function flashpodcast(url , height)
{
	//Creat Podcase Player
	var videopodcast = new SWFObject('http://mediafiles.njit.edu/players/flvplayer.swf','mpl','320', height,'6'); 
	var podcastbgDiv = document.createElement('div');
	
	
	//methods
	this.init = init;
	this.openvideo = openvideo;
	this.closevideo = closevideo;
	
	function init()
	{
		
		videopodcast.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('displayheight','240'); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('file',url); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('height', height); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('width','320'); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('autostart','true'); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('shuffle','false'); 
		videopodcast.addVariable('frontcolor','0xFFFFFF');
		videopodcast.addVariable('backcolor','0x777755');
		videopodcast.addVariable('lightcolor','0xFFFFFF');
		videopodcast.addVariable('thumbsinplaylist','false');
		
		$('player1').style.height = height + 'px';
		
		podcastbgDiv.id = 'podcastthickbox_bg';
		document.body.appendChild(podcastbgDiv);
		Event.observe(podcastbgDiv, 'click', closevideo); 
		Event.observe($('videopodcast'), 'click', closevideo); 

	}
	
	function openvideo()
	{
		$('videopodcast').style.zIndex = '100';
		
		new Effect.Opacity('player1',
		{ duration: .5, 
		  transition: Effect.Transitions.linear, 
		  from: 0.0, to: 1.0,
		  beforeStart: function ()
			  {
				 $('videopodcast').style.display='block';
				 $('videopodcast').style.visibility='visible';
				 $('podcastthickbox_bg').style.visibility='visible';
				 $('player1').style.visibility='visible';
				 
			  },
		  afterFinish:  function ()
			  {
				$('player1').style.visibility='visible';
				$('player1').style.filter='alpha(opacity=100)';
				$('player1').style.MozOpacity='1.0';
				$('player1').style.opacity='1.0';
				videopodcast.write('player1');
			  }
		 });
 
		 new Effect.Opacity('podcastthickbox_bg',
			{ 
				duration: .5, 
		  		transition: Effect.Transitions.linear, 
		  		from: 0.0, to: 0.4,
		 		beforeStart:  function ()
				  {
					$('podcastthickbox_bg').style.visibility='visible';
					$('podcastthickbox_bg').style.display='block';
					$('podcastthickbox_bg').style.zIndex='50';
				  }
		 });

		 
	}
	
	function closevideo()
	{
			$('player1').innerHTML = '';
			new Effect.Opacity('player1',
			{ 
				duration: .5, 
				transition: Effect.Transitions.linear, 
				from: 1.0, to: 0.0,
				afterFinish:  function ()
				  {
						$('videopodcast').style.display='none';
						$('videopodcast').style.visibility='hidden';
						$('player1').style.visibility='hidden';
						
				  }
			 });
 
			new Effect.Opacity('podcastthickbox_bg',
			{ 
				duration: .5, 
		  		transition: Effect.Transitions.linear, 
		  		from: 0.4, to: 0.0,
		 		afterFinish:  function ()
				  {
						$('podcastthickbox_bg').style.visibility='hidden';
						$('podcastthickbox_bg').style.display='none';
						$('podcastthickbox_bg').style.zIndex='1';
				  }
		 });
	}
	
}