Embedding

Hey,

Not sure if this is the right section to post this...but here it goes:

Does anyone know if it is possible to get some sort of code made to install on forums so that users can embed videos from our website onto the forums?

I run a gaming video website (http://www.tujio.com) and we are going to be partnering with different gaming forums and we will want the forum users to be able to post their videos that they have uploaded onto our website, on the paticular forum that we have partnered with.

We also have our own forums, so it would be nice to do the embedding there as well.

Apparently most forums don't enable HTML due to some sort of security reasons. Is there any truth to that?

I just wanted to get this figured out before we approach anymore forums to partner with.

Thanks for the help!!

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Originally Posted by dthayer

Does anyone know if it is possible to get some sort of code made to install on forums so that users can embed videos from our website onto the forums?

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To allow this we need to enable HTML posting or part of HTML, this is not secure. Even a proper HTML with a insecure flash player at the other side can create problems. We initially thought of adding, but even if admin verification is enabled, user can change video or player on other side at any time and create problems. For example malicious user can replace the swf file with one that inject virus or redirect user to different web site. This is the reason we do not add embedded video option for users, this is available for admin, he can do at his own risk.

You know how lots of sites have the button to click at the top to embed a youtube video, is it possible to create the same button for one of our videos?

To do this, you will need to create some custom BB code, it depends on what forum software you run. It is possible, but not very easy and need to be done for forum side.

Yes I did this for a forum that I run. I use invision so the code went something like this:

Code:

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<object width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://yourdomain.com/player/player.swf"><param name="movie" value="http://yourdomain.com/player/player.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="&file=http://yourdomain.com/flvideo/{content}.flv&height=350&image=http://yourdomain.com/thumb/{content}.jpg&width=425&location=http://yourdomain.com/player/player.swf&logo=http://yourdomain.com/templates/images/watermark.gif&link=http://yourdomain.com&linktarget=_blank"/></object>

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The {content} is basically where a user would post just the flv filename. The only problem with this is that the thumb cannot be generated as the filename and thumb name differs with vshare so it just shows up as black but it can be played in-line on a forum. You could use a universal thumb as the jpg and not include the second content tab with something like "click here to view" with your site address included.