Help:Video

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Videos can be shown on Saintapedia from two sources:

Streamed from the web (see YouTube videos) below
Videos uploaded directly to Saintapedia (see File Sizes and Process and Mediaplayer)

Below is the general wiki text you need to use for each type.

{{#ev:service|id|frame}} - Example: The famous "evolution of dance" YouTube video - {{#ev:youtube|dMH0bHeiRNg|frame}})
<mediaplayer>URL</mediaplayer> - Example: Adding Saintapedia badges to user page - <mediaplayer>File:Adding badges to user page.flv</mediaplayer>

File Sizes and Process

Saintapedia's file upload limit is set to 3MB, which accommodates the vast majority of files on Saintapedia. Research shows that videos of 2-3 minutes in length are optimal for today's attention spans and the 15MB limit should be sufficient for most videos of that length.

YouTube videos

EmbedVideo

The EmbedVideo Extension adds a way embedding video clips from popular video sharing services.

Adding a video

Any publicly available YouTube video can be streamed on Saintapedia.

Form based method

Simple version

In VisualEditor use the add a template
In the search bar, type "YouTube video"
Add a description of the video in the first field
Add the video's URL into the 2nd field
Click the blue "Insert" button on the top right of the popup screen
Click the blue "Save change" button on the top right of the screen
Click the blue "Save change" button on the top right of the popup screen

More options and more steps

File:YouTube iframe example.png

iFrame example

File:YouTube form.png

YouTube form

This method will allow you, once you add the template, to modify the video using a form in VisualEditor)

Add the YouTube template to your page
- Option 1 - Use VisualEditor to add a template, add subst:YouTube template in the template search box and click the blue "Insert" button
- Option 2 - Copy the video template text in the bullet below.
  - {{#ev:YouTube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRphNpnQGNc|400|right|The Pontificate of John Paul II begins}}
- By default the video will be aligned to the right, 400 pixels in size, show the Pontificate of John Paul II begins
Go to the page in which you want to add the video
Click on "Edit Source" to open the page using Enhanced editor and paste the template text where you want to video to appear
Save the page
Using "Edit," open the page using Help:Visual editor, look for the video to become a block that begins with "<iframe," and double click on it to open up the form.
Add the YouTube URL in the "id" field and appropriate text in the "description" field, such as the video title (plus any other changes to the dimensions and alignment)
Click on the blue "Apply change" in the upper right hand corner of the form
Click on the blue "Save change" in the upper right hand corner of the page
Add an edit summary in the window and click on the blue "Save change" in the upper right hand corner of the window
Add the category "Pages with YouTube videos"

Basic method

go to the youtube video you wish to use
copy the video's url
go to the article topic you wish to add the video
edit the page
paste the YouTube url
Open a new tab and go to Saintapedia's YouTube page
Copy the video text - {{#ev:youtube|kRphNpnQGNc|frame}}
Replace the video ID (dMH0bHeiRNg) or the full URL (depending on the version you use)
add an edit summary
save the page

Usage

The EmbedVideo parser function expects to be called in any of the following ways:

{{#ev:service|id}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment|description}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment|description|container}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment|description|container|urlargs}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment|description|container|urlargs|autoresize}}
{{#ev:service|id|dimensions|alignment|description|container|urlargs|autoresize|valignment}}

Playlist

A playlist is a collection of videos. Anybody can make playlists, share them, and friends can add videos to your playlist.

Template

The YouTube playlist template allows you to add a playlist easily, however it does not allow you to adjust some of the settings.

Manual

For all the options, below can be copied and pasted into Enhanced editor.

{{#evt:
service=youtube
|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM
|alignment=right
|dimensions=400
|description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary
|urlargs=list=PLC9tK3J1RlaYPGhmt_dz5cyFBbDoBOEKB
}}

Attributes for Parser Tags

Attribute	Description
`service="(See Supported Services below.)"`	Required: yes The video service to call.
`id="[id\|url]"`	Required: yes The raw ID of the video or URL from the player page.
`dimensions="[WIDTH\|WIDTHxHEIGHT\|xHEIGHT]"`	Required: no, Default: `640` Dimensions in pixels to size the embed container. The standard format is width x height where either can be omitted, but the `x` must proceed height to indicate it as the height. Examples: `480`, `480x320`, `x320`. If the height is not provided it will be calculated automatically from the width and service default ratio. Some services such as Gfycat do not have standard heights and should be specified for each embed. `$wgEmbedVideoDefaultWidth` can be set in `LocalSettings.php` to override the default width.
`alignment="[left\|center\|right\|inline]"`	Required: no, Default: `none` Align the placement of the video either to the left, centered, or to the right. Inline will allow multiple videos to display side by side without forced line breaks.
`description="[wiki text]"`	Required: no, Default: `none` Display a description under the embed container.
`container="[frame]"`	Required: no, Default: `none` Specifies the container type to use for the embed. `frame`: Wrap the video player in a Mediawiki thumbnail box.
`urlargs="modestbranding=1&version=3"`	Required: no, Default: `none` Allows extra URL arguments to be appended to the generated embed URL. This is useful for obscure options only supported on one service.
`autoresize="false"`	Required: no, Default: `true` Automatically resize videos when their size will cause them to break outside of their container element.
`valignment="[top\|middle\|bottom\|baseline]"`	Required: no, Default: `none` Align the vertical placement of the video either to the top, middle, bottom, or baseline of the parent element. Using this parameter forces the alignment parameter to be inline.

Examples

For example, to include the famous "evolution of dance" YouTube video, you'd enter:

{{#ev:youtube|X_PiYTMbZvM|frame}}

And if you wanted scaled down to thumbnail size, on the right with a short description, you could use:

{{#ev:youtube|X_PiYTMbZvM|400|right|This is an embedded video!|frame}}

Note: See the Project Homepage for more examples.

Supported Services

As of version 2.x, EmbedVideo supports embedding video content from the following services:

Site	Service Name(s)
Archive.org Videos	`archiveorg`
Bambuser	`bambuser` - Broadcasts	`bambuser_channel` - Channels
Bing/MSN	`bing`	`msn`
Blip.tv	`blip` - Blip requires the full URL to the video page and does not accept the raw ID.
CollegeHumor	`collegehumor`
Dailymotion	`dailymotion`
Div Share	`divshare`
Edutopia	Edutopia content moved to YouTube. Please use the youtube service selector below.
FunnyOrDie	`funnyordie`
Gfycat	`gfycat`
Kickstarter	`kickstarter`
Metacafe	`metacafe`
Nico Nico Video	`nico`
RuTube	`rutube`
TeacherTube	`teachertube`
TED Talks	`ted`
Twitch	`twitch` - Live Streams	`twitchvod` - Archived Videos on Demand
Videomaten	`videomaten`
Yahoo Screen	`yahoo`
YouTube	`youtube` - Single Videos	`youtubeplaylist` - Playlists
Vimeo	`vimeo`
Vine	`vine`

Simple Example

{{#ev:youtube|X_PiYTMbZvM}}

Within a table for formatting and alignment

{|class="wikitable" align=right
!Video of Secretary Chu's speech about a "[[Sputnik Moment]]"
|-
|{{#ev:youtube|DNrOxRpP1PM}}
|}

Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy

Video examples

All of these examples will use the YouTube service.

Basic - Option 1

<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM</youtube>

Align right

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM
|alignment=right
}}

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM |alignment=right }}

With description

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM
|alignment=right
|description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary
}}

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM |alignment=right |description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary }}

With dimensions

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM
|alignment=right
|description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary
|dimensions=400
}}

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM |alignment=right |description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary |dimensions=400 }}

Starting at a specific time

{{#evt: service=youtube |id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxozFjojpTY |alignment=left |dimensions=400 |description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary |urlargs=start=2298 }}

Playlist example

{{#evt: service=youtube |id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PiYTMbZvM |alignment=left |dimensions=400 |description=Regina Coeli and Holy Rosary |urlargs=list=PLC9tK3J1RlaYPGhmt_dz5cyFBbDoBOEKB }}

Mediaplayer

Content moved to Hep:Video/Archive

Accessibility

See Accessibility#Video.

Finding videos in Saintapedia

If a video has not yet been added to an appropriate category, you can search the upload log for .mp4 or .flv.

Click Purge to reload the dynamic lists below.

Pages with embedded videos	uploaded videos	large videos/files
<dynamicpagelist> category=Pages with videos </dynamicpagelist>	<dynamicpagelist> category=Videos </dynamicpagelist>	<dynamicpagelist> category=Large files </dynamicpagelist>

External links

Instructional videos on using Wikipedia - Any one could be moved over to Saintapedia as long as the license allows it.
Firefogg - a Firefox addon which supports video encoding to OGV and WebM

Template:Saintapedia

Help:Video

Contents

File Sizes and Process

Categories

YouTube videos

EmbedVideo

Adding a video

Form based method

Simple version

More options and more steps

Basic method

Usage

Playlist

Template

Manual

Attributes for Parser Tags

Examples

Supported Services

Simple Example

Within a table for formatting and alignment

Video examples

Basic - Option 1

Align right

With description

With dimensions

Starting at a specific time

Playlist example

Mediaplayer

Accessibility

Finding videos in Saintapedia

Related

External links

Navigation menu

Help:Video

File Sizes and Process

Categories

YouTube videos

EmbedVideo

Adding a video

Form based method

Simple version

More options and more steps

Basic method

Usage

Playlist

Template

Manual

Attributes for Parser Tags

Examples

Supported Services

Simple Example

Within a table for formatting and alignment

Video examples

Basic - Option 1

Align right

With description

With dimensions

Starting at a specific time

Playlist example

Mediaplayer

Accessibility

Finding videos in Saintapedia

Related

External links

Navigation menu

Search