Ability to provide custom HTML when the Flash plugin can't be loaded about html5media HOT 3 CLOSED

You can override the default flowplayer configuration by defining the following callback:

/**
 * This callback should return the updated Flowplayer configuration.
 * The default implementation leaves the generated configuration intact.
 */
html5media.configureFlowplayer = function(element, config) {
    return config;
}

This should be defined in a script tag after the html5media script.

You should be able to use this hook to configure an error handler that will define a better error fallback. For example, assuming your audio elements all have the class "audio":

html5media.configureFlowplayer = function(element, config) {
    config.onError = function() {
        $(".audio").hide().after("<p>It all went wrong!</p>");
    }
    return config;
}

By targeting your error at a classname, it'll add the error message after the element, whether it's been replaced with the fallback container or not.

Note: This code isn't tested, and isn't a very good error message, but it should serve as a starting point.

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Sadly, it doesn't work:

html5media.configureFlowplayer = function(element, config) {
    alert('Init FlowPlayer config');  // <-- gets called
    config.onError = function() {
        alert('FlowPlayer Error!');  // <-- doesn't gets called
        $(".audio").hide().after("<p>It all went wrong!</p>");
    }
    config.onFail = function() {
        alert('FlowPlayer Fail!');  // <-- doesn't gets called
        $(".audio").hide().after("<p>It all went wrong!</p>");
    }
    return config;
}

Apparently, the onFail error may be relevant as well (Flash is installed, but an older version.).
http://flowplayer.org/documentation/configuration/player.html#onfail-event

Maybe this is relevant: I'm testing this in on a machine with Firefox 9 and Flash disabled. The native audio interface is loaded briefly, and then it gets replaced by the error message.

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Damn, that makes this more complicated than I thought.

I will look into this, but I'm currently stuck with a few big deadlines. When the work eases up, I'll get going on a solution for this.

Meanwhile, if you manage to solve this problem yourself, please post your solution here. Alternatively, if you can make a pull request, I'll be eternally in your debt!

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