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Re: counting the plays [message #183222 is a reply to message #183217]

Sat, 12 October 2013 19:08

Lew Pitcher
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On Saturday 12 October 2013 14:29, in comp.lang.php, "richard"
<noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:58:39 -0400, Norman Peelman wrote:
>
>> On 10/12/2013 10:33 AM, richard wrote:
>>> I need to keep track of how many plays any tune gets.
>>> Like the way youtube does.
>>> But played, not just viewed.
>>> The counter gets added to when the play button is clicked.
>>> The player is flash based.
>>>
>>> Any way of doing this?
>>>
>>
>> Question. Do you want this counter advanced if the listener clicks
>> the pause/play button more than once. It may be easiest to update the
>> count (stored in the database) when the user clicks the link to load the
>> <IFRAME>. It will be just as accurate.
>
> That would be the way I would do it under normal circumstances.
> However, as this is generating a report for ASCAP, they want to know how
> many times each tune was played.
> As I will have other information with the song, just counting the iframe
> hits will not do.

OK, the bottom line, then, is that you can't do what you want to do UNLESS
you either
a) host the flash player itself, and modify the player to provide you with a
"played" count, or
b) host the video content itself, and determine the "played" count from your
own access records.

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		counting the plays By: Mr Oldies on Sat, 12 October 2013 14:33
		Re: counting the plays By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Sat, 12 October 2013 16:23
		Re: counting the plays By: Mr Oldies on Sat, 12 October 2013 16:47
		Re: counting the plays By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Sat, 12 October 2013 17:14
		Re: counting the plays By: Denis McMahon on Sat, 12 October 2013 17:50
		Re: counting the plays By: Richard Damon on Sat, 12 October 2013 17:44
		Re: counting the plays By: Norman Peelman on Sat, 12 October 2013 17:58
		Re: counting the plays By: Mr Oldies on Sat, 12 October 2013 18:29
		Re: counting the plays By: Lew Pitcher on Sat, 12 October 2013 19:08
		Re: counting the plays By: Lew Pitcher on Sat, 12 October 2013 19:10

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