I'm trying to use JW-Player in my application. Researching the issue a bit, there seems to be several abandoned efforts to produce a gem, and the latest is undocumented. So, here's how I'm going about it:
I downloaded the JW-Player version 6, unzipped and copied the files in my /app/assets/javascripts directory as follows:
app/assets/javascripts/jwplayer/jwplayer.js
app/assets/javascripts/jwplayer.html5.js
app/assets/javascripts/jwplayer.flash.swf
In my app/views/layouts/application.html.erb, I have the following:
<head>
<%= javascript_include_tag "/assets/javascripts/jwplayer/" %>
</head>
and in app/views/pages/about.html.erb, I have the following:
<%= jw_player("http://xxxxx/video.mp4",
:width => 200, :height => 110) %>
Here's what happens when I click on the About page link:
Showing xxxxxxxx/app/views/pages/about.html.erb where line #10 raised:
undefined method `jw_player' for #<#<Class:0x007fe77e37c018>:0x007fe780c1f678>
First time user of JW-Player.
This worked for me:
Include it like an external script, without using asset pipeline (HAML).
In your video partial (ERB)