	var requiredMajor = 8;
	var requiredRelease = 24;
	var haveFlash = flashembed.isSupported([requiredMajor,requiredRelease]);
	var playerVersion = flashembed.getVersion(); // returns a JavaScript array - get results as elements of
	var haveMajor = playerVersion[0];
	var haveRelease = playerVersion[1];
	var variableNoFlashText = requiredMajor + ".0." + requiredRelease + ".";
	if (haveMajor == 0) variableNoFlashText += " You do not have any version of Flash Player installed.";
	else variableNoFlashText += " You have version " + haveMajor + ".0." + haveRelease + ".";

	var vidFolder = "videos/";

	var playerParams = {};
	playerParams.src = "FlowPlayerLight.swf";
	playerParams.bgcolor = "#713603";
	playerParams.width = "100%";
	playerParams.height = "100%";

	var playerConfig = {};
	playerConfig.controlBarBackgroundColor = '0x713603';
	playerConfig.initialScale = "orig";
	playerConfig.autoPlay = true;
	playerConfig.showFullScreenButton = false;
	playerConfig.showMenu = false;
	playerConfig.showOnLoadBegin = false;
	playerConfig.loop = false;
	playerConfig.showStopButton = true;


	$(document).ready //this part is JQuery
	(
		function()
		{
			$("span.variableNoFlashText").append(variableNoFlashText);
			$("div.videoPlayer").flowembed("videoPicker", "videoCaption");
		}
	);
	
	//two-dimensional arrays - outer dimension is container and inner is video within container
	var videoUsedIds = new Array();
	var videoFiles = new Array();
	var videoCaptions = new Array();
	var videoHasAudio = new Array();

	//one-dimensional array, namely container dimension
	var currentVideoUsedIds = new Array(); //dynamically updated to contain videoUsed_id's of currently selected videos

	//function to create popup edit window for editing or deleting video
	var editVideoWindow;
	function newEditVideoWindow(container,type,width,height,scrollbars)
	{
		if (editVideoWindow)
		{
			editVideoWindow.close();
			editVideoWindow = null;
		}
		videoUsedId = currentVideoUsedIds[container];
		switch (type)
		{
			case "edit":
			link = "edit/edit_video.php?videoUsedId=" + videoUsedId;
			break;
			case "delete":
			link = "edit/edit_delete_video.php?videoUsedId=" + videoUsedId;
			break;
		}
		info = "width=" + width + ",height=" + height + ",top=50,left=50,resizable";
		if (scrollbars) info += ",scrollbars";
		editVideoWindow = window.open(link,"editVideoWin",info);
		editVideoWindow.focus();
	}

