Glenys Hanson

Hi again,

Thanks to Stan Bogdanov's speedy help, I've changed the code to:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="FlowPlayer.swf" width="320" height="280" id="FlowPlayer"><param name="movie" value="FlowPlayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="scale" value="noScale" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="flashvars" value="config={videoFile: '30a_michael.flv', autoPlay: false}" /></object>

and now the video doesn't autostart.

Cheers,
Glenys

Hello Gordon and everyone,

I've uploaded a new Short answer JQuiz to your site: 30a_michael.htm It's a based on the html file and the scores are recorded with no problem both on my university Moodle site and on yours. To see it you can log in as a teacher using the following information:

* Username: guestteacher
* Password: hotpotv21

I put it there because of the problems I've been having with video Flash players in Firefox.

What follows is a copy of what I've already posted on the Hot Potatoes Users List so sorry to everyone on both lists for cross posting, but I thought maybe some people on this forum might be able to suggest a better video Flash player.

" By going to Stan Bogdanovs 's Flash video tutorial and downloading
FlowPlayer. I've partially solved my problem. That is, with FlowPlayer the player releases the focus to the navigator in both Firefox and IE, but it has a number of gadgets I find unnecessary, a Flash security message gets shown when I open the page and I can't work out how to stop the video from starting
immediately. (I prefered the look and feel of the first player I used
before: Fash Video (FLV) Player, Example: Michael.)
This is the code I pasted in:
<object
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="FlowPlayer.swf" width="320"
height="280" id="FlowPlayer"><param name="movie"
value="FlowPlayer.swf" /><param name="autoPlay" value="false" /><param
name="quality" value="high" /><param name="scale" value="noScale"
/><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="flashvars"
value="config={videoFile: '30a_michael.flv'}" /></object>"

Can anyone suggest a better player?

Cheers,
Glenys

By the way, I couldn't access your site with IE, Gordon. Am the only one?

Hi Martin and Gordon,

Great! There's no problem if I use Martin's player
Here's the same exercise with the problem: Moodle player

Thanks, Martin.

Hope this helps to find the problem with the Moodle player.

Cheers,
Glenys

Hi Martin,

I'll try that option tomorrow when I'm on a fast connection.

I've always assumed that inside Moodle, I should choose the Moodle options. There are so many different options (html file, Hot Pot file, absolute links, relative links, Moodle navigation or not, Moodle player or not ...) I must admit that I haven't tried out all the possible combinations.

Cheers,
Glenys

Hello Gordon and Martin,

Hope you had a good weekend.

Yes, this is exactly the same problem as I have with the video flash player, but it only occurs inside Moodle. That is, the Flash player takes the focus and does not surrender it back to the browser when it should (thanks, Martin, for the right vocabulary) in Firefox but works normally in IE.

I've uploaded an example to your site, Gordon, here: 16.htm

Here's the same exercise outside Moodle working normally: http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/dictations/rodspeople/rods16_new/16.htm
with Martin's Flash player.

I'm using Hot Potatoes 6.2.0.8 (modified files).
The html code and the css validate.

Cheers,
Glenys

PS: I haven't been able to test the JQuiz scoring fix you suggested, Gordon, because our two Moodle administrators have both gone on holiday for a week.