Matt Mullenweg et al just released a (beta) WordPress embedded video player for WordPress.com users with the paid space upgrade. It utilizes VidaVee and looks relatively better than most embedded flash players out there. All you have to do is upload a video to your WordPress.com account and WordPress.com will convert it to the appropriate file type for you. At the moment, videos are limited to 70MB.
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Looks nice but where’s the offering for stand alone WP blogs?
Since this is something that utilizes the WP.com servers, it is unlikely that it would be offered for standalone WP blogs due to the sheer implications of bandwidth/CPU usage since videos must be uploaded to them to convert and serve.
It likely requires a custom install of software with the server, which not too many people with restricted hosts would be able to support. Another issue is that since they utilize VidaVee there are probably some licensing issues if you look past the server issues. That’s just my guess.
Ah, I should have clarified.
I meant something that allows the owner of the blog to upload and present videos within the WP admin panel?
You do raise a good point about licensing however.
I don’t use any plugins to embed flash video:
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash
data="YOURVIDEO.swf?path=movie.swf"
width="400" height="300">
<param name="movie"
value="YOURVIDEO.swf" />
<img src="noflash.gif"
width="200" height="100" alt="" />
</object>
This still requires you to upload your video elsewhere, but no worries there- youtube, googlevideo, dailymotion…
@ Adam
Aye but then you’re at the whim of whatever vid site you’re using. I prefer to have complete control whenever possible.
^^ Same with me, I usually convert any videos I’m posting to flv format and host them on my own site, takes a lot of bandwidth though (~10 gigs a month)
I kind of got tired when all the youtube videos I posted started disappearing after google bought em out.
I saw a similar plugin for standalone servers at wordpress.vidavee.com
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