Can I use YouTube's FLV player on my site in combination with a FLV video that isn't stored on YouTube? Are there any legal implications when doing that? Has anyone done this before and can share their experience? I personally couldn't figure out by viewing the page source where the FLV player is located and how it's invoked. Any ideas?

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Youtube's Flv Player - Technical And Legal Issues

Replying to dserban

Youtube uses a simple FLV player called "player2.Swf" which is a shockwave flash player that has been modified to play another file BEHIND it, a FLV (Flash Video) file, these files are usually very small and managable, they're on the youtube server under the get_video PHP command.

Having cracked youtube's code, lemme tell you this: you would get more result cutting off your own balls then trying to use youtube's player on your site. Get your own damn FLV player, they have it so that, unless you manage to set up a PHP command EXACTLY like theirs, your file would have to be at the ROOT of your website (http://www.Whatever.Com/get_video) and this means you can only play ONE video. AND the BASE href=whatever command DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS, I TRIED.

Http://www.Agriya.Com/youtube-flv-player-metacafe-flash-player/

Try this site man, it offers some free FLV players that work almost point for point like youtube's, the resolution is only different on the bottom of the player by a few pixels, and the player itself isn't as ugly as youtube's. PLUS, when your video ends, you don't get spam about other people's videos that are similar.

If you need further help with this, please EMAIL me at ebkoops@hotmail.Com and I can help you embed videos into your website, or even read vdeos from other sites using this tool (so long as it's legal to do that on the site you're trying for)



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I am an expert website designer, and I must say, youtube has the most needlessly complex system I have EVER seen. It is LITERALLY impossible to save a page fully from their site without the saved page attempting to read back from the site for data and images unless you go through their scripts and CSS line for line.

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Have a pleasent day, and I hope this has helped.



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