Andot just rolled out version 9 of his cool CoolPlayer plugin for WordPress. With this new version, you no longer have to hack the plugin to use a local version of the RPC Server. You can specify the location of the server in the admin area (options -> coolplayer). By default, the plugin points to a RPC Server in China. But you can easily change it now. Not only that, you can also set options and test the plugin from the admin page:
Note: It appears your web server needs to support php mbstring and sockets extension in order for the RPC Server to work locally. So if you can't get the RPC Server to work locally, you will have to use the RPC Server in China.
The new version of CoolPlayer supports both the plain text editor and the rich text editor in WordPress. Now you can insert the coolplayer tag directly from the create/edit post page by clicking on the coolplayer button. This version also fixed the auto play problem in FireFox. Now the video doesn't auto start unless you want it to. The audio player also has a new skin:
The embedded player supports these types of files: rm, rmvb, ra, rv, ram, smil, smi, rtsp, rpm, asf, wm, wma, wmv, wax, wvx, ogg, ape, avi, mid, midi, wav, mms, m3u, asx, mov, qt, mqv, m4v, m4a, m4b, mpeg, mpg, m1s, m1v, m1a, m75, m15, mp2, mpm, mpv, mpa, flc, fli, cel, aiff, aif, aifc, cdda, bwf, rts, 3gp, 3gpp, 3g2, 3gp2, au, snd, ulw, smf, kar, qcp, sdv, gsm, amr, caf, amc, mp4, sdp, pdf, fdf, xfdf, xdp, xfd, gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, xpm, dir, dxr, dcr, cst, cct, cxt, w3d, fgd, swa, swf, spl, mp3, flv, rtmp, rbs, xml, rss, xspf, atom.
It also supports YouTube, Ifilm, VSocial, TuDou Video, Evil Chili, Wildko, Yikers Videos & Games, Red Balcony Videos & Games, Live Video, Odeo Audio, Revver, MetaCafe, MySpace, GoEar, Break, Stupid Videos, DailyMotion and Google Video.
The installation is fairly simple. Just download, extract, upload folder to your plugin directory, and activate. I recommend testing the player plugin first before uploading the RPC Server locally. To install the RPC Server: download, extract, upload the files to your coolplayer folder, and activate. Then change the location in the options -> coolplayer menu.
Here's an example of the video player in action:
[coolplayer width="320" height="240" autoplay="0" loop="0" charset="GBK" download="1" mediatype=""]
Santa Boy
[/coolplayer]
The embedded player supports IE, Firefox, Opera, or other Linux/Unix browsers. I don't have a Mac so I have no idea if the video will play in a Mac browser. Does anyone out there know?
One feature I would like to see added is the ability to display a static image for the video. It would be nice if visitors could see a picture instead of a black box in the video player.
Jeff, I don't see any video on the page you listed.
this might be a stupid question, but after reading the authors page and this review I still do not know if I can also use this plugin to put (somehow) videos into my sidebar.
I found a plugin called daikos videobar, but that seems to only take external videos or youtube favorites into the sidebar.
when i activate this plugin then i can't see the text editor when i write an article. i've tried to re-install wp and/or coolplayer but it's not working.
what should i do ?
Ovizii, in my test, CoolPlayer does not work in the side bar.
Svastan, I would deactive the plugin and not use it. If that does not work, you will have to delete it from the plugins directory.
ok, one more question.
I am trying to make something similar to a foto gallery for videos. I would like to post videos in certain categories, and give visitors the option to browse through categories like you would use a foto gallery.
this means I would need something like thumbnails :-) aka a smaller version of the video. Could I use the excerpt to show a smaller video version and when someone clicks on the post he get to see the whole post which contains the full size version?
Can something like this be done? I imagine this like youtube or google videos – for the browsing part, I don't want or need the other functions, just the possibility to display a small version of a video?
ovizii, I don't think the CoolPlayer plugin can do that. You an can create a gallery page with a smaller size player and then link to the full size video.
Thanks for the explanation & helping me get my coolplayer up and running.
The one thing that I still needed to do, which you did not mention, is to edit the rpc.php file to point to my server location instead of the one in China. Before I did that, the RPC test would fail.
Was there something else I was missing?
Chris, you no longer need to hack the plugin to install a local RPC. You can enter the location of the local RPC in the admin menu. See the first paragraph of this post.
I don't understand how to change the rpc server…
Here's what I did… I unzipped the rpc server files and uploaded it into the coolplayer folder (overwriting the original files)… i changed the rpc server url under the options menu, however when i tested it, it said that the rpc was invalid… how do i get it to work? help???
Min, try using my rpc url in the admin menu (see screen shot at the top). If that works, then the plugin can't find your rpc at the location you specified on your server. Try reuploading the rpc files.
I cannot download coolplayer 9.3 and coolplayer_rpc.zip from coolcode.cn. The link may be down.
Would you send me these files??
Thanks in advance.
Looks like CoolPlayer is back online.
Hi,
I was using your plugin Coolcode and it was working fine for 3 weeks. Today, no videos are streaming in my site.
I checked with my hosting site and their server is up. Then I checked coolplayer.meulie.net and this site is down.
Tell me, what would be the problem.
Regards
Nick
http://www.talentshakes.com
http://coolplayer.meulie.net/ had some stability issues, but since october 2007 it was been up and running stable and is accessible for all.
Simply put http://coolplayer.meulie.net/ in your plugin config
FYI: the server is located in Norway.
Regards,
Evert
My god, It is working now. Sorry I didnot comment about your site. I was bit tensed and looking for ways to make my site function properly.
Your site http://www.izachy.com is simple, clear and great. Thanks again.
Regards
Nick
http://www.talentshakes.com
I was playing with this on my test site and was having no end of trouble. The player would show in the post but I couldn't connect and would get a server error.
Turns out, you better not be running your site with PHP5. Once I switched back to PHP4 it started working as advertised.
I also don't see the buttons in the editor and have to manually enter the code.
Perhaps I have an older version? I couldn't get it from the author's site as it would just timeout. In my Options/CoolPlayer I have
RPC Server is valid.
RPC Server version is 9.31
Anyhow, thanks for the pointers about this plugin.
Mark
hmm, maybe it wasn't the 4/5 problem. Maybe I just had a bum version to start with. Once I reloaded everything with ctrl-F5 I can see the button in the editor.
somebody correct me if i am wrong … but basically if i install the RPC server, whatever video i embed from youtube is actually downloaded into my server and uses my bandwidth to be played??
because every time i embed a video fro ma video esharing site, I do not see their logo or anything…. but i do see that the content is pulled from say "proxy.dailymotion.com…"
so what is this RPC server exactly??? how does it work? and will my bandwidth be used instead of youtube/dailymotion???
thanks for any responses!!!
I do not know enough about the CoolPlayer to tell if YouTube is counted against your bandwidth. My guess it does not.
The RPC server determines what to load in order to play the file you want.
thank you man! I hope it will not use my bandwidth!
Anymore insight into what this RPC server stand for and what it does EXACTLY?
cheers!
I would have to study the code and I don't have time for that.
I cant get the description to show under the videoplayer. Can anyone help? email me at kingsoul@konsolekingz.com
i'm very new to WP. But it's great.
I assume you mean the title of your video file. If it can play, but the title doesn't show, it could be a css style problem.
"By default, the plugin points to a RPC Server in China. But you can easily change it now."
Can anyone help me, how to change the RPC server in China to my anything else?
Please my site is not streaming Videos because RPC server in china is down.
Kindly help me.
Nick
You need to install the rpc server first:
1. Download coolplayer_rpc.zip from the plugin site
2. Uncompressed the files to your coolplayer folder
Then change the location of the server in the admin area. See first paragraph and screen shot at the top of this post.
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I downloaded and installed and everything works fine. Now, I want to put this into a side bar. I figured out how to do that but when I try to add more than one url (sound file) that's when everything gets messed up. The player changes to Quicktime, I don't see the titles for the files, etc. I have a single up right now AND what about the title is a link and opens up in a Quick time file.
I'm not sure what is causing your problem. I did take a quick look at your blog. Looks the player you are using now works just fine. Is there a reason for switching to CoolPlayer from the one that is on your blog now?
I tried the xspf player from an "upload your music site" that housed the files and created the playlist but found out that they were allowing people to upload entire copyrighted CDs so I am opting NOT to use them. My host doesn't support xspf so that is not an option locally. I have been tweeking the Coolplayer and got it to work on the sidebar. Is there a way to get a list of titles instead of the "1 2 3 " display?? Two of my files that people sent me don't work but overall it ok. I don't like the loading each song but hey … it works.
You would have to hack the plugin to change the 1 2 3 to titles…meaning you will need to know php. I assume the plugin author used 1 2 3 because all the titles might not fit.
Nice plugin and it works fine ;)
I uses it for some midis i have, however, i do want to change skin from win media player to that one you have on your image further up on this doc. (the reason of living) Is it possible? where can i find it? And how do i change?
kindly/Lillan
I didn't do anything special to get it. The skin is what the plugin served up. It might have something to do with the OS and browser you are using. Just a guess.
Hello, I have been using this plugin for over a month now, and it's great! However, today I went onto my website as usual and none of the youtube videos were working!! All that they each say is -
"This media can NOT be support to embed into the page,
but you can download it by the following link."
Any advice on how to repair this? I've tried different RPC servers, re-uploading the plugin, deactivating and reactivating, and minor other changes to my site, but I am still faced with the same problem.
Any help would be appreciated.
Jamhead
PS I also posted this on the "Coolcode" site, but I thought if I post on both of these I am more likely to find an answer to this problem.
I'm having the EXACT same problem as of yesterday.
Me too! I think Youtube changed something! Because other sites are still working.
Hmm maybe thats the caseproblem. I hope they havent though – Ive got about 100 youtube videos on my site, so it would be a bit of a pain to have to replace them all lol
Everything seems to be working again… And I didn't change a thing!
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I too have this problem. The message I get is this:
This media can NOT be support to embed into the page,
but you can download it by the following link.
I have three YouTube videos included in the playlist, two work ok, the other displays this message. Last night when I inserted it on a post it worked fine, now it doesn't!!?? I have tested it on two different PCs, same problem on both.
Has anyone identified the problem yet? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Ed
Forget my previous query above – I found the problem – stupid of me, I had removed a letter in the url by mistake!
However (didn't want to complicate the previous query with this problem, but here goes now) there is another problem I am having.
In my 3 youtube video playlist, selecting one of the videos results in nothing happening. That has happened with a number of videos from the same youtube account – here is an example of one of the problematic videos;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHwf6qv5i5g
Maybe someone else might test this url with their install of coolplayer and tell me if they have the same problem?
Would really appreciate help on this.
Thanks,
Ed
Seems to work fine in my CoolPlayer. Not sure why it doesn't work on your CoolPlayer.
Thanks for checking Ken.
Maybe you need to have a look and see for yourself.
SEE http://www.cleft.ie/2007/01/05/operation-smile-happy-anniversary/
(the post is currently password protected, enter 'smile' to view)
The 'offending' video is the first one of four. It displays ok initially, as it is the first of the four and is displayed by defalt when you enter the page. It plays fine at this point. But then select number 2 or 3 (they work fine) and then try and select number 1 again. Then you will notice the problem – it won't launch.
I have added another of the 'offending ' videos from the same source (number 4) to show that it is not an isolated case. Try to select number 4, nothing happens.
Puzzling.
Ed
I queried the developer's site, and a solution was provided. SEE
http://www.coolcode.cn/?p=100&cp=74#comments
Requires an edit to coolplayer.php
Thanks Ken and to andot over at coolcode.cn
Ed
Thanks for the update, Ed.
I moved the post since, so select the link below, not the one above if you want to see the working version.
http://www.cleft.ie/2007/07/21/operation-smile-happy-anniversary/
Ed
Hi,
this is a great plugin and pretty easy o use. I use it for playing flvson my HP. Is it possible to show a frame of the FLV as a preview, instead of a black screen?
Cheers,
Carsten
I don't think the plugin can do that. I would like a preview instead of a blank screen as well.
A may be easy solution would be eventually, while loading the movie to just "play" the first or nth frame and then pause it again, which should be hidden to the user. Actually for him it looks stopped and loading. So you have at least something to show. Have no idea how to implement that, but may be someone has an idea.
Regards
Carsten
why am i getting this instead of my video?
++CoolPlayer_BLOCK_1++
Thanks.
Tony
Sorry, no idea.
Hi!
I am trying to use CoolPlayer in a bit diferent way……… I want to call [coolplayer] inside Main Index Loop, as each post getting Coolplayer automatically. But I can't! I just get printed in my blog:
[coolplayer) adress.mp3 (/coolplayer]
How could I solve that? How to pass [coolplayer] into th e Loop, or in other words, into programing, not into posts or pages text editor?
I would really thank anhy help!
Try using the coolplayer tag with "<" and ">" instead of brackets "[" and "]"
Hi,
very nice plugin – works perfectly! But I would like to add static picture as a preview for the player. For jeroen flash mediaplayer it is just one parameter: image="URL of the picture" Could you help how to implement this feature?
Thank you, David
I think the developer of the plugin is working on that feature. I'm not sure if it will be in the next release or not.
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What code would you use to have CoolPlayer play files in my sidebar and NOT use a widget in addition?
Sorry, Dave. I don't know. I thought I read somewhere that the latest version of WP has widgets builtin.
Hi:
I'm having troubles to watch QuickTime .m4a (podcast) and .mov on Safari.
The look pretty good in IE, Firefox or Netscape, not in Safari.
As a matter of fact, MP3 & Youtube work nicely in Safari.
I tried with the latests versions of MAC OSX, Safari & Quicktime.
Any ideas on what could be the problem?
Thanks !!!
Sorry, I don't know why. Perhaps the plugin does not work with Safari.
Problem – place videos reflects this "CoolPlayer_BLOCK_1"
HELP???
No idea. Try this site:
http://www.coolcode.cn/?p=100
I don't understand these plugin. it is showed only
Loading…
Wait a moment, please!
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Hi, I see that other people are having the same problem. This plugin stoped working like a week ago, is not playing videos, just says 'loading' as someone stated in a previous comment. Any ideas? Thanks.
Yes, I just checked over the internet and in other sites they say that the plugin does not work with wordpress 2.3. Hopefully another version comes out shortly.
do you know if I can get the plugin to display a "small" player for audio files? I don't need that big window (like you need for video files ) for a mp3 file..
Have you tried the Audio Player plugin?
sure, thx, I already have that one running and the anarchos media player for video but I was trying to find one player for both so I had one plugin less activated.
I cannot get my coolplayer working. I specify the URL and title and everything looks fine. However, when I post it, the media player does not show up. It shows a big box with a small red X in the upper left corner. What do I need to do? Thanks.
Sorry, I have not seen that error before.
doesn't seem to work on my blog.
Wordpress 2.3.1
According to Ralph in a previous comment, CoolPlayer does not work with WP 2.3.1
hi i not agree with you
because i use coolplayer and this is nice work with 2.3.1
wordpress version.
where you check oldsongs.takemasti.com
i have no problem with it.
i also check this verson in
2.2
2.3
2.3.1
this is work in all
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but i have one question can you tell me this reason of my hosting
in present i use http://www.awardspace.com
in this hosting i use my own rpc server
but i change my host in 6-7 days
now i want to use http://www.bluehost.com
but i don't know that blushost support rpc server
plz ans me
thanks
ashish choudhary
I upgraded a test site and noticed coolplayer works fine with WP 2.3.1 too.
As to your question, you can enter the new url in the coolplayer admin panel and click on the test button to see if the rpc server works on your new host.
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Hello, there’s a conflict with the WP-Polls (Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan) and coolplayer plugin, when you vote the results don’t show up. When i disable coolplayer it works fine. I have about 33 plugins en they work fine with coolplayer except with this one. It’s a compatible problem with IE, because it works fine together in FF. Damn IE! Is there somebody with the same problem?
I have not used WP-Polls. Have you tried the Democracy poll plugin?