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Why this plugin?

I have developed this plugin to provide an easy way to implement the "Video for Everybody" approach on a WordPress site.

I also wanted a way to update the delivery for all of my video files. As I update the plugin, existing video will be served using the new code.

Finally, I wanted to have a settings page so that I could spare myself the trouble of adding repetetive details to each video entry.

Who is this plugin for?

Ultimately it's for myself. I created the External "Video for Everybody" plugin to suit my own priorities, but I also tried to put it together in a way that would make it useful for and usable by others, and I am happy to share it. I host my video outside my WordPress site. I want to use HTML5, Ogg and Webm. So... External "Video for Everybody"

Are you offering support for this plugin?

No.

How can I create the video files this plugin looks for?

The Theora Cookbook has a lot of information on how to encode .ogv files.

The Miro Video Converter is a handy free and opensource utility for this purpose.

You might also be interested in trying a shell script I use to convert videos for myself. The shell script depends on your having certain command-line tools installed on your computer: ffmpeg, ffmpeg2theora, qtfaststart.py