(Quick Reference)

vid:display Tag

This tag is placed in the body of a gsp to display a video.

<html>
  <body>
    <h1>My first video</h1>
	  <vid:display id="1" player="jwflv"/>
	</body>
</html>

Attributes.

  • id - Optional. id number of Movie object to show. One of id or movie must be provided.
  • movie - Optional. Movie object to show. One of id or movie must be provided.
  • player - Required. Must be one of jwflv or flowplayer.
  • stream - Optional. If set to 'true', streaming will be used, otherwise a file download is performed.
  • width - Optional. Width of video. If not provided, then the value of video.player.width is used, otherwise a default of 320.
  • height - Optional. Height of video. If not provided, then the value of the video.player.height configuration variable is used, otherwise a default of 260.

Operation.

If the status of the Movie object is not yet converted, a simple message about conversion in progress is displayed. If the Movie has a converted status, then a player object is created to show the video.