Help:Embed Videos

The EmbedVideo extension adds a parser function called #ev for embedding video clips from over 24 popular video sharing services in multiple languages and countries. It also adds video and audio media handlers to support transforming standard [[File:Example.mp4]] file links into embedded HTML5 <video> and <audio> tags.

Project Homepage

Documentation at Github

Source Code

Source code at Github

Bugs

issues at Github

Licensing

EmbedVideo is released under The MIT License.

Notice: As of the 2.x series the EmbedVideo extension has a new maintainer and an entirely rewritten code base. It retains backwards compatibility with EmbedVideo 1.0 and EmbedVideoPlus.

Installation

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Usage

Media Handler

For locally uploaded content the process for displaying it on a page is the same as an image. See the image syntax documentation on MediaWiki.org for complete reference on this feature.

This example would display a video in page using a HTML5 `<video>` tag.

[[File:Example.mp4]]

To specify the start and end timestamps in the media use the start and end parameters. The timestamp can be formatted as one of: ss, :ss, mm:ss, hh:mm:ss, or dd:hh:mm:ss.

[[File:Example.mp4|start=2|end=6]]

Tags

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

#ev - Classic Parser Tag

• {{#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}}

However, if needed optional arguments may be left blank by not putting anything between the pipes:

• {{#ev:service|id|||description}}

#evt - Parser Tag for Templates

The #evt parser tag allows for key=value pairs which allows for easier templating and readability.

{{#evt:
service=youtube
|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE
|alignment=right
}}

#evu - Parser Tag for URLs

The #evu parser tag is like the #evt tag, but its first parameter is a URL that will be parsed to determine the service automatically.

{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE
|alignment=right
}}

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EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.

</nowiki> tag hook. The ID/URL goes as the input between the tags and parameters can be added as the tag arguments.

<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE</embedvideo>

Alternativly, you can also use the service id as the tag (assuming another extension isn't already using this tag).

<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE</youtube>

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.