Embed & stream web based video clips
admin April 3rd, 2007
This tutorial will demonstrate how to embed a video clip from the following websites
youtube vimeo metacafe dailymotion revver grouper
It is extremely easy to embed the video clip you want after you have found it on the website.
Wherever you want the clip to appear in your post type the name of the website and the clip id in square brackets for example
[Youtube id]
Step by step directions for each specific website are below: (once you get the hang of it you will be able to embed a video clip in a couple of seconds!)
For All of the examples do not type the quotation marks when you write your blog.
To Embed a……
youtube video, type [”youtube” id]
The original website was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo&eurl
The id is after v= in this case it is JzqumbhfxRo so you type [”youtube” JzqumbhfxRo]
The result will be…..
[youtube JzqumbhfxRo]
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vimeo video, type ["vimeo" id]
The original website was http://www.vimeo.com/clip:149439
The id is after /clip: in this case it was 149439 so you type [”vimeo” 149439]
The result will be…
[vimeo 149439]
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metacafe video, type [”metacafe” id]
The original website was http://www.metacafe.com/watch/421362/wild_geese_ceilidh_band/
The id is after /watch/ in this case it was 421362
So you type [”metacafe” 421362]
The result will be…..
[metacafe 421362]
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dailymotion video, type [”dailymotion” id]
The original website was http://www.dailymotion.com/related/1535922/video/xnkdo_leonid-kogan-brahms-hungarian-dance/1
The id is after “swf”
To find it you have to copy and paste the “embeddable player” code which for this clip was….
“<div><object width=”425″ height=”299″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/KLwV426d01hRf4C1S“></param><param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true”></param><embed src=”http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/KLwV426d01hRf4C1S” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”299″ allowfullscreen=”true”></embed></object><br /><b><a href=”http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnkdo_leonid-kogan-brahms-hungarian-dance”>Leonid Kogan -Brahms -Hungarian Dance</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href=”http://www.dailymotion.com/Quarouble”>Quarouble</a></i></div>”
So you type ["dailymotion" KLwV426d01hRf4C1]
The result will be…..
[dailymotion KLwV426d01hRf4C1S]
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revver video, type [”revver” id]
The original website was http://one.revver.com/watch/174300
the id is after /watch/, in this case it was 174300
so you type [”revver” 174300]
The result will be…
[revver 174300]
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grouper video, type [”grouper” id]
The original website was http://grouper.com/video/MediaDetails.aspx?id=1554155&ml=o%3d7%26fk%3dtrumpet%26fx%3d
the id is after MediaDetails.aspx?id= in this case it was 1554155
So type [”grouper” 1554155]
The result will be…
[grouper 1554155]
