JW Player Wiki
This site contains all documentation, source code and bugtracking for the JW Player. All basic info can still be found at www.jeroenwijering.com, but this tool will be used to offer developers more info and feedback opportunities going forward. Please see the Roadmap to check future release dates and features. As always, feedback is highly welcomed.
JW player for Flash
The JW Player for Flash is the most-used flavor. It is built in actionscript 3 and allows you to play back a multitude of media formats through the Adobe Flash Player.
- Introduction (at jeroenwijering.com).
- Download (at jeroenwijering.com).
Tutorials
- Embedding the JW Player in an HTML page.
- Video compression for the internet.
- javascript API tutorial, lots of copy-paste examples.
- HTTP Video streaming: seeking, throttling, security, lighttpd.
- Making video accessible (fallbacks, captions, audiodescription).
- Skinning the JW Player in Flash CS3.
- Building JW Player plugins general overview.
- The Yousearch plugin tutorial step-by-step example.
References
- Supported files and playlists.
- Supported variables (flashvars).
- Supported API calls for javascript, actionscript & plugins.
- Supported skining elements.
- Player roadmap (for both Flash and Silverlight)
- Full changelog of the latest Flash release (4.2).
Source code
The source code can be obtained in a zip (click the small zip links at the bottom) or through Subversion:
svn co http://code.jeroenwijering.com/svn/tags/mediaplayer-4.2
If you don't have a Subversion client, check out Tortoise (Windows) or SC Plugin (MAC).
JW Player for Silverlight
The JW Player for Silverlight is a great tool for playing back Windows Media formats online. It is built in javascript and uses the Silverlight Plugin.
- Introduction (at jeroenwijering.com).
- Download (at jeroenwijering.com).
Tutorials
References
- Supported files (no playlists yet)
- Supported variables
- Supported API calls (javascript).
- If you find a CMS module supporting the JW Player for Silverlight, please report!
- Player roadmap (for both Flash and Silverlight)
- Full changelog of the latest Silverlight release (1.1).
Source code
The source code can be obtained in a zip (the small links at the bottom of the pages) or through Subversion:
svn co http://code.jeroenwijering.com/svn/tags/wmvplayer-1.1
If you don't have a Subversion client, check out Tortoise (Windows) or SC Plugin (MAC).
Legacy releases
The most widely used legacy version right now is the 3.xx player / rotator. Therefore all its documentations can still be found here:
- Media Player 3 introduction.
- Image Rotator 3 introduction (at jeroenwijering.com).
The 3.xx source code can be obtained in a zip (check the download links at the bottom of each page) or through Subversion:
svn co http://code.jeroenwijering.com/svn/tags/mediaplayer-3.17 svn co http://code.jeroenwijering.com/svn/tags/imagerotator-3.17
If you don't have a Subversion client, check out Tortoise (Windows) or SC Plugin (MAC).
Here's also a complete list with ZIP files of all players (including the 1.x, 2.x and 3.x players).
