This module seems to be designed to get people to pay $160.00 for "dash player".

If you site is commercial at all (e.g. you have ads placed on your site), you have to pay $160.00 to get the missing piece of this module, DashPlayer.

Two issues here:

1. Is it allowed to post non-free modules to Drupal.org?
or
2. Is there a documented way to use another free flash player with this module.

References:

http://www.travistidwell.com/node/177
http://www.tmtdigital.com/project/dash_player

"t is required that you purchase a commercial license if you wish to use this player on a commercial site"

Comments

travist’s picture

travist commented
Title: Tutorials and Documenation favor Dash Player.... » module depends on commercial product

You do not have to use the Dash Media Player with FlashVideo. You can use any other Commercial player with this module (which you still have to pay money for).

ñull’s picture

ñull commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

I use the module succesfully with JW player, which is used in other Drupal modules. In configuration just replace the player name with the other player's name and it should work OK. I agree that it would be good to point to the alternatives in the readme.

ajfabb’s picture

ajfabb commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Where is the documentation for using a non-commercial player? Please include documentation with the module, and indicate in this bug report the URL where it can be found.

Just closing this bug again with ALL CAPS YELLING is not sufficient.

killes@www.drop.org’s picture

killes@www.drop.org commented
Title: module depends on commercial product » document player usage

I think it is a good idea to point out that other players can be used as well in the relevant sections of the README and on the project page.

hish’s picture

hish commented
Title: document player usage » you can use jw player

http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/
download the player from this link it is an open source
and rename it to the Player.swf
and place it in the file directory
that is all you need .

travist’s picture

travist commented
Title: you can use jw player » Tutorials and Documenation favor Dash Player....
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Tutorials and Documentation has been updated to not favor either player.

ajfabb’s picture

ajfabb commented
Title: module depends on commercial product » you can use jw player
Component: Miscellaneous » Documentation
Priority: Critical » Minor
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Ok. I understand we are interpreting the GPL to allow external code dependencies.

Lowering priority to minor to reflect that we just want documentation on the project page on how to plug in other players.

ajfabb’s picture

ajfabb commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

oops update conflict, closing.

travist’s picture

travist commented

ajfabb,

I hope my documentation changes help out. Please let me know if you see any other anomalies. And my apologies for the all caps thing.... I fixed it to show my true intent for the comment.