video component

[boilerfan86]

Is there any way to add a video clip to my blog? Thanks.

[john]

You can upload any type of file to your weblog via the File Manager. This
article explains how to upload files to your blog and use them on your
articles:

http://demo.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2004/8/15/124582.html

Now that you have gotten a video loaded into your blog files, you will need to add it to your page with HTML. This page from Apple shows the HTML codes necessary to add a Quicktime video to your page:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/authoring/embed.html

Alternatively, you could attach the video as a file attachment, and just have your readers click to download the file.

[boilerfan86]

I guess I wasn't nearly as clear on what I'm trying to do in my last question, so I'll try again.

I took short clips of a recording I made with my camcorder and used Windows Media Player to create a very short movie. Now I want to put that movie on my blog for my readers to watch. When I tried to upload the movie, it turned out to be a huge file of jibberish. What do I need to do?

Thanks.

[john]

Actually, you were pretty clear. Follow the instructions I gave for uploading your file via the File Manager. Once it's up there, you can just create a link to the file or try to embed it into your page.

This link may help you learn the HTML required to add the file to display inside your web page:

http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/01/49/index2a.html?tw=multimedia

If anyone can find a better tutorial for adding WinMedia files, please post!

Otherwise, you can just add a link to the file and your users can download the file and view it when it is downloaded. If you are seeing jibberish when you try to download the file from your weblog, then that is likely because your browser does not understand what to do with the file. The easiest way to teach your browser what to do is probably to download the latest Windows Media Player and install it, that should add the latest plugins so that your browser can display the file inline.

[boilerfan86]

Okay. I was on the right track. I had the media player embedded, and I figured out what I did wrong loading the movie into the file manager, so I got that taken care of as well. Now, though, I'm not doing that last step to get the movie to play. Here's the code I used to embed the player:

<OBJECT ID="mediaPlayer" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701"
STANDBY="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components. . ."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="fileName" VALUE="https://www.blogware.com/admin/index.cgi/cmd=manage_files/subdir=video">
<PARAM NAME="animationatStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME=transparentatStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME=autoStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="showControls" VALUE="true>
</OBJECT>

The player shows up, but the movie doesn't start. I've tried all kinds of things trying to connect to the movie. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[john]

This part is incorrect:

[boilerfan86]

Got it! Thank you so much. I knew it was the URL, but I didn't know where to look for the URL for the movie.

Thanks again.

[bucksrugby]

[john]

I can't find where they moved that page, but I did find their HTML Scripting Guide for QuickTime which covers the topic pretty authoritatively.

You can also try one of these links:

• Free Video Code Maker
  
• Embedded Media HTML Generator
  

which are HTML code generators which allow you to enter some information and quicky receive the HTML code necessary to embed a media file into your page.

[johncpiercy]

How about[url] http://www.AudioBlog.com [/url]
Its not free , buts it works flawlessly

Uploads to your Blog in minutes

JP

[johncpiercy]

A free solution is

http://www.youtube.com/

[johncpiercy]

Another FREE solution for posting Video to your blog


http://www.videoegg.com