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Opposite problem – MP4 audio plays, but no video.
Having problems with certain MP4 video files (not all) where audio plays OK, but video is black. Not solved when video put into full screen.
Running on HP Pavilion tx 2000 with Windows 7. All files processed with QTindexswapper2. WP eStore and Lightbox Ultimate plugins installed. Using WordPress 3.9. MP4 file created in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, H264 encoding set as Apple Large with audio set to mono.
Tried searching for this problem on forum, but couldn’t find solutions that seem relevant.
Searched on “video all black”, “audio OK, no video”, “MP4 audio Plays But No Video”, “video not playing” and “mp4 audio plays only, video is black”
Audio plays (after slight delay) but not video. Even changed the viewing size, but still not fixed.
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/direct-mail-copywriting-abc-page-5-of-5/]
Shortcode used:
[wp_lightbox_embed_protected_s3_video name=”direct_mail_copy_iabc_5.mp4″ bucket=”copywritiabc” width=”420″ height=”315″]</p>
The video file above, that only plays audio online, plays with no problem from hard drive using QuickTime player.
A page that works, with a MP4 file processed the same way.
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/fullversion_oneperpage/]
shortcode used:
[wp_lightbox_embed_protected_s3_video name=”direct_mail_copy_3min.mp4″ bucket=”copywritiabc” width=”600″ height=”450″]YYY</p>
The code used in the “z_fullversion_oneperpage” page is the generic page code used to create the “Direct Mail Copywriting ABC Page 1 of 5” — where the video is black.
Another page that works with a MP4 file processed the same way.
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/science-news-videos/]
shortcode used:
[wp_lightbox_embed_protected_s3_video name=”trailer_nsf_2014.mp4″ bucket=”unpaidfull” width=”720″ height=”540″]
Another page that works, with a MP4 file processed the same way.
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/victim-assistance-network-interview/]
short code used:
[wp_lightbox_embed_protected_s3_video name=”ncvan_interview_1.mp4″ bucket=”unpaidfull” height=”450″ width=”600″]
On S3, tried converting from private to public. Some files played OK, others reported as corrupted. Deleted all files in S3 bucket. Then re uploaded one file – but still not working right.
Saw this in the forum….
“It turned out that the video bitrate was too high. Encoding the video with a lower bitrate helped solve this issue.”
….but MP4 files working OK all process with same bit rate as videos with black video. Doesn’t seem a solution.
Thanks. GW
Never mind last question.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/css-compress/
This plugin hasn’t been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Just noticed this mentions:
“bloated CSS files. It removes comments as well as white space characters from the CSS….”
Possible solution?
CSS Compress is a nice plugin to reduce the size of bloated CSS files. It removes comments as well as white space characters from the CSS (new lines and tabs). It also performs GZIP compression. Using this plugin reduces the CSS for the default “Kubrick” theme from 8 KB to 1.7 KB! It’s also very easy to install and use. If you are using the W3 Total Cache plugin then you shouldn’t need to use a CSS compressor plugin.
Is my theme once again to blame for the extra vertical spacing above and below the Squeeze Page shown in this page?
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/mediation-interview/]
Earlier assist reply (below) provided possible CSS solution to reduce the vertical spacing somewhat. Is there a similar suggested CSS code block or other solution to reduce the vertical space above “Name” and below the “Watch Free” button?
This page shows Squeeze Page input field titles left justified whereas they show centered on my page. Are there adjustments available for this?
Thanks again. GW
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> Your theme has a big margin on the form element (not sure why).
> Below is a copy and paste of the CSS code block I am referring
> to from your theme’s style.css file:
>
> p,
> hr,
> dl,
> pre,
> form,
> table,
> address,
> blockquote {
> margin: 1.6em 0;
> }
>
> Remove the “form” element from there or adjust the margin accordingly if you don’t want that spacing.
OK Great. Your response has stimulate my thought process, but it’s too late to stay focused. I’ll experiment with this tomorrow. Regards, GW
“I really like the idea of protecting my free download through your squeeze page.”
I too like a similar idea. This is the only page I can find in this forum that comes close to what I’m looking for. I need a squeeze page for free video web page views, not downloading products.
This page:
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/using-wordpress-permalinks-as-digital-products-apr-1217
says this:
“Authenticated Page Redirect (APR) allows you to offer secure one-off access to WordPress pages and posts, without requiring the services of a membership plugin.”
I’d like to have a “free view” button or link to offer that takes people to squeeze page. Once they have filled in the required squeeze page info and hit a “submit” type button, they immediately go to a web page that contains an embedded video that plays for free. This means, each free video would have a dedicated squeeze page.
I have eStore, eMember and Ultimate Lightbox. I haven’t yet installed and activate WP eMember yet, but it seems that’s not required when it says “without requiring the services of a membership plugin.”
What’s confusing is this description:
“Now, whenever an encrypted link, pointing to an APR target is processed by eStore; an APR cookie will be issued, before the browser is redirected to the APR target, by the download manager script. This way your customers can only view the protected content on that page after they have made a payment.”
“… after they have made a payment”. <<<<<<
But I’m trying to set up a sqeeze page to view protected content that’s doesn’t require payment. Even though it’s free, I can’t allow the contemt to be unprotected for contractual reasons.
Hope this makes sense. Thanks. GW
>>> Do the following which will completely solve this issue.
I did and it does. Have a look.
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/buy-in-parts-or-in-full/]
>>>>You may end up having to “hand craft” that table, instead of relying on “Easy Table.”
As is, it required lots of hand coding. Couldn’t copy from the eStore text area to a plain text editor and back. Kept adding line returns “</ br>” which defeated the columns and put the whole table on one or two rows.
This table was definitely not easy, but now seems to work using Easy Table code. Lot of trial and error to figure it out. Easy Table does not like using color – strictly black only. The quote marks throw off Easy Table since quote marks allow using commas (as exceptions) when defining table columns is unwanted.
Also couldn’t copy URL references created from a text editor – could only create and replicate the URL links from within the text window in eStore. Couldn’t “find and replace” functions to speed things up.
Thanks again for all the guidance and feedback. Sorry for being so dense. GW
>>> I am only guarantee that it is not coming from eStore’s CSS.
That’s the impression I was having. I’m using the unpaid version of the theme which has now been heavily discounted by $50. I’m not asking you this… but just wondering – if getting the paid version might be a solution. Been trying to find a way to ask the developer, CyberChimps, if the paid / unpaid version difference might solve the problem. I was also investigating the text link rather than a button image. Thanks. GW
“…download and install the plugin @Peter mentioned above and adjust your CSS settings in accordance to what @Admin mentioned above. Enter the code in the plugin you installed.
Let us know if that helps you.”
It helped slightly, but there’s still too much vertical space above and below the buttons.
Have a look:
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/buy-in-parts-or-in-full/]
Thanks, GW
OK thanks. Will do. Earlier, I failed to notice this discussion has proceeded to a “page 2”. Just noticing this now. GW
OK. Is there a specific location within CSS where this needs to be pasted? Or are there unique elements of the CSS code you provided I can use for searching where the paste should happen? Thanks for your help! GW
Need help removing added spacing above below buy now button inserted into rows of an Easy Table table on a WP page.
Problem: Images placed with short code result in extra vertical spacing, similar images simply linked to another page do not add this spacing.
I created a table using Easy Table. When I insert the eStore shortcode into one of the table cells, it displays with way too much vertical space above and below the button. You can see the spacing problem here:
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/buy-in-parts-or-in-full/]
As you can see from this web page table, the two buttons inserted so far will create a page that’s way too long. I even reduced the size of the image almost to unreadable size, but with no effect on vertical spacing.
The table dimensions show table column/cell width space that should easily accommodate the button images.
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>[table border width=”900″colwidth=”|400|1|50|1|400|1|50″ colalign=”left|center|center|center|left|center|center”]
Interviews – All Parts In One,,,|,,,
Communication Skills,$14,[wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=6],|,Conflict Resolution,$14,[wp_eStore_buy_now_button id=7]
====================
I’m using WP version 3.8.1 with Windows XP on a windows laptop.
I created button images with graphics software, uploaded the images to the WP Media Library. I then set up products references in an Easy Table to display a multitude of payment buttons for two button types – Buy Now for Parts and Buy Now for Full Versions.
I read as much of the T&T Forum as I could searching for phrases like “Button spacing”, “Button vertical spacing”, “Buy Now Button appearance”,”Buy Now Button spacing”,”extra vertical spacing” and “control button spacing”.
I read how it may be the theme causing this problem, but that doesn’t see to be the explanation when you look at this page:
[http://www.learningviavideo.com/general-interest-videos/]
Notice how the “In Production” buttons don’t have the same problem with added vertical spacing above and below the buttons. These buttons are simply linked to another page on this site.
So something is adding spacing to the table row when buy now button short code is used instead of a simple page link.
I’d like to remove that extra spacing, but can’t find anyone else in the forum with a similar problem.
I tried this:
but I don’t want to locally Change the Add to Cart Button Images since there’s different types of Buy Now buttons being used on the site.
This looked like it might help, but I don’t know CSS and have no time to “go to school” on CSS.
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-custom-css-plugin-6413
I’m hoping there’s a more simple solution that having to mess around with CSS. Thanks
I removed the “Gallery” plugin which solved the problem described above. While reviewing my WP plugins, noticed WP-Cycle and Photo Gallery are either installed or installed and activated.
The description for WP-Cycle is below.
“This plugin creates an image slideshow from the images you upload using the jQuery Cycle plugin. You can upload/delete images via the administration panel, and display the images in your theme by using the wp_cycle(); template tag, which will generate all the necessary HTML for outputting the rotating images.
Version 0.1.13 | By Nathan Rice | Visit plugin site”
Also installed – but not activated – is “Photo Gallery” plugin. It’s described below.
“This plugin is a fully responsive gallery plugin with advanced functionality. It allows having different image galleries for your posts and pages. You can create unlimited number of galleries, combine them into albums, and provide descriptions and tags.
Version 1.1.3 | By [http://web-dorado.com/] | Visit plugin site”
Should I deactivate and delete both of these? Are either of them usable without conflicting with Ultimate Lightbox?
I’d like to use a image/photo gallery in my site, but maybe I’m overlooking a Gallery function already provided by Ultimate Lightbox. If so, is there information about that available? Thanks again.
