Embedding Flash Video
Problem
I’ve encoded some great video as FLV files and now I need to embed this in my FBML.
Solution
Use the fb:flv
tag to embed Flash Video (FLV) files. The simplest form
is:
<fb:flv src="http://someserver.com/greatEncodedVideo.flv" />
The player fits right into the Facebook look and feel, as shown in Figure 6-9.
Figure 6-9. Facebook Flash Video player
Discussion
The fb:flv
tag really is just
that: a tag that plays FLV files. This is not a generic video player,
meaning it won’t handle anything but FLV files, so don’t throw it
.mov, .wmv, or .avi files and hope they’ll work. The three
optional parameters let you set the width
and height
(which you should do if you can
because some reports indicate that Internet Explorer will collapse
your video down to a single gray dot if you don’t), and a title, which
will be passed into the video as the Flash variable video_title
.
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