Setup the Dash Player playlist using the Views Module

Now that you have a new "video" content type and have uploaded your videos, the next step is to set up a View of your video content to act as the playlist. Lets begin by going to Administer >> Views.

This next step differs whether you are using Views 2 (for Drupal 6) or Views version 1 (for Drupal 5). I will separate how to do both of these in the sections below... please pick the implementation that fits your version.

Setting up the Views module in Drupal 5

Once you are in the Views administrator section, you will then want to create a new view by clicking on the link that says Add. After the new view page comes up, please follow the following links to add a new view for your videos...

  • Under Name type videos
  • Expand Page and click Provide a Page View
  • Under View Type select Teaser List
  • Go down and expand the Filters section.
  • Under the Add new filter, you are going to select Node: Published and then click on the Add Filter button.
  • Now do that again, but this time, select Node: Type.
  • Once it adds the Node Type filter, you will want to then click on the "video"
  • Now go down to the bottom and click on the button that says Save

Setting up the Views 2 module in Drupal 6

Once you are in the Views administrator section, you will then want to create a new view by clicking on the link that says Add. After the new view page comes up, please follow the following links to add a new view for your videos...

  • Give your view a name.... for our case, it would be videos
  • Give it a short description... don't worry about the View tag, and then go down and press the Next button.
  • Now go over and press the + button next to the Filters section.
  • You will see something pop-up in the bottom of the screen.... Under Groups select Node
  • In the check-box, you will want to check Node: Type and then press the Add button.
  • Then you will want to select your node type that you are using for videos in the checkboxes, and then press Update.
  • Next, let's add a Field.... press the + next to the Field section.
  • Under groups, select Node, and then check the Node: Title and then press Add button... then press Update button.
  • You will then want to save your view by pressing the Save button below.


You can now use the parameter "playlist=videos" whenever you are embedding the video in your page... For example, this should now work...

<?php
   $params
['width'] = 652;
  
$params['height'] = 432;
  
$params['playlist'] = 'videos';
   print
dashplayer_get_player($params);
?>

If you do not know how to add this code to a page, then feel free to check out the next section...