Option to control "wmode"

Have a demonstration of the problem you're running into?

Here is what I use to configure my Flowplayer into node content:

echo theme('flowplayer', array(

  'clip' => array(
    'url' => '/files/videos/video.flv',
    'autoPlay' => FALSE
  ),

   'src' => array(
        'cachebusting' => TRUE,
        'wmode' => 'opaque',
        'width' => 384,
        'height' => 288
   )

) );

Can you tell me if it has any positive impact on the way your player is displayed ?

I tried this code, but it didnt work for me ...

$video = theme('flowplayer', array(
    'clip' => array(
      'url' => $url,
      'autoPlay' => FALSE,
      'autoBuffering' => TRUE,
    ),
'src' => array(
        'wmode' => 'opaque',
   )
  ));
print $video;

My drop-down menu is still hidden by the flowplayer.

Any idea how to set the wmode ?

+ subscribing

I use this module with bd_video and I have the same issue of menu disappearing behind the video. Why isn't there a config option for this?

Thanks to the example in http://drupal.org/node/524364 I could do it myself. Attached three patches that should add this setting.

moving the long description out of the select box

http://flowplayer.org/forum/2/15206 ...... Subscribing :-) .

Wonderful patches! This solved this issue for me and it took me just 5 mins. Thanks so much! :)

I can now actually have flowplayer show a movie and use modal comment forms using Popup API at the same time (wmode=opaque). patch -> dev +1 :)

drupal 6.15
flowplayer.module,v 1.2.2.8 2009/09/08 15:09:10 robloach

tested on:
firefox 3.5
IE 8.0
Opera 10.10
Safari 4.0.4

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be perfect in the long run.

- the scaling option seems to be preserved, but the dropdwon menu where you get to choose the scaling option always defaults to 'fit to window'

- Most of the times when loading a page with videos flowplayer will not load and just show the loading animation in the top-left corner of the flowplayer window.

Hope you can patch these glitches because I certainly can't do without the wmode option! :(

Did some more testing.

- Tried to clear cache and reload the videos
- I removed the videos and uploaded them again
- Tried different browsers

The problem appears in all browsers. Videos seem to be ok after they are added. Once another video is added older videos break.

For anyone looking for a solution until above glitches are fixed. Here is a solution which requires modding the module itself (i.e. not the best way to do this):

flowplayer.js, Line 87:

$(selector + ':not(.flowplayer-processed)').addClass('flowplayer-processed').flowplayer({src: Drupal.settings.basePath + Drupal.settings.flowplayerSwf, wmode: 'opaque'}, config);

The description in #7 is wrong:

opaque: the movie hides everything on the page behind it;

When it is opaque, elements can be in front of it.

With Firefox I find that with opaque the mouse pointer cannot change when over the flowplayer.

+1 on #13: not nice to do, but it does the job

If you just want to apply the #13 hardcoded version, here is the patch.

I try the patch in #16. When switch back from fullscreen mode the video is black/blank.

The patch in #16 works fine for me. Wondering whether this will make it into an updated version of this module. Any plans for updating the D6 module?

I created a solution a while back that forces all wmode values to be transparent. #580398: MultiChat gets covered up by flash, <object> and <embed> this might help out. It has some success here #1035570: Embeded media

Looks like someone else has gone ahead and updated the code my fix was based off of, you may want to look there instead.
http://www.onlineaspect.com/2009/08/13/javascript_to_fix_wmode_parameter...

I have been using patches #6 and #7 for a year without a hitch on a production site.

The problems RedTop is reporting seem unrelated. Null's patches use their own form element and their own Drupal variable, as far as I can tell, so it seems unlikely that they somehow 'touch' the scaling code.

I know this not the best way, but it worked for me in a pinch. Thanks RedTop!

#16 worked for me. Any chances this get commited?

Thank you very much @RedTop. It worked awesome.. keep it up.

#13 working for me in drupal 7 too.....
thanks

Needs to be rolled into a single patch for D7.