Proxus FLV Player reviewed

Proxus have recently released an updated version of their FLV Player component which I think is easily one of the nicest looking players around. What's better still is the possibility of applying your own color scheme to the minimalist skin.

Some of you might have read my initial review of version 1 of this component and can remember the trouble I had getting the skin colors right. It was also not possible to change the size of the player to anything other than the 2 standard sizes.

New improved functionality
The guys at Proxus were quick to react and have fixed and improved the player in many parts.
For a start there is just one player now (before it comsisted of a widescreen and standard format) which can be resized to fit pretty much any size of video (I had some problems with very small videos but apart from the scrubber everything worked fine).

Skin colors have been simplified and users can now apply new themes with less parameters than before. To make your life even easier there is also a color picker tool available (click on skin colorizer or follow this direct link).

You can see the standard design below.



Another small criticism I have had was the lack of a time broadcaster but guess what: this has also been added.
Other enhancements include the option to pause at start and turn the autorewind feature on and off.

Rumours also have it that Proxus is currently working on a Flashcom enabled streaming media player... so watch this space.

You can grab a copy of the player for a lousy $25 at www.proxus.com

The event listener model works nicely. Below you find a complete listing of all supported events:

var myListener = new Object();
myListener.start = function():Void
{
trace("video started");
}
myListener.stop = function():Void
{
trace("video stopped");
}
myListener.play = function():Void
{
trace("video started playing");
}
myListener.pause = function():Void
{
trace("video has paused");
}
myListener.buffer = function():Void
{
trace("buffer full");
}
myListener.rewind = function():Void
{
trace("video rewound");
}
player_mc.addEventListener("start", myListener);
player_mc.addEventListener("stop", myListener);
player_mc.addEventListener("play", myListener);
player_mc.addEventListener("pause", myListener);
player_mc.addEventListener("buffer", myListener);
player_mc.addEventListener("rewind", myListener);

There are also some crucial API commands available such as
playVideo();
pauseVideo();
rewindVideo();
loadVideo(url);

Proxus FLV Player

Alternatives: Meshybeats FLV Player

09/2004