Embedding Videos

[Gaystoryman]

The one thing about blogs that I just never seemed to get a good feel for, was to embed a video clip in my posts. Now things are really moving that way, and I wonder...

what is the blasted secret?

I have used a few of the plug ins, but is there a really simple one you can recommend?

I don't want the video to play automatically, as I really don't' want to make the surfer fall off the chair because of the audio some clips have. I guess I want something that will let me browse my collection, upload it, and then embed it without having to ftp the clip into a directory, then add damn code to get the player happening.

I am soo blond & lazy :rolleyes:

[Bec]

I use and install for clients the Viper's Video Quicktags plugin. The setup page allows you to choose from multiple types of files, including using YouTube urls to bring in a clip. You can also opt to use flash files or upload your own wmv video and then link to its location.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

[Gaystoryman]

I use and install for clients the Viper's Video Quicktags plugin. The setup page allows you to choose from multiple types of files, including using YouTube urls to bring in a clip. You can also opt to use flash files or upload your own wmv video and then link to its location.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

Thanks Bec btw, how you feeling these days? hope all is just improving :love:

[steven619]

I was playing with videos last week trying to not "self load" but wait till the viewer clicked on the image first. The image is called a "poster" and then it will load up the href tag.

In my case I also encoded (or re-encoded) it in mp4 format (iphone) so I can view them with my iphone also.. on the edge network or wireless.

It took me two weeks to get it right.. but now I got it going. If you need any help let me know. All the tools I use are Mac but i'm sure they have windows versions available for encoding to the right format.

Oh.. the site is gayadultblog.com and you can see. The site is more for me playing with technical ideas so some items may be in the works and changing often.

[Gaystoryman]

Thanks Steven, but you lost me soon as said each image is 'poster' or something. :bang:

I am a natural blond :cool: that stuffs hurts the head.

What I am looking for is a plugin where I can simply browse to my hdd, pick a sponsor video, upload it, write a comment or two, post it, and have the player in place for the surfer, to 'click' to view the clip.

Viper sort of does it, but then I gotta do all that hard work of uploading, then adding the URL, and yada yada (did I mention I am also bloody lazy as hell? lol)

[pocoloco]

I use and install for clients the Viper's Video Quicktags plugin. The setup page allows you to choose from multiple types of files, including using YouTube urls to bring in a clip. You can also opt to use flash files or upload your own wmv video and then link to its location.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

Thanks Bec! This is what I have been looking for!

[steven619]

A poster is just a jpg image for the movie. On of the biggest issues with adding videos to a site is that as soon as the page loads...the video wants to load. That adds a lot of overhead to the site but also bandwidth for the owner.

Instead you can add an image and when you click on it it will start the download. Look at the ones I have at www.gayadultblog.com.

The code would look something like:

<p class="hvlog">
<a href="http://www.gayadultblog.com/Videos/studio1/preview.mov" rel="enclosure">
<img src="http://www.gayadultblog.com/Videos/studio1/image-preview.jpg" height="247" width="256" /></a></p>

You can tweak the height and width so you can see everything when it plays and your image (poster) is larger then the quicktime player.

Oh... forgot a BIG point... this works only with Quicktime or MP4 format. Windows Media doesn't have anything that I found yet to work like that.

[Gaystoryman]

A poster is just a jpg image for the movie. On of the biggest issues with adding videos to a site is that as soon as the page loads...the video wants to load. That adds a lot of overhead to the site but also bandwidth for the owner.

Instead you can add an image and when you click on it it will start the download. Look at the ones I have at www.gayadultblog.com (http://www.gayadultblog.com).

The code would look something like:

<p class="hvlog">
<a href="http://www.gayadultblog.com/Videos/studio1/preview.mov" rel="enclosure">
<img src="http://www.gayadultblog.com/Videos/studio1/image-preview.jpg" height="247" width="256" /></a></p>

You can tweak the height and width so you can see everything when it plays and your image (poster) is larger then the quicktime player.

Oh... forgot a BIG point... this works only with Quicktime or MP4 format. Windows Media doesn't have anything that I found yet to work like that.

Thanks, however, the new wordpress solved my headache, and it works like a charm too. However I understand what you mean now, appreciate the clarification. :cool:

[ucbearcub]

So I've been reading this forum and thought I'd post. Found it after doing a search on embedding videos. I was hoping maybe someone could make it just a little clearer for those of us who are technically challenged, on a Mac, and not using WordPress?

Like, is there a step-by-step process I can follow? Kinda like an "Embedding Videos In Blog Entries For Dummies"? But on a Mac.

[basschick]

does the video on this page auto start for you?

http://www.gaydemon.com/blogs/tight_black_ass.html

[ucbearcub]

Hey Patti: No, it does not auto start.

[gaydemon]

I use swfobject on gaydemon to embedd Flash videos. I found it to be the best way of doing it, it also validates and works in all browsers:

http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

[ucbearcub]

Oh, my God! Looks like greek to me!

Mind you, I love Greek . . . ahem, but greek coding is a different story. Is it simple to use? And does it have directions that are easy to follow? I know Greek men do; well, sometimes.

Thanks Bjorn! I will take a look at it once I have completed the master to our first release.

[basschick]

check your pm box - you've got mail ;)


Oh, my God! Looks like greek to me!

Mind you, I love Greek . . . ahem, but greek coding is a different story. Is it simple to use? And does it have directions that are easy to follow? I know Greek men do; well, sometimes.

Thanks Bjorn! I will take a look at it once I have completed the master to our first release.