JW Player: Flash Video Player
Open Source:
JW Player™ v5
Flash Video Player for FLV, H.264/MPEG-4, MP3
and YouTube Videos on your website. (details)
Also Available:
JW Player Pro
Key Benefits:
- Run Video Ads (requires AdSolution or Ad Plugin)
- Remove or add your own watermark
- Use the player on commercial websites
- Supports commercial-only plugins (e.g. advertising)
Licenses start at €59.
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Play Video & Audio on your site.
It's easy.
The JW Player™ makes it possible to add FLV, H.264/MPEG-4, and MP3 content to your site. It's fast, easy, and reliable. And it's fun.
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Need a hand?
We've got a Wizard for that.
Tell it what you want your player to look, think, and act like, and it'll do the rest. Check it out. Or, for more help, visit the forum.
The Skinning System:
Get sketching, Playcasso.
Change the JW Player's look & feel to match your site. Design your own or check out our custom skin library.
You work hard on your content.
Protect it.
The JW Player™ works out-of-the-box with Wowza's token system so you can keep grubby mitts off your videos. Learn more about streaming your videos from Wowza.
The Plugins System:
Give your player superpowers.
With plugins, your player can do anything. You can build your own with the Developer SDK and resources or browse our Plugins to pick up Analytics, Viral, Adtonomy, Rate It, and much more.
Make a playlist.
Heck, make it dynamic.
The JW Player™ works with a number of different playlist formats. Attach it to an RSS feed and keep the content rolling! Learn more at the LongTail Developer Wiki.
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What's New in JW Player™ 5.1
Since 5.0 branched off from 4.5, version 5.1 re-integrates changes from 4.6+ into the 5.x branch, including:
- Bitrate Switching - allows you to configure the player to dynamically adjust video quality based on the performance of your user’s internet connection.
- Bandwidth Detection - sample and determine the bandwidth your user is experiencing.
In addition to these new functionalities, JW Player 5.1 includes DVR functionality for RTMP live streams if you’re using FMS. You can let your users pause and skip around in live streams.
Features in JW Player 5.0
The JW Player™ 5 introduces a number of architectural changes that broaden the ability to develop on and contribute to the platform.
- XML-based skinning model - No need for Flash CS4 to build skins. If you can create an XML file and images, then you can create a skin.
- Improved Plugin Architecture - The player now allows for a broader set of use cases such as securing content, player locking, advertising, and more.
- MXMLC Compilation – JW5 compiles out of the box with MXMLC. Again, no need for Flash CS4. Download our distribution and MXMLC, and you’ll be able to compile the player in minutes.
- Streamlined Event Model – For those digging into the guts of the player, you’ll notice a more consistent event model which simplifies making modifications to the player.
- Support for Media Providers – As always the JW Player supports the major CDNS, but with JW5 it’s easy to build in support for any content source and dynamically load a SWF to add that functionality to the player (just like plugins do).
In addition to the above features, JW Player™ 5 is backward-compatible with the majority of JW4 SWF Skins, JW4 Plugins, & the JW4 JavaScript API. Note: This support will be phased out in future versons of JW Player™ 5.
JW Player™ Overview
The JW Player™ is the Internet's most popular and flexible media player. It supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle (FLV, H.264, MP4, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG and GIF). It also supports various streaming and playlist formats (including RMTP, HTTP, live streaming and more), a wide range of flashvar settings and an extensive JavaScript API.
The XML-based skinning functionality allows you to completely customize its look and its plugin architecture allows you to easily extend the player with features such as sharing, recommendations, searching, analytics and ad serving.
More Product Details
For more information on the JW Player 5.1 for Flash, visit the Product Details Section.
