Delivers ogg/theora (and optional webm) html5 video from an external storage location with fallbacks to flash, and links for download.
Screenshots
External Video for Everybody options page
Drop shadow and gradient background for posterless videos in FireFox 4
Installation Instructions
You can search for this plugin from your WordPress plugins administration interface and install it automatically.
Or to install it manually:
- Download the zipped plugin using the link to the right
- Unzip it and put the folder in your wp-contents/plugins folder
After activating the plugin, you should:
- Configure the settings at Media > External VfE
- Add shortcodes to your posts and pages in order to diplay video
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 and qtfaststart.py in particular.
ChangeLog
2.3.1
2.1.2
- Updates VideoJS to 4.12.5
2.1.1
2.1
- Critical security update to VideoJS 4.0.2
2.0
- Optional file detection will generate source tags and download links only for remote resources that are actually available.
- File detection overrides webm_download settings
- Integrates VideoJS 3.2.0
1.0
- Brand new installations will include posters by default. Existing installations will retain existing poster preference.
- An optional built-in style sheet will add a drop-shadow and a background gradient so that videos without posters will have a visual presence in FireFox 4.
0.9.1
- Updates VideoJS library to 2.0.2
- Moves the download links outside the main video div so that they will not be hidden by VideoJS
0.9
- Follows Video for Everybody v0.4.2 adding a floating controlbar for the flash video so that the video itself can play at full size
- wraps each video element in a div.evfe
- Adds some additional CSS classes to internal elements
- Adds a global setting and shortcode option to skin videos with the default flavor of Steve Heffernan’s VideoJS JavaScript library (with minor modification to ease the style integration with a wider variety of WordPress themes)
- Includes an option to disable VideoJS entirely so as to prevent the loading of unwanted JavaScript and CSS files
0.8
- Adds support for webm video playback
- Adds a global option as well as a shortcode attribute to include a .webm file in the automatically generated list of videos for download.
0.7.1
- Fixes a minor bug in the line that calls the poster image for the embedded Flash object.
0.7
- drops embedded quicktime fallback. (Simplifies html; simplifies processing overhead; improves playback experience)
- adds commented attribution to Kroc Camen of Camen Design
- minor adjustments to video element attributes, including preload=’none’
- adopted self-closing source elements to validate as html5
0.6
- adds an option to omit posters (as required for iPad playback)
- adds experimental support for query elements in URL’s to media assets
- adds a missing period for embedded flash encoding
0.5
- .mp4 now listed as first source — critical change for iPad
0.4.7
- factual corrections to readme.txt
0.4.6
- bundled with a better readme.txt
0.4.5
- Added some help tips to the options page
0.4.4
- Added a class=”external-vfe” attribute to the <video> tag
to make it available for CSS styling
0.4.3
- Introduced href and target parameters to the QuickTime object to
prevent IE from autoloading entire movies.
- IMPORTANT: It is now necessary to upload a fourth (tiny) file for
each movie.
0.4.2
- prefixed evfe_ to settings names make them distinctive
- IMPORTANT: Old settings need to be re-entered on the Media >
External-VfE settings page
0.4.1
- updated to Video for Everybody 0.3.2
0.4
