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Matt
Matt

Reputation: 39

Can't Diagnose jQuery Error: "Object [object Object] has no method"

I'm working on a Wordpress theme and right now I'm trying to get MediaElement to display audio files on posts.

jQuery is loading fine (tested with jQuery alerts) but for some reason MediaElement doesn't want to work. I get the error 

'Object [object Object] has no method 'mediaelementplayer','

and although I've double checked everything I just can't figure out what's wrong. If you need a live demo of the problem, check it out here: http://firstpersontheater.net/video/podcast/painkiller-already-episode-78 (please don't judge the theme, I'm working on getting core functionality done first and haven't really started designing yet, haha).

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1700

Answers (5)

besson3c
besson3c

Reputation: 148

This worked for me with the WordPress plugin:

mejs.$('.mejs-player').mediaelementplayer();

Upvotes: 3

QueueHammer
QueueHammer

Reputation: 10824

Quick answer:

You trying to to call a method that does not exits.

var o = {a = 1, b = 2};
o.someFunctionIThinkShoudExist();

It would be nice if it showed what the name of the function you were trying to call was. This happened to me last week and I resolved it by making sure I had linked to the correct JavaScript files.

What you can check is that you are only linking to the libraries you are using, like jQuery, only once. If you link to jQuery and a jQuery extention, then linking to jQuery again will unbind the extension. Causing the above error when you try to call the function you think should exits.

Upvotes: 0

Gregg B
Gregg B

Reputation: 13727

Had this problem yesterday as well.

MediaElement.js actually includes several different files in the download package. In order to get the full-featured video player you have to include the "mediaelement-and-player.js" file, not the "mediaelement.js" file, which is just the library.

Upvotes: 2

Marty Spellerberg
Marty Spellerberg

Reputation: 13

I encountered this same issue.

While I was unable to isolate exactly why this error occurs with the WordPress plug-in implementation of MediaElement.js, I was able to move past it by using the JavaScript of MediaElement only.

I modified the PHP to output the relevant audio and video HTML tags without ID's, and without the script that calls them. I also removed the aspects of the plug-in for cueing scripts, instead linking them myself in my theme.

I then had success calling MediaElement normally using jQuery.

Upvotes: 1

Baz1nga
Baz1nga

Reputation: 15579

Well what library are you using that adds the api mediaelementplayer? Looks like that plugin either isnt loaded correctly or you are using the API incorrectly.

Upvotes: 0

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