Lightbox Ultimate – Play protected SWF file stored on Amazon S3

[ludmila]

Hi,

I have stored a Swf file that has a custom table of content on S3.

I have no problem playing the swf file unprotected on my site in any of the other free pop ups like the (prettyPhoto) or it directly on amazon.

The S3 information, code, bucket are setup correctly and I have successfully been able to play the mp4 of this video through flowplayer.

But I need to be able to have a swf pop up for the table of content and video together without using flowplayer.

What short code could i use ?

[wpCommerce]

Hi, If you want to play Amazon S3 private video you have to either use flowplayer or HTML5 player. But HTML5 player won’t be able to play SWF file. So your option here is to use flowplayer shortcode (the one you are using to popup mp4 video).

[ludmila]

Hi there,

So I can’t play protected SWF files with your plugin, without paying for the flowplayer? Correct?

I tried the free flowplayer and it does not run the SWF.

[wpCommerce]

sorry, my bad. Looks like Flowplayer can’t play SWF file. We are working on a shortcode so you can play private swf file stored on Amazon S3 (without using Flowplayer). I’ll get back to you once it is finished.

[ludmila]

I truly appreciate that. I have put a lot of work into creating flash based Table of contents. Thank you.

[ludmila]

Hello,

Just checking in to see when you think this update will be available?

[wpCommerce]

Hi, the feature is available now. Please do the following:

1. Deactivate and delete the currently installed version of the plugin(s).

2. Download a fresh build of the plugin(s) from here:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/update-request

3. Upload and activate this version of the plugin(s).

Please use any the following Lightbox Ultimate shortcodes to pop up your private S3 swf media file from the shortcode anchor.

i) Shortcode for anchor text

[wp_lightbox_ultimate_s3_private_media name="video-file.swf" media_type="swf" bucket="my-file-container" width="640" height="480" title="file title goes here" anchor_type="text" text="click here to open s3 private file" source=""]

media_type = The type of media you are trying to open with lightbox (media_type=”swf”).

name = The name of the private file (not the full URL of the file)

bucket = The name of the bucket which contains this file

anchor_type = The type of anchor which will be linked to the file.

text = The anchor text linked to the file

source = The anchor image linked to the file.

ii) Shortcode for anchor image

[wp_lightbox_ultimate_s3_private_media name="video-file.swf" media_type="swf" bucket="my-file-container" width="640" height="480" title="file title goes here" anchor_type="image" text="" source="http://example.com /images/anchor-image.png"]

media_type = The type of media you are trying to open with lightbox (media_type=”swf”).

name = The name of the private file (not the full URL of the file)

bucket = The name of the bucket which contains this file

anchor_type = The type of anchor which will be linked to the file.

text = The anchor text linked to the file

source = The anchor image linked to the file.

Note: If your file is inside a folder you can specify it in the name parameter.

For example:

[wp_lightbox_ultimate_s3_private_media name="my-folder/video-file.swf" media_type="swf" bucket="my-file-container" width="640" height="480" title="file title goes here" anchor_type="image" text="" source="http://example.com /images/anchor-image.png"]

Let me know how it goes.

[ludmila]

Hi there,

Thank you for working on this so quickly. I have tested it and the swf pops up. Which is brilliant. I also like how the background is grayed out with the diagonal stripes.

However it suppresses the SWF’s Fullscreen option, which I need so that my customers can read the Table of contents. It also doesn’t pull the mp4 as it should?

The SWF that is loading in the lightbox_prettyPhoto expands to fullscreen and beautifully returns to it’s small box. However that is the non protected SWF.

Could you please make this work on the protected?

Here is a link with 3 examples of what is and is not working.

http://fashionchalkboard.com/shop/community/subscribers-video-directory/test-protected-amazon-videos#!prettyPhoto

[ludmila]

By the way could it be that Amazon does not let you stream anymore? It seems as if I can upload the mp4 fine and then they play for a little while and soon after it stops?

I saw that they have a new service called http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/

where they want to you to pay for streaming per usage?

[wpCommerce]

Hi, we will look into the fullscreen issue.

I don’t think there is any issue with Amazon S3. The videos on our test site are working fine. Just make sure that your videos are properly encoded.

How to encode a video so it is playable on the web

Cloudfront is another Amazon web service. It lets you stream video using RTMP (real time messaging protocol).

[wpCommerce]

We have fixed the fullscreen issue. Please do the following:

1. Deactivate and delete the currently installed version of the plugin(s).

2. Download a fresh build of the plugin(s) from here:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/update-request

3. Upload and activate this version of the plugin(s).

Let me know how it goes.

[Author]

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