Michael Hofer – SharePoint Blog

        var $movieLinkTarget = $(this).attr(“href”);

        // Parse the Link Target
        var $moviePlayerHtml = “”;
        var $isMovie = false;
        if ($movieLinkTarget.match(“.swf$”) == “.swf”) {
            $moviePlayerHtml = “<object ID=portraitflash WIDTH=450><param NAME=movie VALUE=”" + $movieLinkTarget + “”> <param NAME=quality VALUE=high> <embed src=”" + $movieLinkTarget + “” quality=high WIDTH=100% TYPE=”application/x-shockwave-flash” PLUGINSPAGE=”http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash”></embed></object>”;
            $isMovie = true;
        } else if ($movieLinkTarget.match(“.wmv$”) == “.wmv” || $movieLinkTarget.match(“.mpg$”) == “.mpg” || $movieLinkTarget.match(“.mpeg$”) == “.mpeg”) {
            $moviePlayerHtml = “<embed type=”application/x-mplayer2″ pluginspage=”http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/” name=”mediaPlayer” ShowStatusBar=”true” EnableContextMenu=”false” autostart=”false” width=”450″ loop=”false” src=”" + $movieLinkTarget + “” />”
            $isMovie = true;
        } else if ($movieLinkTarget.indexOf(‘youtube.com’) != -1) {
            $moviePlayerHtml = “<object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”300″ data=”" + $movieLinkTarget + “”><param name=”movie” value=”" + $movieLinkTarget + “” /><param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /></object>”;
            $isMovie = true;
        }

        if ($isMovie) {
            // Get the movie player container
            var $moviePlayer = $(this).parents(“.sc_movie”).children(“.sc_moviePlayer”);
            if ($moviePlayer != null) {

                // Make a copy of the original href
                $(this).attr(“href_orig”, $movieLinkTarget);
                // Remove the original target empty so the link won’t cause a redirect
                $(this).attr(“href”, “BLOCKED SCRIPT;”);

                // Create a new GUID to identify the link that caused the movie playing later
                var $guid = createGuid();
                moviesPlaying[$guid] = $(this);

                // Fill the movie player on-the-fly
                $moviePlayer.html(“<div><a href=”BLOCKED SCRIPThideMoviePlayer(‘” + $guid + “‘);”>Close</a></div>” + $moviePlayerHtml);
                // Display the movie player
                $moviePlayer.css(“display”, “block”);

                var $moviePreviewImage = $(this).parents(“.sc_movie”).children(“.sc_movieDisplay”);
                if ($moviePreviewImage != null) {
                    // Hide the preview image
                    $moviePreviewImage.css(“display”, “none”);
                }
            }
        }
    });
});

// Hides the movie player
function hideMoviePlayer(id) {
    // Set back the link to its original state
    moviesPlaying[id].attr(“href”, moviesPlaying[id].attr(“href_orig”));
    // Hide the movie player
    moviesPlaying[id].parents(“.sc_movie”).children(“.sc_moviePlayer”).css(“display”, “none”);
    moviesPlaying[id].parents(“.sc_movie”).children(“.sc_moviePlayer”).html(”);
    // Show the preview image
    moviesPlaying[id].parents(“.sc_movie”).children(“.sc_movieDisplay”).css(“display”, “block”);
    // Delete this object from the Hashtable
    delete (moviesPlaying[id]);
}

// Returns a new GUID
function createGuid() {
    return (S4() + S4() + “-” + S4() + “-” + S4() + “-” + S4() + “-” + S4() + S4() + S4());
}

// Helper function to create a GUID
function S4() {
    return (((1 + Math.random()) * 0×10000) | 0).toString(16).substring(1);
}