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Nuevo Player Tips & Tricks


Nuevo Player and Captions
Nuevo player supports captions (subtitles) in TT (TimedText) format.
Captions are stored in XML file that must be assigned to playlist XML video item.
Captions XML tag is:  

You may preview playlist XML example where for main movie Captions URL is assigned: click for playlist XML
You may also preview ready Captions XML example (used on player demo page): click for captions XML

Subtitle-Horse.org has a nice flash tool that allows to create captions in TT format in fast and easy way.
It's not complicated to use it or integrate into your video project.
For more details visit http://www.subtitle-horse.org website.
Nuevo Player Dimensions and Background
We receive many questions how to change Nuevo Player dimensions. Flash object with Nuevo Player is included as file "templates/view_video_nuevo_player.tpl".
So now you know which file to edit and change the size of the flash object!
You should also consider to set proper flash background color, according to background of your template.
By default this is color BLACK (#000000). So if your template has whoye background you set it to WHITE (#FFFFFF).
We do not suggest to use WMODE flash object param, as it limits some flash functions.
Sizing Video Options
Nuevo Player supports 4 video sizing options: fit to window, keep aspect ratio, original size, half size.
However you must remember that not every movie can be resized accroding to original aspect ratio!
Information about original video size ususally is stored within FLV movie META DATA.
When ClipShare converts movie to FLV format, such info is added automatically with flvtool2 command.
But if you upload FLV ready file in other than standard UPLOAD way, it's possible that META DATA is not applied, or applied in limited way.
For example, each YouTube video doesn't contain any information about original video dimensions.
However even with such movies it is still possible to add meta info!. You can read more about meta info and download free FLV MetaData Injector (FLVMDI)
at this address: http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/.
MP4 movie format
Nuevo Player apart of FLV standard files can play movies in MP4 format.
However you shouldn't forget that most of MP4 files store meta data in position that cannot be found by flash player.
This may cause problems with scrubbing such movie to new position or even force mp4 file for full download before playing it.

But again, this can be solved with small desktop application, that moves MOOV atoms to the beginning of MP4 file.
You can DOWNLOAD this tool free from our server and use even for multiple MP4 files at once.
Streaming from flash media servers (RTMP)
Nuevo Player is able to stream through RTM (Real- Time Messaging Protocol).
This require small modification to PLAYLIST XML file (nuevo/playlist.php, nuevo/eplalist.php).
For main movie in playlist XML you have item

In case of rtmp protocol, you should change it to:
Live streaming with LIGHTTPD servers (flv_mod)
Latest version of Nuevo Player is optimized for http-based lighttpd live streaming method.
It is possible if lighttpd module for streaming Flash movie files called mod_flv_streaming is correctly implemented.
You can read more about mod_flv_streaming HERE.
Using this method with NuevoPlayer is very easy! In siteadmin you have options for http-based streaming.
lighttpd streaming
Just set these options as it is on screenshot above.
HTTP-based pseudo live streaming with PHP
This is standard Progressive Download streaming method however it is using server side scripting to allow random access
to parts of the video that have not yet loaded.
Choosing this method depends on your movie files, target audience, capabilities of your server.
FLV videos must be stored in same folder of your server and be accessible to open for constant read.
Using this method with NuevoPlayer is same easy as lighttpd! In siteadmin you have options for http-based streaming.
http pseudo streaming
We prepared simple PHP script based on XMOOV script.
You can download it free HERE.
USE THIS SCRIPT ON YOUR OWN RISK!
It will not destroy any of your files, but may be not what you expect.