Using Media Player APIs

JW Player Resources

The JW Player will accept many different flashvars in the programming of your html. (Flashvars are various variables that you can enter into your embedded HTML coding to change your JW player functions and also the appearance of it. Settings of flashvars can be created and accessed through plug-ins and java scripting.

Main site
http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/

This is the link that leads to the different flashvars variables that you can change in the coding.

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashVars#API

The API in this flash player leaves lots of room for editing and changing. The API internally through plugins built through actionscript and externally through javascript.

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/FlashApi

You can view a number of tutorials here.

http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/tutorials

A list of example where you can view the source code.

http://developer.longtailvideo.com/contributors/nyboe/index.html

Flash/Actionscript players

General Information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/flash_api_reference.html

Tutorials

http://republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3xmlvideoplayer/

http://kriggio.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/a-super-simple-flv-player-using-actionscript-30/

http://www.lemlinh.com/as3-video-player-tutorials-roundup/