Is there any video streaming playlist scripts?

[mfsgoten]

hello :)

i have been looking around the net for any type of video streaming script that allows me to create a video playlist, as well as allowing me to play megavideo, dailymotion, and veoh videos.

does anyone know of any scripts or such that could do exactly this, or something similar to it? :)

please help if possible :( every little detail helps me in my goal to find such a script.

[Eye for Video]

Commenting on your question:
i have been looking around the net for any type of video streaming script that allows me to create a video playlist, as well as allowing me to play megavideo, dailymotion, and veoh videos.
The sites you mentioned above do not “stream” the video, it’s simply downloaded into the viewers Temporary Internet Files cache by a process called progressive downloading. The advertisement post which followed yours should have pointed that out. So while that advertisement may contain some useful information, since it doesn’t even point out this very major difference in video delivery
you can follow the step by step tutorial on how to Make a PlayList for Streaming Video?
I certainly cannot recommend their products.
Best wishes,
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com

[mfsgoten]

hello :)

thanks alot for replying and giving me the heads up about prodressive downloading. :)

however, would it still be possible to create a playlist out of various videos from different sites like megavideo, dailymotion, veoh, etc?

[mfsgoten]

oh, in addition, is there a way to do it without actually downloading each of the videos i want onto my playlist onto my computer?

[Eye for Video]

Are you using this playlist just for your own use or are you looking to post this on a Web site?
I don't think it's right to take someone else's hard work, the coding for the player, the videos, etc, and turn around and present it as yours. The content on those sites will usually carry a YouTube logo or some mention of the source, if not an actual copyright warning.
However, if you are just making a collection for your own viewing, you could create a playlist from the urls used for each video....not the url of the page the video is on but the actual url of the video. I've dicussed this in greater detail in this post:
http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192713
Use this fairly and wisely.
EfV

[mfsgoten]

i plan to simply embed all the videos from different websites onto my site except in the form of one playlist. however, i do not plan to post the videos as my own of course. I only plan to use the videos in a playlist with the company watermark, like youtube or megavideo, rather than individual videos.

[LeeU]

This tutorial (http://www.hunlock.com/blogs/Everything_You_Ever_Needed_To_Know_About_Video_Embedding) should help you out.

[mfsgoten]

hello :)

thanks alot for responding :)

wow, that tutorial helps alot! :D thanks!

however, the thing about that tutorial is that it creates a video playlist using divs and the entire embed code of the video i want.

is there a simpler way of creating a playlist with a bit less code, and linking the videos only by the use of URL rather than the entire embed code?

[Eye for Video]

I also thought the tutorial above was very detailed and helpful. Now I know another way to create that playlist.
As for a simpler way, almost any player which uses an .xml playlist can be adapted to read in the video URL. Just make sure you have the absolute address of the video file, not the address of the page the video appears on. Here's an example which play a video from a site we discussed in a previous post:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<videos>
<video caption="Trying to load video from Web"
title="Web video"
url="http://phvids.voxcdn.com/twistage-production/155332_293924"/>
</videos>
The custom built player I was using also had an area for a caption about the video and a video title. Each additional <video> would need a caption, title, and url attribute.
Of course the ActionScript in the player was designed just for this xml playlist. See the earlier post I mentioned for discussion on how to find the video URL.
For tuts on building your own player using an xml playlist try:
www.gotoandlearn.com
or
www.flashkit.com
Best of luck to ya,
EfV

[mfsgoten]

hmm, yup. i had checked the previous post and it was pretty helpful! :D however, i was having the same issue as the person in that other post :( i cannot see the video url in my temp files :( its strange.

the main video hosting site i will be using is megavideo and mayle myspace as well. the thing with megavideo is that i cannot find a way to get the exact url :(

i had tryed an XML with the JW Media player (they give you a prebuilt player to use) and the youtube video from the XML worked, but not the megavideo ones :(

i cant seem to find a way to get the exact url of the megavideo video :(

thanks alot for replying by the way ^^ :D

[Eye for Video]

Vista types the Temp Internet files as "hidden" system files. There are ways around that but you'll have to research that deeper. I think my last post in the other discussion mentioned a resource for that. OOORRRRRR...
Find someone using Windows XP and get your URLs straight from there, listed in the Temp Internet files folder. Here's an example I just grabbed from Megavideo. Downloads and plays fine from this URL:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<videos>
<video caption="Trying to load video from Web"
title="Web video"
url="http://www215.megavideo.com/files/df4230573893414f26f42cb7965810ff/" />
</videos>
Test out the URL in your player to varify the method works for you, then move on to gathering the URLs of other videos you want.
EfV

[mfsgoten]

hello :)

hmm, well actually, i am using XP currently. however, for some reason, i cannot find the video temps in the temp internet files anywhere :(

and the column that lists the URL is not thier either :(

any idea how i can get the columbn that say the URL of the video file to show?

thanks alot for the reply! :D

[mfsgoten]

hmm, i think it may be the video player i am using :( it may not be working with megavideo videos..:(

would it be possible for me to try the player you are using? or do you know where i might be able to get one that would play any kind of video? :)

thanks again! ^^

[Eye for Video]

What browser are you using? Can you get into the Temp Internet Files folder? What are the column headings as you view the files?
EfV

[mfsgoten]

wow :D finally.

i managed to figure out how to get to the proper temp internet files. it also has video urls stored there as well :D

however, i had deleted all teh files in that folder but when i watch a new video on youtube or megavideo, nothing shows up in the folder anymore :(

is there something i am doing wrong? :(

[Eye for Video]

Well in Windows XP, using IE7 anyway, the steps to get into the Temp Internet Files folder are (from the browser menu)
Tools
Internet Options
Browsing History, Settings
View Files
this will open the folder and you should see all the files. Deleting them all, then closing the folder and viewing new Web sites and videos should put a whole bunch of files back in there. Go through the steps above again and you should see them, if not, it must be the wrong folder. If you found the files once, they will be there again. Once you get to the correct folder, take note of the address in the address bar and copy that into Notepad or something so you can find that folder again. Then close everything out, follow the path that was in the address bar until you find that folder again. Right click and create a shortcut that you can put on your desktop or someplace handy. That makes it much quicker to check into your temp folder for urls or downloaded stuff.
EfV

[mfsgoten]

actually, im using Firefox currently :D

hmm, i managed to get to the proper temporary internet files, and i can also see the URL's! :D

however, the megavideo url's dont seem to work on my player :(

all my other videos show up, but not my megavideo video :(

do you know of a player i could use that will support a playlist with megavideo videos as well? :D

thanks again for replying! :D

[Eye for Video]

So other URLs work but not one like this from megavideo?
url="http://www215.megavideo.com/files/df4230573893414f26f42cb7965810ff/"
EfV

[mfsgoten]

yup :(

unfortunately video urls like that do not work at all :(

thanks again for the reply :D

[Eye for Video]

Can you show me an example of the xml file or whatever you are using that IS working for you?
EfV

[mfsgoten]

this is the XML file that i am currently using with the JW Media Player

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>
<trackList>
<track>
<creator>GX</creator>
<title>video 1</title>
<location>http://www.youtube.com/v/y_zpAZsGbgM</location>
</track>
<track>
<creator>GX</creator>
<title>video 2</title>
<location>http://www.youtube.com/v/DWNBSmZugA0</location>
</track>
<track>
<creator>GX</creator>
<title>video 3</title>
<location>http://www.youtube.com/v/DlewcIRJvbY</location>
</track>
<track>
<creator>GX</creator>
<title>video 4</title>
<location>http://www101.megavideo.com/files/c8857c62a5cd0cad80034ffc4aadebac/</location>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist>

[Eye for Video]

Looks like your player is using some other relationship to the URL. How about this..will this work for you as a <location>?
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=64HN22PS
EfV

[mfsgoten]

nope :(

that did not work either :(

which leads me to believe that the problem is the video player rather than the URL.
i think the JW Media player is not compatible with Megavideo for some reason :(

im trying to find another player that might work.. but no luck so far :(

[Eye for Video]

What I'm finding is that the <location> is not the same as the <url>.
I'm guessing a little here but it seems that the <location> returns a whole lot of stuff while the <url> returns the address to the video file.
Try this... clean out all files from your Temp Internet. Then copy this into the address bar of your browser.
http://www215.megavideo.com/files/df4230573893414f26f42cb7965810ff/
You will be asked to Save or Open. This is the URL to the actual file, you can download the actual file.
Then try this, using a <location> from your code, copy and paste it directly into your address bar.
http://www.youtube.com/v/DlewcIRJvbY
Be sure you have emptied out your cache first so you see exactly what you get with this <location>
There's a whole lot of stuff besides the video URL.
I'm guessing that with the sheer volumn of videos they deal with it's impossible to use video1, video2, etc. and so they are using a DB and scripting to access the videos, which expresses itself as that long drawn out url you see in YouTube (actual video URL) and megavideo. This may include the current placement on the html page... and notice it's also given an expiration time, meaning that this may work for a while put will it work after the expiration date?
The player I am using uses actual video URLs, not the <location>.
Now I really have no idea if this has made things more complicated and confusing or not... not sure where to go from here.
EfV

[mfsgoten]

hello :)

sorry about that delay in reply :(

hmm, well i had actually found one player that could play megavideo playlists, however when i asked someone else to view the page, the playlist did not work for them :(

the next day when i checked the playlist, it did not work at all :(

so now i guess im back to trying to find a proper play that could play megavideo playlists :(

is the player you are using available on the net to download by any chance? or was it personally created by you? :D

thanks alot for the reply and immediate help! :D

[Eye for Video]

The player is one I created myself. I'll take a look around and see if I have a version I could pass on... but not tonite...it's been a long day, I'm tired...
EfV

[mfsgoten]

hello :)

thanks alot! :D that would be great! :P sorry for all the trouble i have caused you tho :(

you've helped me out so much! :D

[Eye for Video]

I'll attach a player that you can try out. It has both a Welcome screen xml message and a xml playlist.
I went back and plugged in the Megavideo address that originally worked only to find that it didn’t work any more. Apparently they switch the locations around as new videos or more poplar ones come in. The player works fine but the actual url is no longer valid.
Play with this player to see if you can use something like this. This is a custom creation to illustrate the type of work I do. If the actionscript works for you, then you can create your own or have a custom one designed for you.
Good luck
EfV