Dash Player Overview

The Dash Media Player is a revolutionary, first of its kind, media player built specifically for Drupal CMS but also works as a direct replacement for other popular media players used today! Just imagine… a media player whose content is driven by the power and flexibility of a content management system. With this player, you can truly take advantage of the best of two worlds... the incredible user interface of Flash, and the unparalleled content management of Drupal. Using these two systems together, you can quite literally have your very own Media Content Management System! As you will soon see, the Dash Media Player is a truly remarkable player geared up for the rise of Web 3.0.

Dash Player Features

Here is a list of killer features for the initial launch of the Dash Media Player... Make sure you go to the Dash Player Showcase to see some live demos of these features in action!

• NEW!
   Remote Playlist Support: Allows you to have the playlist separate from the player on the page but it act as ONE player!
• Compatible with ALL Drupal Media modules!
• Completely Skinable (using external SWF files and a Skinning API) and Themeable!
• Create and Manage your Media Playlists using the Views module!
• Add custom fields to the player using the CCK (Content Construction Kit) module
• RSS, XML Playlist, and Single File compatible
• High Definition Video Support ( H-264 )
• Media Free Tagging Support
• Complete Audio Support including MP3's ( Make sure that you check out the How-to article! )
• Works great as just an Image Viewer.
• Written using latest Object Oriented Techniques in Actionscript 3
• Lightweight: All these features packed into only 75kB!
• 100% Resizable
• Secure: Using Drupal's Services Module
• Built in 5 star voting mechanism.
• Full Screen Support

Installation

To embed this video in your page, you can either use the Drupal API (for Drupal Users Only), or you can use good ol' fashioned HTML. Use the following code as a guide to do either one...

• Using the Drupal API

  <?php
   $params['width'] = 640;
   $params['height'] = 480;
   $params['playlist'] = 'videos';
   $params['autostart'] = 'false';
   print dashplayer_get_player($params);
?>

• Using HTML

  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="640" height="480" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab">
<param name="movie" value="dashPlayer.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="playlist=videos&autostart=false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<embed allowScriptAccess="always" src="dashPlayer.swf" width="640" height="480" border="0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" flashvars="playlist=videos&autostart=false" />
</object>

Documentation

Go to the Dash Player Documentation section or you can go strait to the Dash Player Users Guide to learn how to get started and for assistance on installation, customization, and help using the Dash Player.

You can also go to http://www.tmtdigital.com/flashvars to see a listing of all FlashVars available for this player.

Dash Player License

The Dash Player has been released under the Creative Commons License. Although, you are more than welcome to use this code and source as you see fit, it is required that you purchase a commercial license if you wish to use this player on a commercial site. You can purchase a commercial license at http://www.tmtdigital.com/dash_player_license

Dash Player Download

To download the latest version of the dash player, simply click on the link below!

Releases

Official releases	Date	Size	Links	Status
1.2.4	2008-Dec-06	1.43 MB	Download Release notes	Recommended for 1.x