Embedding ESPN video into WordPress blog

joevh
(@joevh)

18 years, 8 months ago

I am trying to embed a video from ESPN onto my site. Any help would be appreciated. Here is the video link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3008206&n8pe6c=3

Here is the embed code they provide:

<object width=”440″ height=”361″><param name=”movie” value=”http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3008206″/><param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”/><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always”/><embed src=”http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3008206″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” wmode=”transparent” allowScriptAccess=”always” width=”440″ height=”361″/></object>

And here is my site:

Irish Round Table

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Cal
(@themesbycal)

18 years, 8 months ago

you probably need a plugin to do that.

look for kml flashembed plugin on this site in the plugin area.

hope that helps

Thread Starter joevh
(@joevh)

18 years, 8 months ago

I have tried the Cool Player and Anarchy Media plug-ins but to no avail.

Then I tried putting this url in “http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/player.swf?mediaId=3008206” instead of the other one and it worked.

Thanks!

macsoft3
(@macsoft3)

18 years, 8 months ago

You won’t need a plug-in to embed a SWF video. I’ll show you how. Hang on a minutes. I’m writing a tutorial now.

macsoft3
(@macsoft3)

18 years, 8 months ago

Okay. It’s done. This article explains how to embed that ESPN video in a WordPress article.

paulgreco
(@paulgreco)

18 years, 5 months ago

Hey macsoft3,

I tried pal, and couldn’t get it to work…

I’m using the latest release, there are no plugins, which is suprising.

Looking for help though so that I can add some ESPN video to my page.

Please help

theapparatus
(@theapparatus)

18 years, 5 months ago

Pointing to a specific post where you’ve tried this would be helpful so we can see what is occuring.

frisco
(@frisco)

18 years, 5 months ago

macsoft3’s article does correctly describe how to embed that ESPN video.

The problem is that the quote at the end of the line that ends: swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0

is messed up.

If you access the download link that macsoft3 includes in his post and paste the embed code from there, the video will show up as intended.

frisco
(@frisco)

18 years, 5 months ago

Actually, the fix I recommended just allows the player to embed. For some reason, macsoft3’s sample code shows the player, but it never players more than the commercial.