I have a views set up with a large player with a grid of 8 videos at the bottom. Here is a screenshot of the views settings: http://screencast.com/t/osbtmWupMNNE

The problem that I'm coming across is that it does not play in the correct order of the playlist which is manually sorted by a field I've called "spot weight". Instead of playing 1-8, it skips a few. It plays 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and this is consistently off on all the pages that use this view.

See examples:
http://test.hurrahmarketing.com/clients/roger
http://test.hurrahmarketing.com/clients/dg-entertainment

Please advise.

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lauggh commented
Component: User interface » Code

Really? No comments? This is still an outstanding issue on my site. I tried using an external XML playlist to play the files, and it also skips the same videos.
This is the xml files that I used: http://test.hurrahmarketing.com/sites/default/files/clients/dgentertainm...

I'm bumping this to CODE since it doesn't seem to be an issue with Views.

Please help. Let me know if there's any information that you need to duplicate this issue or if you need me to walkthrough my settings.

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enjoylife commented

Hi lauggh,

I will try to take a look at this tomorrow.

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lauggh commented

Thank you, EnjoyLife! Have you discovered anything yet? Can I provide any additional information?

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enjoylife commented
Priority: Major » Normal

Hi,

I have taken a look at this a few times.

I have questions about your configuration. From what you are saying, it seems like you tried to set this up in two ways. One was through an xml playlist. I'm not sure how you set that up, so knowing how you pulled in an xml playlist into Views would be helpful. The other was using nodes with the link and image for each video. In that content type you have a field that has a numerical value that you are using to order the playlist in Views. Is this correct? That's a smart way to set this up.

Now, I notice that the videos that are being played after the first video are all even. I am wondering if there is some setting somewhere that is causing this to happen. It's as though the odd videos are being ignored. In Views, in the grid settings, there is a button selected by default that says "Add striping (odd/even), first/last row classes." This may be related to #1863358: Using Format Grid w/ Striping Enabled Does Not Work, which recently received a patch. It might be worth deselecting that setting and seeing if your issue is resolved.

I recommending updating to the most recent dev version of MediaFront. There have been some fixes since rc8 to Vimeo videos. It's also a more stable release.

I know you need to get this working ASAP. So here's my recommendation, if possible. You can alter the date and time on each of your videos. Set the date/time to the order you want these videos in. I know with certainty that videos play in the expected order when they are ordered by date. That's a quick fix and doesn't resolve your issue completely, but it will get things working for you.

Let me know about your configuration. I will try to set up a numerical field and order by that field in my test site and see if I'm getting the same results as you.

Sorry for the delay.

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lauggh commented

The XML approach was a desperate attempt to create an ordered playlist. I probably set it up incorrectly.

The Views approach was exactly as you described it. It is a content type specifically for a video spot. It had a title, a specific thumbnail, a text field for the video link, and a numeric value to create the playlist order.

I did the following as you suggested:
* deselected the odd/even striping class
* updated to mediafront-2.x-dev

and then ran updates and cron. It works!

Changing the dates wouldn't have worked. I had tried to find a pattern in the post and modified times, but they were all varied. There was no clear indication why it had played some and not the other.

Thank you so much! It helps so much to have another person to look things over.

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lauggh commented
Status: Active » Fixed
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enjoylife commented

This is wonderful. I am glad it was a simple fix.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.