// load a video
function create_video(video_url, thumb_url, id) {
  var flashvars = {};
  flashvars.filePath = video_url;
  flashvars.screenMode = "fit";
  flashvars.hGab = 0;
  flashvars.vGab = 0;
  flashvars.thumb = thumb_url;
  flashvars.autoPlay = 0;
  flashvars.showBug = 0;
  flashvars.fixLayout = 1;
  flashvars.customWidth = 427;
  flashvars.customHeight = 320;
  flashvars.controlOnTop = 0;
  flashvars.alwaysShowVolume = 0;

  var params = {};
  params.menu = "false";
  params.allowFullScreen = "true";
  params.wmode = "transparent";

  var attributes = {};
  attributes.id = id + "_c";
  attributes.name = id + "_c";

  swfobject.embedSWF("/flash/gpsPlayer_f9_427x351_v1.swf", id, "427", "351", "9.0.0", "/flash/expressInstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);
}


// load an audio file
function create_audio(audio_url, title, id) {
  var flashTick = {
      jsEventHandler : "jsEventHandler"
    , autoPlay       : 0
    , playlist       : audio_url+","+title+","+title
  };

  var params = {
      menu    : "false"
    , bgcolor : "#000000"
    , wmode   : "transparent"
  };

  swfobject.embedSWF("/flash/gpsMP3Player_f9_427x117_v2.swf", id, "427", "117", "9.0.0","/flash/expressInstall.swf", flashTick, params);
}