim($txt);
    $txt = str_replace('"',"",$txt);
    $txt = str_replace("'","",$txt);
    $txt = str_replace('?','',$txt);
    return $txt;
}


//____run sql query__________
$limit = GetVideoLimit();
$search = GetVideoSearch();
$type = ($search == '')?GetVideoType():''; //set type only if search is blank

$sql = "SELECT indexer, video_id, title, description
        FROM videos
WHERE approved = 'yes'
AND public_private = 'public'
AND video_type = 'uploaded'
$type $search
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT $limit";
$query = @mysql_query($sql);


//____start xml file headers____________
header("Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8");
header("Expires: 0");
print "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n";
print "<playlist>\n";



//_____loop through all results____________
while($result = @mysql_fetch_array($query)) {

    $title = CleanTitle($result['title']);
    $title_seo = CleanTitle($result['title_seo']);
    $vid = $result['indexer'];
    $file_name = $result['video_id'];
    $external_url = $config["site_base_url"].'/videos/'.$vid.'/'.$title_seo;
    $source_url = $config["site_base_url"].'/uploads/'.$file_name.'.flv';
    $thumb_path = $base_path.'/uploads/player_thumbs/'.$file_name.'.jpg';
    $source_path = $base_path.'/uploads/'.$file_name.'.flv';

    //cant find big thumb file
    if(file_exists($thumb_path)) {
        $thumb_url = $config["site_base_url"].'/uploads/player_thumbs/'.$file_name.'.jpg';
    } else {
        $thumb_url = $config["site_base_url"].'/uploads/thumbs/'.$file_name.'.jpg';
        $thumb_path = $base_path.'/uploads/thumbs/'.$file_name.'.jpg';
    }

    //only list if the video file and imagae exist
    if(file_exists($source_path) && file_exists($thumb_path)) {
        print "<video>\n";
        print "<title>$title</title>\n";
        print "<source>$source_url</source>\n";
        print "<thumb>$thumb_url</thumb>\n";
        print "<external_url>$external_url</external_url>\n";
        print "<duration>0.00</duration>\n";
        print "</video>\n";
    }
}
print "</playlist>";


?>



[Shawn]

Thanks. I read the suggested post and tried editing the playlist.php but unfortunately, the code does not match. See my playlist.php below.

I forgot that it changed when they released the new player.

You want to edit playlist-v3.php.  Other than that, the instructions should be the same.

[safiya collymore]

Hi I would also like to use JW player for youtube videos. I would like to know if the JW player was useable as the inner player  instead of the phpmotion player.   And I am using the Mass Video Embedder, would my youtube videos show in the the JW player?

Thanks a Trillion

[justwushu]

Hi safiya,

yes you can use JWPlayer in PHPmotion. However, you have to mod PHPmotion to use it.  You can purchase PHPmotioniz's JWPlayer mod:

http://phpmotionwiz.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=3&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

or do it yourself.

Yes, you can play Youtube videos in JWPlayer. Read these posts:

http://phpmotion.com/forum/index.php?topic=15484.0

http://phpmotion.com/forum/index.php?topic=16056.0

These mods were made when PHPmotion was v3 and using JWPlayer as its default player.  However, you need a v3 playlist, rather than a v3.5 playlist.

Sorry, I can't comment any further, as I last tested it about two years ago, and haven't used it since.  JWPlayer and Youtube have upgraded and changed a few things. I am not sure if the mods are still functioning? I have seen a number of sites with broken Youtube videos, apparently using the JWPlayer mod.

Probably caused by an old version JWPlayer, which hasn't been updated. Youtube has changed a few things, which JWplayer had to adapt too!

Best to follow the threads in the above mentioned posts.