Last week, I posted a flash video using flvplayer extension from betaparticle for BlogEngine.NET. I wanted to make some adjustments to the extension and I ended up completely rewriting it.

Updates/improvements:

• Plays FLV or MP4.
• All properties are available in the BlogEngine.NET extension manager so you don't have to touch the code to change settings.
• The size of the player will automatically make room for the controls at the bottom (20px)
• Uses SWFObject for flash replacement. This allow graceful degradation for those without Flash including mobile users. (I'll upgrade it to SWFObject 2.0 when it's released)
• Enables Fullscreen playback.
• Shows an initial image at startup named the same as the flv (myvideo.flv and myvideo.jpg). This way the video is not black at startup.
• Optionally, instead of SWFObject, full <object><embed> formatting can be used.

Credits

• flvplayer from betaparticle
• Silverlight player from flawlesscode

Uses

• SWFObject
• JW Flash Player

Installation & Usage

1. Download the file and unzip: Flash Video Player extension for BlogEngine.NET
2. Copy FlashVideoPlayer.cs to /App_Code/Extensions/
3. Copy the flashvideo folder to the root of your application (this can be customized in the settings)
4. Add videos (myvideo.flv or myvideo.mp4) and images (myvideo.jpg) to the flashvideo folder.
5. To use, just add [flv:myvideo.flv] anywhere in your post.

Example

This video requires Adobe Flash player

Download:

• Flash Video Player extension for BlogEngine.NET