SharedObject to play video only once?

[Markalark]

I need a video to play automatically on the first page load and then require clicking a play button when returning to the page. This will save me a ton of bandwidth and prevent visitors from getting annoyed each time the page is reloaded/revisited. Of course, once the browser is closed and the session ends, the video will play automatically again the the process will repeat.

I'm using the TinyVid player and know that I need to use "SharedObject" but I have no idea what to code or where to put the code. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Chris_Seahorn]

http://www.km-codex.com/?p=535


this should do the trick

[Markalark]

Thanks Chris. Unfortunately, the video http://www.km-codex.com/?p=535 will not auto play on the first page load. I tried in IE and Firefox, cleared cache, closed and reopened browser and still no luck. Any ideas?

[Chris_Seahorn]

Download the source in my code section. I'm using a remote video (an adobe cuepoint example one actually linked in tons of sites) and you can test it/tweak it using your actual video that way on your server.

[blanius]

worked for me. Autoplayed first visit, left came back didn't play

[Markalark]

I need the video to auto play once again after a new session of closing and opening a browser. Do I need to clear some kind of flash cache or something? the example video at http://www.km-codex.com/?cat=4 will not "reset" and auto play no matter what I do. It might have worked the first time but now it seems to be stuck.

Example:
1. I open my browser.
2. I go to http://www.km-codex.com/?cat=4
3. Video does not auto play. (It should, right?)
4. I close my browser completely and open a fresh browser.
5. Video still does not auto play.
6. I go, "Huh?"

[Chris_Seahorn]

It's doing exactly what you requested originally..

"I need a video to play automatically on the first page load and then require clicking a play button when returning to the page."

Now you are saying you want it to be session based but also stored via sharedobject which is not the same as the above request.

I say again, download the source...study it as it uses a very simple shared object and will help you at least understand that aspect...and work out some sort of routine based on it that utilizes both sessions (or timestamps or etc) and sharedobject. Or...go a completely different route.

As it stands, it is doing what it is supposed to as originally coded to match the request quoted above.

[Markalark]

Thanks.

[Markalark]

Sorry for the confusion. I'm in over my head here. I do appreciate your help and will study your code and do more research to figure things out. Thanks again.

[Chris_Seahorn]

If you want to remove the sharedobject that movie creates, use the "clear" method in some other logic throughout the movie

mySO.clear( );

that completely removes it from the end users system