Add video to a site not from youtube

  • Resolved Adrian

    (@wadoadi)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hi
    if I want to shoot some video and uploaded to myself hosted WP site what format is best and how do i embed it?

    MP4? mov? QT? AVI? and at what resolution? Max filesize?

    How do i embed it, do i need a plugin to do it?

    thanks

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  • janet4now

    (@janet4now)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    You will have less headaches if you use Vimeo or Youtube.

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    @janet4now, it is not good to suggest the OP to use a certain service if the OP doesn’t want to use it.

    @adrian, WordPress already allows for one to upload a mp4 video to one’s WordPress install, preferrably in a folder in the child theme folder and use a tag on a page that is created for it to be shown.

    For example, you can create a page and use the following tag:

    [video src="/wp-content/themes/my-theme-child/assets/video/about-us.mp4"]
    Thread Starter Adrian

    (@wadoadi)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    thanks, I guess that’s why all the information I can find points that way!

    I was hoping to keep it all within my control.

    Thread Starter Adrian

    (@wadoadi)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    thanks @respectyoda
    are there preferred settings for the MP4, bitrate, size, etc?

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    None that I know of, but of course the loading time can play an important role depending on how big the video is.

    Thread Starter Adrian

    (@wadoadi)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    thanks, last question, I hope! 🙂

    I have just uploaded a MP4 video and embedded it using media option and it works great apart from on the ipad where it does work but the auto play doesn’t autoplay!

    any idea?

    Thread Starter Adrian

    (@wadoadi)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    OK just found that it’s apple that stop auto play so as not to burn the uses download limits…

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