Is there any way to embed video in PageBuilder without using YouTube?

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lauren.aycock
lauren.aycock
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I see in the Document Library that you can supposedly upload .mov or .wmv files, but I get an error every time I try to upload a video.  We have video that involves children in classes.  Parents have given us permision to post the video on our website, but not to necessarily post it on YouTube, which has a much wider audience.  Is there a way to embed video that isn't YouTube video?  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Lauren

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  • Michael
    Michael
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    Do you have FTP access to your site?  If so, I'd upload it that way.  Then, just link to it (which is the old-fashioned way -- good if you don't have a lot of web dev expertise or are in an hurry) or embed it using <object> or some such so that it plays on your site (sub-optimal, because not everyone will have the right plugins, depending on the format you use).

    Better would be if you have anyone that knows a bit about Flash, you could convert the moves into FLV, or directly put them into a Flash SWF and display them that way.  If you have Flash Studio, there are lots of tutorials online to help you do this, and plenty of free Flash video player components too.

    (Note, I don't know for sure, but I think Convio limits the file size through the GUI, so if your video is too large, you'd get an error)

  • lauren.aycock
    lauren.aycock
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    Michael :

    Do you have FTP access to your site?  If so, I'd upload it that way.  Then, just link to it (which is the old-fashioned way -- good if you don't have a lot of web dev expertise or are in an hurry) or embed it using <object> or some such so that it plays on your site (sub-optimal, because not everyone will have the right plugins, depending on the format you use).

    Better would be if you have anyone that knows a bit about Flash, you could convert the moves into FLV, or directly put them into a Flash SWF and display them that way.  If you have Flash Studio, there are lots of tutorials online to help you do this, and plenty of free Flash video player components too.

    (Note, I don't know for sure, but I think Convio limits the file size through the GUI, so if your video is too large, you'd get an error)

    Excellent, thanks for your help, Michael!  I figured I'd have to convert it to Flash, but was wondering if there were an easier way through Convio.

  • Brian Mucha
    Brian Mucha
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    lauren.aycock :

    Excellent, thanks for your help, Michael!  I figured I'd have to convert it to Flash, but was wondering if there were an easier way through Convio.

    Here's our implimentation of a video on Convio using a Flash player.

    http://www.heroesforlife.org/ca_ca_video

    I used the SWFObject script to do the embedding. Pretty nice. (SWFObject v1.5: Flash Player detection and embed - http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/)

    The free version of DVD Ripper (http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/) did the conversion from our original to FLV pretty easily.

    And the 'Lower Lights' link uses a script I wrote - inspired by the functionality on Hulu.

    I can't recall who made the flash player.

    BPM

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