ndex: flowplayer.class.php
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--- flowplayer.class.php	(revision 34746)
+++ flowplayer.class.php	(working copy)
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@
 			$list = explode('|',$media);
 			$hash = md5($media.flowplayer::_salt());
 			$html = '<div id="saiweb_'.$hash.'" style="width:'.$width.'px; height:'.$height.'px;"></div>';
-			$html .= '<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
+			$html .= '<script type="text/javascript">
+<!--
 	WPFP(document).ready(function() {
 		//load player
 		$f("saiweb_'.$hash.'", "'.(flowplayer::_getkey()?flowplayer::commercial_url():flowplayer::gpl_url()).'", {
@@ -388,17 +389,29 @@
 				},';
 				
 	if(count($list) > 1){
+		$auto_play=('true'==flowplayer::_getautoplay());
+		$m=array();
+		preg_match('/\.([^\.]*)$/', $list[0], $m);
+		$extension_0=strtolower($m[1]);
+		preg_match('/\.([^\.]*)$/', $list[1], $m);
+		$extension_1=strtolower($m[1]);
+		$image_extensions_regex='/^(jpg|gif|jpeg|png)$/';
+		$has_preview_image=(preg_match($image_extensions_regex, $extension_0) && !preg_match($image_extensions_regex, $extension_1)); // first is image, next is not
+		if($has_preview_image) $auto_play=true;
 		$html .= '
 			clip: {
-					autoPlay: '.(flowplayer::_getautoplay()=='true'?'true':'false').',
+					autoPlay: '.($auto_play?'true':'false').',
        				autoBuffering: '.(flowplayer::_getautobuffer()=='true'?'true':'false').'
 				},';
 		$html .= 'playlist:[
 				 
 				';
+				$cnt=0;
 				foreach($list as $item){
-					$html .= '{url: \''.$item.'\'},'."\n";
+					$html .= '{url: \''.$item.'\''.($has_preview_image && $cnt ? ', autoPlay: false' : '').'},'."\n";
+					$cnt++;
 				}
+				$html=substr($html, 0, strlen($html)-2)."\n"; // strip trailing comma to save IE from complaining
 				$html .= '],'."\n";
 	} else {
 			$html .= '
@@ -422,7 +435,9 @@
 				canvas: {
 					backgroundColor:\''.flowplayer::_getcanvas().'\'
 				}})
-			});</script>
+			});
+//-->
+</script>
 				';
 				
 		return $html;