Using custom media player to play video

Much like we did with audio, we will now create an extension to embed FLV player and render a custom video. You can use the same approach to embed any other custom video player to play your movies.

Note

For more information about FLV player, visit http://flvplayer.com/.

Getting ready

Make sure you have read and understood Extending the media content object for more rendering options recipe covered earlier. This recipe follows the same steps, using slightly different code. You should have created an extension skeleton in Kickstarter.

How to do it...

1. 1. Create ext_localconf.php if it doesn't exist, and add the following content:

   <?php
   if (!defined ('TYPO3_MODE')) {
   die ('Access denied.');
   }
   // Register Hooks
   $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SC_OPTIONS']['tslib/hooks/class.tx_cms_
   mediaitems.php']['customMediaRenderTypes'][$_EXTKEY] = 'EXT:' .
   $_EXTKEY . '/class.tx_webflvplayer.php:tx_webflvplayer';
   $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SC_OPTIONS']['tslib/hooks/class.tx_cms_
   mediaitems.php...