I am trying to install this using the "Install latest JW Player" button, but it takes me to a white screen. I also tried uploading the mediaplayer zip file through Upload, and get the same thing.

I have used this module before, and it was just a matter of copying the player.swf and yt.swf files to the module directory, and I had it running.

The latest zip package I downloaded (JW Player 5.7) doesn't have a yt.swf file. Where can I find this, since installing through my site is not possible?

thanks!

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JW Player commented

Sorry to hear you're having difficulties. Are there any other details you can provide?

You can still use the method of copying the files to the correct directory. With version 5.6 and higher of the JW Player the yt.swf file is no longer needed as YouTube support is baked into the player.

Thanks.

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caponey commented

so when I turn on php errors, I get this:

"
Fatal error: Class 'ZipArchive' not found in /var/www/docs/htdocs/sites/all/modules/jwplayermodule/jwplayermodule.module on line 294

"

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caponey commented

this isn't because of your module, i know. I think it's because I need ZipArchive on my server? Any idea how to do this?

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JW Player commented

Looks like it's a PHP module... they have instructions here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php (admittedly not very detailed). Do you have access to your PHP installation?

Thanks.

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caponey commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

LongTail,
It looks like I had it working the whole time, by just copying the files to the right folder.
What was throwing me off, was that if I go to my settings, it always says my version of JWplayer is Unknown, as opposed to the Version # when it successfully downloads and installs through the site. So I figured it didn't work, but I tried to use it anyway, and voila, I can play videos haha.

maybe that could be in documentation somewhere?

Thanks for your help LT. Great module =)

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TelFiRE commented
Category: support » bug
Priority: Normal » Major
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

So yeah, that seems to me to be a pretty major bug. It sure confused the hell out of me. Absolutely nothing changes when you successfully install. There is no success message, the page simply times out. The configuration page still says version unknown. This has happened to me on separate installs so it is at least a fairly common bug, if not included in all setups.

Thanks for your development efforts.

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JW Player commented

@TelFiRE,

Yeah, the white screen is definitely not intended. Do you have ZipArchive activated on your server? This seems to be the cause of the white screen. In most cases the module is intended to display a success or failure message for the player installation. I think I can add a check for ZipArchive in a future update to handle it not being there more gracefully.

Thanks.

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babusaheb.vikas commented

For JW player successful installation . you need to put jwplayermodule in your sites/all/modules folder.

Then go to admin/settings/jwplayermodule of your drupal installation and click link admin/settings/jwplayermodule/upgrade "UPGRADE LINK"

you must have a zip.dll extension installed in your php distribution. i am using Xampp so it is default installed and configured there.

As soon as it is upgraded it will show you a jwplayer and default video right there on the page with success message.

Then go to content type , use any content type , in my case i used admin/content/node-type/page "page content type" added a filefield field.

The create a new page and upload your flv file through filefield . then right click on that file and get the link of your video flv.

and in node body field just put this tag :--

[jwplayer | config=sample | file=http://localhost/transcript1/sites/default/files/my.flv ]

here my.flv is my flv file name. so mind to change it .

and it will successfully display video.

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babusaheb.vikas commented

This is because of zip class not available in your php installation. you must have zip.dll installed if using windows machine. For linux here is the link http://php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php

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JW Player commented

In the just released update you can optionally drop pclzip.lib.php (http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/pclzip-downloads) into jwplayermodule/framework as a workaround.

Thanks.