Help:Embedded Video

In the BCI2000 Wiki, it is possible to have video content embedded in Wiki pages.

The embedded player is a little Flash applet, and will work on any browser with a recent Flash player plugin installed.

To add a video to a Wiki page, you need to

• Transcode it into FLV format,
• Upload it into the Wiki using "Upload file" from the "Toolbox" area to the left,
• Add a reference to the movie into your Wiki page.

Transcoding a Video

Videos must be transcoded into FLV Flash Video Format before they can be used for the Wiki.

We provide a Windows executable of the ffmpeg transcoder program here. After downloading, open a command shell, and transcode your video using a shell command as in

p:\ath\to\ffmpeg.exe -i yourvideo.avi -f flv yourvideo.flv

Upload

On the Special:Upload page, enter the name of your video, and a short description. For large files, the upload may fail due to memory restrictions. In that case, please contact an administrator for help.

Syntax

Basically, the syntax for embedding a video is

<flvplayer height="320" width="240">yourvideo.flv</flvplayer>.

Note that your video will look best if the height and width values match the video's original height and width, or an integer fraction of it.

For a detailed description, and further information, see the FLVPlayer plugin's reference page.