wordTube
How it works in WordPress
Here is a playlist demonstration of several media files. wordTube supports the streaming video format (Format .flv or .swf), sound files as MP3, Youtube video link and JPG, GIF or PNG grafic files. With wordTube you can simply insert it into your blog with the tag [MEDIA=ID] or as playlist [MYPLAYLIST=ID].
Example of a playlist
Example for the standalone MP3 player
You don’t need to change the WYSIWYG mode or special HTML knowledge to insert such a tag. You can show a simple media file (i.e. a flv Format) or a playlist of all your media files. And I integrate in the header the SWFobject script to prevent the annoying “click here to activate” message when you use the Flash player.
How to you encode a Flash video
You can use the Adobe Flash Video Encoder (included in the Standard installation) or a free version from the RIVA FLV Encoder. It is really easy to encode your mpeg, avi or whatever format to a flash video (the FLV format).
Installation of this plugin
Unpack the zip file and upload the folder into the WordPress plugins folder. You also need the free (for personal use) JW Media Player from Jeroen Wijering which is included in the zip file. Or you can download it from Jeroen’s website and upload it (only mediaplayer.swf) into the wordtube folder. Now you can activate the plugin.
Note : Make sure you have the following in your template! (It’s in the original WP index.php template, but if you’re creating your own, you may have forgotten to include it) :
<?php wp_head(); ?>
That line would go in between your <HEAD> </HEAD> tags .
Admin Menu in WordPress
You can upload your files via the Manage->Media Center Upload form. On the same screen, you can instead, select the URL to the file. In this case, the file you want to play need not to be placed on your server.
Note for streaming videos : the Flash player will not show a preview, therefore you also need to upload an image file. After upload, you can insert a video or a music with the tag [MEDIA=ID] or a playlist with the tag [MYPLAYLIST=ID].
mai 26th, 2008 at 22:30
Hey How do I add youtube links in the playlist?
juillet 4th, 2008 at 15:49
Hi, Any plans to update WordTube for the new version 4 of the FLV Player - awesome new features!