var playerName = 'videoPlayer';

function initVideo() {
 if (swfobject.hasFlashPlayerVersion("10.0.0")) {
   var flashvars = {};
   var params = {};
   params.loop = "false";
   params.quality = "high";
   params.allowscriptaccess = "always";
   params.name = playerName;
   var attributes = {};
   attributes.id = playerName;
//   flashvars.controlbar="none";
//   flashvars.repeat="always"; 

//   flashvars.file = "/files/images/stories" + track;
   flashvars.autostart = "true";
   swfobject.embedSWF("/player.swf", "sw_video_player", "500", "375", "8", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
 } else {
   var layer = document.getElementById('sw_video_player');
   layer.className="sw_video_noflash";
   layer.style.width="440px";
   layer.style.height="auto";
   layer.innerHTML='The video  requires the Macromedia Flash Plug-in version 10 or above to be installed. The Plug-in can be downloaded from the <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Adobe Website</a>';
  }
}

function playerReady(thePlayer)  {
  var player = getFlashMovieObject(thePlayer.id);
}

function addListeners(player) {
   player.addModelListener("TIME",'updatePosition');
   player.addModelListener("STATE", 'stateChange');
};

function playVideo(url) {
  var player = getFlashMovieObject(playerName);
  player.sendEvent("LOAD",url);
  player.sendEvent("PLAY","true");
}

function getFlashMovieObject(movieName)
{
  if (window.document[movieName]) 
  {
    return window.document[movieName];
  }
  if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1)
  {
    if (document.embeds && document.embeds[movieName])
      return document.embeds[movieName]; 
  }
  else // if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")!=-1)
  {
    return document.getElementById(movieName);
  }
}