Overview

JWPlayer is an in-browser multimedia player made by Longtail Video. Islandora uses it to create viewers for objects using the Audio Solution Pack and Video Solution Pack, so that they can be streamed directly inside a user's browser instead of requiring them to download it to their own computers first.

Dependencies

Provisions

Downloads

To download the JWPlayer files you need to create an account by clicking "GET JWPLAYER FREE" button on page http://www.jwplayer.com/download. JWPlayer is free for non-commercial use. Once your free account is set up, log into your account to locate the download link on "Account Settings" page.  

The Islandora JWPlayer Drupal module required for Islandora integration can be found at the Release Notes and Downloads page.

Installation

The process of installing JWPlayer is broken up into the following steps:

  1. Install, enable and set up the Libraries API. Check that page for more information on how to do this.
  2. Download and extract the JWPlayer .zip archive from longtailvideo.com
  3. Place the 'jwplayer' folder from the .zip archive into your Drupal site's 'libraries' folder created when the Libraries API was set up (e.g. sites/all/libraries)
  4. Install and enable the Islandora JWPlayer Drupal module

Configuration

Check the Audio Solution Pack and Video Solution Pack pages' configuration sections for more information on how to integrate JWPlayer into Islandora.

This module has been updated to use jwplayer6. If you are updating this module for the first time since 22/01/2013 with an install predating that date your library will need to be updated.