gistfile1.js

var player;

// Create a unique string for the current viewer,
// that way, we can identify him in the backend later on.
var user_id = new UUID(); 


// Sleep function in JavaScript
function sleep(milliseconds) {
  var start = new Date().getTime();
  for (var i = 0; i < 1e7; i++) {
    if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > milliseconds){
      break;
    }
  }
}

function playerReady(obj) {
	player = document.getElementById(obj['id']);
};

function getPlaybackPosition(obj) {
    xhr = new FlashXMLHttpRequest(); // Use FlashXMLHttpRequest for crossdomain ajax
    var url = 'http://myserver.com/stats?video=1273&time='+obj.position+'&uuid='+user_id;
    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
    xhr.open('GET', p);
    xhr.send("");
}

function runGetPlayBackPosition() {
    player.addModelListener("TIME", "getPlaybackPosition");
    
    // ModelEvent.TIME fires every 100ms. We only want it to fire once, 
    // so we add the removeModelListener to the function. We need to sleep 100ms first.
    // That way, we're certain that the getPlaybackPosition is fired.
    sleep(100); 
    // Remove the model listener.
    player.removeModelListener("TIME", "getPlaybackPosition");
    
}

// Run the script every five seconds (5000ms)
setInterval("runGetPlayBackPosition()", 5000);