Decode flashvars

[jomo]

It would be nice to have flashvars decoded so they can be easily read.

Example for a flash video player:

<object name="something" id="something" data="http://example.com/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="40" width="800">
  <param value="true" name="allowfullscreen">
  <param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess">
  <param value="id=something&amp;file=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fvideo.mp4&amp;config=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fplayer.config&amp;thumb=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fvideo.jpg" name="flashvars">
</object>

1. We can extract the flashvars value:

   id=something&file=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fvideo.mp4&config=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fplayer.config&thumb=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fvideo.jpg
   

2. Split the parameters:

   id     = something
   file   = http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fvideo.mp4
   config = http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fplayer.config
   thumb  = http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fvideo.jpg
   

3. And then decode them:

   id     = something
   file   = http://example.com/video.mp4
   config = http://example.com/player.config
   thumb  = http://example.com/video.jpg
   

• If you haven't noticed, the flashvars value is just a Query String
• Adobe flashvars info

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I'm not yet sure what would be the best place to display the decoded value