Viddler

The process to record a video

1. Retrieve a Viddler record token
2. Put the token in the recorder’s embed code
3. (optional) Edit the details of the video after the user hits save

For a more detailed view of this process see our document entitled: How to: Record with Webcam.

Available Flashvars

• recordToken – (required) unique token needed to record
• permalink – Used as the finished video’s permalink after recording
• maxlength – (in seconds) sets a custom max length of a recorded footage.
• audioOnly – “Y”, “1?, “T” values will switch recorder in “audio-only” mode. No video data will be saved.
• noUI – “Y”, “1?, “T” values will tell the recorder not to show the bottom control bar interface.
• recQuality – “H”, “M”, “L” values will set quality to High, Medium and Low, respectively, and will cause the initial quality selector not to be shown.
• enableCallbacks – “Y”, “1?, “T” to turn on callbacks

Control the recorder using JavaScript

If you’d like to control the player using JavaScript instead of the Flash recorder’s default user interface you can do that. Here are the functions that are currently available.

• doStartRecord() – start the recording
• doStopRecord() – stop recording
• doDelRecord() – delete recorded footage
• doSaveRecord() – save the footage

JavaScript callbacks

If you’d like to listen in to what the Flash recorder is doing you can use the following JavaScript callbacks.

• recordConnected() when recorder swf connects to the recording service
• recordAuthorised() when recorder swf authorises it’s record token successfully
• recordStopped() when user stops recording
• recordDeleted() when user decides to delete the footage and re-record.
• recordSave() when user decides to save video (yet before the request is sent to the server for actual processing)