Ultra Flash Player 6.6 (16-in-1)
1.  Introduction
     This is 16-in-1 dnn module,powerful yet easy to use. It capable of producing a multitude of functions including:
      1: Image rotator player     
      2: Flash numeric rotator  
      3: Mp3 player                   
      4: Flash video player   
      5: Multimedia player          
      6: YouTube video feeds player   
      7: Anarchy media player     
      8: Flipping book player 
      9: Banner topic player  
      10: Silverlight album
      11:Ajax light box image album
      12: Ajax light box video album
      13: Image album
      14:Wmv/Wma Player
      15:Vertical switch image rotator(legacy support)
      16:Simple flash video player
    
      V6.x contains two sub modules, Ultra Flash Player (UFP) and UFP_Category.   UFP module is mainly used to play media and UFP_Category module is used to provide category list navigate for it. 

                                                     General setting of UFP module
2.  General highlight features

      Powerful yet easy to use 
      Uses the asp.net 2.0 wizard control to easily guide you step by step. All you need to do is follow the wizard, click “previous” or “next”. It’s as easy as ABC
     
      Multiple play list support
      Play item lists can be added from a single file, portal folder, or dynamic generate based portal directory.  Also supports play list from existing xml file,  It also support external url like ASX /ATOM +Media/RSS + iTunes/RSS + Media/SMIL and XSPF format feeds.  Flash video player/mp3 player also support Rtmp/http stream list.

    Template support. 
     Both UFP and UFP_Category view interface are template based. You can customize your  own display template, change item  layout or add additional information as your wish. Note, you need be familiar with .net syntax to customize your own template.

     For flash video player/YouTube video feeds/mp3/multimedia player, the brand new skinning functionality allows you to completely customize its looks. V6.5 contains 27 flash skins as below.


       Customize url parameters support
       You can pass a “FolderId“ in url parameter to let module play sub medias under a certain folder . Or pass a “MediaFile“ parameter to let module play that file directly.

       Plug-in support
       Plugin is an Actionscript-based bit of software that builds new functionality into the flash Player. V6.2 introduce a new plug-in - Viral.  In v6.3 ,we added a new plug-in - Google Analytics.

       Full localization support and online help support
       All settings are self-explanatory utilizing the standard DNN help menu system.

     
3. Release history
    New in  V6.6  
    :Sort files by file name/modify date / file size while dynamic generate from folder


   New in v6.5
    3.1 Add a option to let user choose traditional mp3 player.
     Many peopel like the traditional mp3 player style which introduce in v3.x, but has been replace since v5.x.  In v6.5, we provide a option to let user choose the old player to play mp3 files as below:


      3.2 Built in Google Analytics for flash video player.
       v6.3 introduce Google Analytics plug-in for flash video player  , but it is not so straightforward. In v6.5, we add more options for this plug-in  to make is easy to use.
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    3.3 Seo optimized.
     Add some properties ( like alternate text, tooltip) to make module more friendly for search engineer.

    3.4 Upgrade some flash components.
    
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4. Upgrade discount
      All modules from DnnModules.cn are customer-driven, v6.5 is the 14th generation of this product(v3.02/v4.0.1/v5.0/v5.3/v5.5/v5.7/v5.9/v6.0/v6.1/v6.2/v6.3/v6.4/v6.5/v6.6). We have received many suggestions from our customers since the first release, this module can't be making out without customers help . As a return to their favor, we carry a long term policy as to offer 100%(sometimes 99%) upgrade discount to customers who bought the previous version.

     We strongly recommend to upgrade to this version if you bought previous version before.

5.Feature detail and live demo of UFP sub module
     Tips,click pciture will also navigate to live demo(please be patience while the live demo load).
      
       5-1  Image Rotator Player       View demo
       Image Rotator Player enables you to show a couple of photos in sequence, with 10 transitions style(fade,flash,bgfade,blocks,bubbles,circles,fluids,lines,slowfade,random) available. It supports rotation of an RSS, XSPF or ATOM playlist with JPG, GIF and PNG images. Watermark logo and background music enabled.Each play item can have a link url. The link target property and navigation bar  are controllable.Additionally,there is  a wide range of flashvars(settings)  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.

     5-2  Flash Numeric Rotator       View demo
      Flash Numeric Rotator is another popular image rotator style. It supports up to 9 rotator files(jpg,gif,swf,png) with a numeric navigation bar under right bottom corner.Each play item can have a link url, v5.9 allows you link to either in new window of self window.


      5-3  Vertical Switch Image Rotator       
      Vertical Switch Image Rotator is mainly for legacy support. We don't recommend new customers to use it.

     5-4  Mp3 Player       View demo
     Mp3 Player  is the easiest way to add live music or podcasts to your website. It supports playback of Mp3 files or an RSS, XSPF or ATOM playlist .Watermark logo enabled. It also enables add link url and  cover image to each play item .Additionally,there is  a wide range of flashvars (settings) for tweaking both behavior and appearance.

 
       5-5  Flash Video Player     View demo
       Flash Video Player  supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle(flv/3gp/aac/f4b/f4p/f4v/m4a/m4v/mov/mp4/sdp/vp6) ,It also supports RTMP, HTTP, live streaming, various playlists formats(ASX /ATOM /RSS + iTunes/RSS + Media/SMIL/XSPF ), a lot of settings to make it more powerful.


       5-6  YouTube Video Feeds Player     View demo
       YouTube Video Feeds Player allows you play lists of videos that either reflect YouTube user behavior, such as top-rated and most viewed video feeds, or were selected by YouTube staff, such as recently featured and mobile video feeds. Many of these feeds are shown on the videos tab of the YouTube website. These feeds are updated every few minutes.




      5-7  Wmv/Wma Player       View demo
      Wmv/Wma Player (built for Microsoft Silverlight) is a simple yet flexible player for displaying Windows Media streams, video and audio on your website. While not yet widely installed and not as feature-rich as Flash, Silverlight offers an excellent solution to publishers who have their content encoded in a Windows Media format. The WMV Player features the same extensive list of settings as the Flash video player, with the exception of playlist support.


      5-8 Simple Flash Video Player       View demo
      Simple Flash Video Player is another way to play flash video files(flv). It has a compact , wimdows media player interface like. It doesn't have too much control options like above Flash Video Player,but it has its own advantage. 
      Click the "Read More " button will display the flay list. Click the first button on the top right  coner will display the file url to let you download. Click the second button on the top right  coner will play it in in full screen.

       5-9  Multimedia Player       View demo
       Multimedia Player supports playback of  media files of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle, like images(jpg/png/gif/swf),music(mp3),and video(flv/3gp/aac/f4b/f4p/f4v/m4a/m4v/mov/mp4/sdp/vp6). It also supports RSS, XSPF and ATOM playlist .It also supports watermark logo and enables add link url and covert image for each play item.Additionally,there is  a  wide range of flashvars (settings) for tweaking both behavior and appearance.

       5-10  Anarchy Media Player       View demo
       Anarchy Media Player  is a javascript plug-in that  will scan your page content, find all  hyperlinks to media files(mp3,flv,mov,mp4,m4v,m4a,m4b,3gp,wmv,avi,asf) ,and generate related  script to play it.
        If other module(Text/Html/ Blog//Forums /Rss/Links,etc) content has a link to mp3, flv, mov, mp4, m4v, m4a, m4b, 3gp, wmv, avi or asf files. It will also take effect.
        For example ,a link to a mp3 file will became as

     5-11  Flipping Book Player       View demo
     Flipping Book Player supports pages containing jpg/jpeg/swf  files.  It optimal use of the CPU resources. and automatic caching pages. It supports full preloading or loading on deman. The flipping pages can be flipped either by mouse clicking or by dragging. You can also controll automatic corner flipping.. and more.

        5-12  Banner Topic Player        View demo
         Banner Topic Player is an amzing feature which enables you add a list of background images and a list of banner topic images. You can set link url and weighting to both background and topic topic image. The topic image also has a title and caption property. Every time the page load, it will select a random background image based its weighting and then rotator topic images(with its title and caption) above it. Click background image or topic image will navigate to the target url as specified.

       Note , currently this player only works well in 950*500 banner images.

        5-13 Silverlight Album         View demo
        Silverlight Album  is a scabble feature that uses the MS Silverlight script to display pictures. This feature currently supports up to 12 pictures(gif,jpg,jpeg) and has an impressive effect but its width and height are fixed and  does not have many control settings options.

       5-14  Ajax Light Box Image Album       View demo
       Ajax Light Box Image Album  is a integration of the well know light box script. If you set  album link url to image files(gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png) and click , it will  overlay images on the current page. You can control album list roll/image widht/image height and other settings for  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.
       This feature can also take effect to other content of the same page.

        5-15  Ajax Light Box Video Album       View demo
      Ajax Light Box Video Album  is also a  integration  of another Ajax videobox script. If you set album link url to Youtube/Metacafe/Google Video/iFilm  videos, or link to video/image/flash directly(swf,jpg,jpeg,gif,mov,wmv,asx,flv..) and click, it will  overlay these videos on the current page.  You can also control album list roll/image widht/image height and other settings for for tweaking both behavior and appearance.
       This feature can also take effect to other content of the same page. Note, this feature require xhtml doctype compatible.

      5-16 Image Album        View demo
       Image Album  is similar  to Ajax Light Box Image Album except the light box effect. Album has image/title/caption and link url property. You can control whether to show these fields.  You can also control album list roll/image widht/image height and other settings for  for tweaking both behavior and appearance.

6  Features of UFP_Category sub module
    UFP_Category module is an extension of the “Dynamic Generate Play Mode” feature which introduced since v5.5.  It is an independent module which provides category list navigation for Ultra Flash Player module instance.  Each category corresponds a folder under portal site. It has properties like title, image, and description. Click category item will display related files under it and its sub directories (if recursive option is checked) in Ultra Flash Player instance. 

     UFP_Category module can be applied to all the players (image rotator player/flash video player/multimedia player….) except flash numeric player, banner topic player, anarchy media player and wmv/wma player.

     UFP_Category is very helpful for multiple galleries, in previous version, you need create different Ultra Flash Player instance for each gallery. Now you only need one Ultra Flash Player instance with UFP_Category module added. 


      Customize url parameter support for “Dynamic Generate Play Mode”.
       Besides using UFP_Category module, you can also customize your own url parameters by provider “FolderId” and “GalleryTitle”. For example, if Ultra Flash Player module instance is http://www.DnnModules.cn/tabid/300/default.aspx, and you have a folder which id is 700, then input http://www.DnnModules.cn/tabid/300/FolderId/700/default.aspx   will play related files under its sub directories. http://www.DnnModules.cn/tabid/300/FolderId/700/GalleryTitle/Ok/default.aspx, will display related files and change module title as “OK”.

 
7 Some admin screen shots (Click to view picture)

7-1. General Settings

7-2: Image Rotator Player Flash Settings
7-2.1 Basic Settings for image rotator
7-2.2 Color Settings for image rotator
7-2.3 Appearance Settings for image rotator
7-2.4 Playback Settings for image rotator
7-2.5 Interaction Settings for image rotator

7-3: Multimedia/flash video/mp3 player Flash Settings
7-3.1 Basic settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.2 Color settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.3 Appearance settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.4 Playback Settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player
7-3.5 Interaction Settings for multimedia/flv/mp3 player

7-4. Flash numeric rotator flash settings

7-5.Anarchy Media Player Settings
7-5.1 Video general
7-5.2 Mp3 play settings
7-5.3 Flv player settings
7-5.4 QuickTime and mp4 file play settings
7-5.5 Windows media play file settings

7-6: Play list Settings for image rotator/flash video player/mp3 player/multimedia player mode
7-6.1 Play list type
7-6.2 Play list
     A: Add item from file
     B: Add items from folder
     C:Add item from RTMP
     D:Add item from Http

7-6.3 Using existence play list.

7-6.4 External Url

7-7:Play list settings for flash numeric rotator mode
7-7.1 Play list
7-7.2 add from portal file
7-7.3 add from portal folder

7-8: Play list settings for anarchy media player mode
7-8.1 add from single file
7-8.2 add from portal folder

7-9.Wizard interface

7-10.Full localization support and online help support

7-11.Flipping Book Player Flash Setting
7-12.Banner Topic Player Flash Setting
7-13.Light Box Image Album/Light Box Video Album/Image Album flash settings


     It's hard to put all the screen shots here(there are too many). For more detail ,please visit http://www.dnnmodules.cn/Modules/Ultraflashplayer.aspx.

8  Help and support
      Package contains a user guide.doc for details on how to use this module.
      Online help available through the standard DNN help.


  Visit our support forum  for any questions regarding issues with this module.
  Using Snowcovered help ticket syetem to submit your question.
  Mail us at xiaoqi98@msn.com if you need more directly assistance(or if you have any improvement suggestion)

9 Version Difference

	Ultra Flash Player 6.6	Enterprise Edition	Enterprise Edition W/src
Private Assembly	Yes	Yes	Yes
Module Source(C#)	No	No	Yes
Production Installation License(PIL)	1 PIL with unlimited sub portals	Unlimited PIL	Unlimited PIL

10 DNN Version Compatibility
    Dnn 5.x/4.x.

11 Faqs
    Q. I have created a directory under portal directory, but can’t see it display in media gallery folder list, why?
    A. If you manage portal files via ftp or other tools, your files (folders) may not display
in dnn file structure. In this case, expand “Synchronize Files” section, click "Synchronize
Files" button to refresh portal file structure.

    Note , you need also add necessary file extension to “Host - Host settings - Advanced settings - other settings - Allowable file extensions“ so they can be uploaded and displayed.

    
    Q.  Why I can’t add files under portal secure folder?
.   A. If a folder is set as “Secure“ ,dnn will automatic add .resources suffix to all files under it. For example , if you upload a test.jpg to a secure folder, dnn will automatic change its file name as test.jpg.resources but will show its name as test.jpg under dnn url control. So, even you can see test.jpg in dnn “file manager “ or dnn url control, it doesn’t exist in portal folder. In order to avoid confusion, we choose to not show files under secure folder.

    Q. Why I can’t play  some videos, like flv/mov/mp4 files?
    A. That’s because Windows 2003 Server does not stream these videos by default. You can solve this question by follow these steps. Take .flv files as example.
   1.On the Windows 2003 server, open the Internet Information Services Manager.
   2.Expand the Local Computer Server.
   3.Right-click the local computer server and select Properties.  select the MIME Types tab.
   4.Click the New... button and enter the following information: 
     Associated Extension box: .FLV
     MIME Type box: flv-application/octet-stream
   5.Click Ok.
  6.Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service.
      
     The same steps can also be applied if you can’t play other type files. Here is a list of the related file time and its mime type.
    .xaml                           mime type: application/xaml+xml.          
    .rbs                             mime type: application/octet-stream.
    .3gp                            mime -type: video/3gpp
     .m4v                            mime -type: video/x-m4v
    .m4a                            mime -type: audio/x-m4a
    .m4b                            mime -type: audio/m4b
   .wmv                            mime -type: video/x-ms-wmv
   .avi                            mime -type: video/x-msvideo
   .asf                            mime -type: video/x-ms-asf
   .flv                            mime -type: flv-application/octet-stream
   .mov                            mime -type: video/quicktime
   .mp4                           mime -type: video/mp4

    Note , you need also add these file extension to “Host - Host settings - Advanced settings - other settings - Allowable file extensions“ so they can be uploaded and displayed.

   Q. How can I convert different videos ,for example, convert a wmv video to .flv video?
   A. There are various tools can do video convert. We also provide a module for this, check Video Handler Pro for more detail.

   Q. I have  video play well in previous version, but it doesn't play after upgrade ,why?
   A. There are some option changed in v6.5 version. If you video doesn't play after upgraded , please click “Ultra flash player settings “, open module setting control , don't change anything, just click “finish“ to rebuild config file. Then it will work again.