function createVideo()
{
  var so = new SWFObject('/videos/player.swf','mpl','816','482','9');
  so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
  so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
  so.addParam('wmode','opaque');
  so.addParam('autostart','true');
  so.addVariable('file','http://tristatis.com/videos/Intro.f4v');
  so.addVariable('autostart','true');
  so.write('mediaspace');
}

createVideo();

function showVideo() {
  if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 7.")==-1) {
    grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 10 });
    setTimeout(function(){ grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 20 }); }, 80);
    setTimeout(function(){ grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 30 }); }, 160);
    setTimeout(function(){ grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 40 }); }, 240);
    setTimeout(function(){ grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 50 }); }, 320);
    setTimeout(function(){ grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 60 }); }, 400);
    setTimeout(function(){ grayOut(true, { "opacity" : 70 }); }, 480);
    setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('mediaspace').style.display = 'block'; }, 500);
    setTimeout(function(){ document.getElementById('closeVideo').style.display = 'block'; }, 500);
  }
  else {
    document.getElementById('mediaspace').style.display = 'block';
    document.getElementById('closeVideo').style.display = 'block';
  }
}

function hideVideo() {
  document.getElementById('mediaspace').style.display = 'none';
  document.getElementById('closeVideo').style.display = 'none';
  grayOut(false);
}

function grayOut(vis, options) {
  // Pass true to gray out screen, false to ungray
  // options are optional.  This is a JSON object with the following (optional) properties
  // opacity:0-100         // Lower number = less grayout higher = more of a blackout 
  // zindex: #             // HTML elements with a higher zindex appear on top of the gray out
  // bgcolor: (#xxxxxx)    // Standard RGB Hex color code
  // grayOut(true, {'zindex':'50', 'bgcolor':'#0000FF', 'opacity':'70'});
  // Because options is JSON opacity/zindex/bgcolor are all optional and can appear
  // in any order.  Pass only the properties you need to set.
  var options = options || {}; 
  var zindex = options.zindex || 50;
  var opacity = options.opacity || 70;
  var opaque = (opacity / 100);
  var bgcolor = options.bgcolor || '#000000';
  var dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');
  if (!window.darkIsSetup) {
    window.darkIsSetup = true;
    // The dark layer doesn't exist, it's never been created.  So we'll
    // create it here and apply some basic styles.
    // If you are getting errors in IE see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917
//    var tbody = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
//    var tnode = document.createElement('div');           // Create the layer.
        var tnode = dark;
        tnode.style.position='absolute';                 // Position absolutely
        tnode.style.top='0px';                           // In the top
        tnode.style.left='0px';                          // Left corner of the page
        tnode.style.overflow='hidden';                   // Try to avoid making scroll bars            
        tnode.style.display='none';                      // Start out Hidden
//        tnode.id='darkenScreenObject';                   // Name it so we can find it later
    //tbody.appendChild(tnode);                            // Add it to the web page
//    var ms = document.body.firstChild;
//    ms.parentNode.insertBefore(tnode, ms);
//    dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');  // Get the object.
    dark.onclick = hideVideo;
    dark.style.cursor = "pointer";
  }
  if (vis) {
    // Calculate the page width and height 
    if( document.body && ( document.body.scrollWidth || document.body.scrollHeight ) ) {
        var pageWidth = document.body.scrollWidth+'px';
        var pageHeight = document.body.scrollHeight+'px';
    } else if( document.body.offsetWidth ) {
      var pageWidth = document.body.offsetWidth+'px';
      var pageHeight = document.body.offsetHeight+'px';
    } else {
       var pageWidth='100%';
       var pageHeight='100%';
    }   
    //set the shader to cover the entire page and make it visible.
    dark.style.opacity=opaque;                      
    dark.style.MozOpacity=opaque;                   
    dark.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opacity+')'; 
    dark.style.zIndex=zindex;        
    dark.style.backgroundColor=bgcolor;  
    dark.style.width= pageWidth;
    dark.style.height= pageHeight;
    dark.style.display='block';                          
  } else {
     dark.style.display='none';
  }
}