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Looking to embed private videos in 2.0
Is there anyway I can embed a private video that can be accessed only team members who have accounts on PBwiki?
YouTube and other video sites that allow embedding are great, but once you try to make those files "private" they don't work embedded. Any thoughts on how to get around this?
YouTube and other video sites that allow embedding are great, but once you try to make those files "private" they don't work embedded. Any thoughts on how to get around this?
I’m wondering if Guy is going to come to my rescue again.
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Inappropriate?Ok. I have uploaded a video to YouTube, marked it as "private", and embedded it here. I can see it if I'm logged in to YouTube, but if I log out of YouTube, I get "That video is no longer available".
If you'd like to test it, first make sure you can't view the video, then send me your youtube username at guyfawkes (at) brutsch (dot) com and I will add you to the "contact list" for the video. You should then be able to see the embedded video when you're logged in to YouTube. -
Inappropriate?What type of video file is it?2 Comments
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yeah that was kinda vague. What I was trying to get at was thomasv could just upload the video using the file upload page embed the video himself using the html plugin and make the wiki private as along as it is a file type that browsers recognize easily. I would be more than happy to provide the code just thought it would be easier to host it himself and use a private wiki than have to maintain 2 log-ins.
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Inappropriate?I agree with Newbie here. Eventually we will have more than 25 users, and to deal with dual logins for video is counter productive for my wiki.
I really want to find a solution that will keep it private, not need a login, etc. The *only* issue I have with hosting it at PBwiki is that a lot of these videos are training sessions that run an hour or so and are ~250mb. With as many videos as I have, my space would run out REAL quickly.
A conundrum, I suppose. I guess I'm asking for a lot, but really my needs are:
1) hosted video outside of pbwiki (due to large file sizes)
2) embedded/streaming video.
3) private to everyone except users of my wiki.
4) no additional login necessary (just to get to PBwiki)
I’m excited to try to figure a solution.
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Inappropriate?Well, given those constraints, you're pretty much out of luck. However, the only problem with the YouTube solution is (a) 25 users per video, and (b) multiple logins. I would just create a single, generic YouTube login, to be used by *all* of your users, and publish the login info on your wiki. That way, everyone just logs in to the same YT account, and there's no need to maintain two sets of logins. That's about the best option I can come up with under these circumstances.
I’m sorry I couldn't help more
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Inappropriate?have you thought about looking into free file hosting services. Google that and see if you find something that fits your needs. Then from there you should be able to link your videos that you need into the wiki. You shouldn't have to deal with two log-ins that way but it is just a shot in the dark.1 Comment Add a comment
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Free hosting breaks #3 - private to everyone except users of my wiki. It's rather difficult to restrict access to the videos without some sort of authentication at the hosting site, aka a 2nd login.
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Inappropriate?The storage space outside of PBWiki isn't an issue. It's how to get that file into an embedded/streaming state on the wiki. I don't want folks to have to deal with plugins/additional software.
If you know of some way to translate files hosted somewhere into embedded video, let me know!!
I’m thankful for everyone's help!
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Inappropriate?do you for any means need this page to comply with w3 standards?
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Inappropriate?Not at all. As long as IE and/or FireFox can display it, I'll be happy.
I’m wondering where the newbie ninja came from!
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Inappropriate?Try this and let me know. edit the page where you need the video. Insert an html plug-in and then add this code
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Inappropriate?okay i hate this forum instead of < > I will use { } just make sure to you < > in your source code
{embed src="THIS IS WHERE THE LOCATION GOES(expl: http://www.mysite.com/video.avi" /} -
Inappropriate?that link shouldn't really work it doesn't exist but the tags should work on your page with the correct address added for your video
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Inappropriate?Hi,
One possible solution if you're a premium user with a lot of space is to just have your own flash movie player on your space at PBwiki. Basically, you could use something like FlowPlayer ( http://flowplayer.org/ ). An outline of the steps:
1) Download a version of FlowPlayer and upload one of the .swf files to your wiki. This is the "player portion"
2) Upload a movie in .flv format to your wiki. You'll need to convert other formats. This article talks about using ffmpeg for that purpose, although there are a number of ways to do that.
3) Embed the player in a page using the HTML plugin, with code such as:
<object data="/f/FlowPlayer.swf" width="480" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="movie" value="/f/FlowPlayer.swf" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/>
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
<param name="flashvars" value="config={baseURL: 'f/', videoFile: 'MY_MOVIE.FLV', autoPlay: 'false', loop: 'false', autoBuffering: 'true', autoRewind: 'true', initialScale: 'orig', useNativeFullScreen: 'true', protected: 'true'}" /></object>
The bolded section is the stuff that you would change depending on your wiki, the first being the reference to the player, the second being the name of the movie itself.
Hope that helps,
Vu Nguyen
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