Is there a way to track play counts for embedded videos? Ideally without resorting to a thumbnail linked to launch the embed / iframe code.
Example (try it yourself on jsFiddle):
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example</title>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="log"></div>
<ul>
<li class="video" id="video1"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z6lL83wl31E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><li>
<li class="video" id="video2"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28231570?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></li>
<li class="video" id="video3"><embed flashVars="playerVars=autoPlay=no" src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/3153323/the_three_stooges_minisode_beer_barrel_polecats_season_1_episode_0008.swf" width="440" height="248" wmode="transparent" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" name="Metacafe_3153323" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></li>
</ul>
<script>
/* Here's what I've tried so far: */
$('.video').mouseover(function(){
$('#log').html('Mouseover!');
/*alert('Track mouseovers instead? Is this the best I can do?');*/
});
$('.video').mouseout(function(){
$('#log').html(' ');
});
$('.video').mousedown(function(){
$('#log').html('Mousedown!');
alert('mousedown');
/* This will track mousedown events in embed objects (not iframes), but not allow the click event to pass through to object. */
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
How can I track play counts for each of these videos?