I have built a chromeless player for several websites I run based on the following logic:
1) I create a standard embed as a fallback in the event the chromeless version won't load. This enables ios devices to see the video just fine. 2) I reference a JS file that handles my player controls. In that file, I embed a swf object with:
swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/apiplayer?
modestbranding=1&enablejsapi=1&playerapiid=ytplayer", "ytplayer",
"640", "360", "8", null, null, params);
The swf object I embed overwrites my original embed code. so effectively if the device viewing the page can support flash, chromeless is displayed. If not, it isn't
3) Below this reference, I include the following JS to tell the swf object which video to play:
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function onYouTubePlayerReady(playerId) {
myPlayer = document.getElementById('ytplayer');
myPlayer.loadVideoById('My_VIDEO_ID', 0);
myPlayer.mute();
}
obviously, I replace My_VIDEO_ID with the id of the video i want it to play.
Once this all runs, my video works great EXCEPT the modest branding doesn't work. I've tried this 6 ways from sunday and I have 2 theories. 1) youtube disables modestbranding with a chromeless player or 2) the separation of the swf object and the loading of the video breaks it.
Is there a way to pass the modest parameter in the function call? Are both theories wrong? :)
Any help would be appreciated.
