Multimedia plugins filter: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:13, 5 October 2011

The Multimedia plugins filter finds a link in text that points to a multimedia resource and replaces the link with an appropriate multimedia player code which can play the resource. The actual player resides on each users' computer.

For example, a teacher may put a MP3 audio file as a resource in their course, or have a URL link to an external MP3 file. When the MP3 audio plugin has been turned on, the student will be able to play them in Moodle using a Flash media player on their computer. See also Working with media.

Site administration settings

A site administrator can enable / disable multimedia formats in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Multimedia plugins > Settings

Standard installed multimedia plugins

YouTube (displays videos hosted on youtube)
Vimeo (displays videos hosted on vimeo)
.mp3 - MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III
.flv - Flash video
.f4v - Flash video
.swf - Macromedia Flash animation File (Adobe, Inc.)

Note: Only used in trusted texts as it has potential security issues

.ogg - HTML 5 audio
.acc - HTML 5 audio
.webm - HTML 5 video
.m4v - HTML 5 video
.ogv - HTML 5 video

Legacy installed multimedia players

The following legacy media player formats are also available but not recommended for general usage:

.mov - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
.mp4 - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
.m4a - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
.mpg - MPEG animation - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
.wmv - Windows media player (Microsoft)-not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
.avi - Windows media player - not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems

Third party or contributed multimedia plugins

These might be configured to work on some sites by the site administrator but are not part of the standard install package with Moodle:

.ram - RealMedia Metafile (RealNetworks, Inc.)
.rpm - RealMedia Player Plug-in (RealNetworks)
.rm - RealMedia Streaming Media (Real Networks, Inc.)
.ra - Real Media
.rp - Real Media
.rv - Real Media

Required software on user's computer

Although Moodle prepares the media files to be played in the browser, the actual playback is handled by various types of browser plug-in software, primarily Adobe Flash, Quicktime, Windows Media Player and Real Player. If users do not have these installed they may be prompted to go and install them by their browser. These pieces of software are generally free, easily installed and widely used so this will only be an issue for small numbers of users.

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+The Multimedia plugins [[Filter|filter]] finds a link in text that points to a multimedia resource and replaces the link with an appropriate multimedia player code which can play the resource.  The actual player resides on each users' computer.
-The Multimedia plugins [[Filter|filter]] finds a link in text that points to a multimedia resource and replaces the link with an appropriate multimedia player which can play the resource. For example, a teacher may put a MP3 audio file as a resource in their course, or have a URL link to an external YouTube video.  When the MP3 audio and YouTube multimedia plugins have been turned on, the student will be able to play them in Moodle.
+For example, a teacher may put a MP3 audio file as a resource in their course, or have a URL link to an external MP3 file.  When the MP3 audio plugin has been turned on, the student will be able to play them in Moodle using a Flash media player on their computer.  See also [[Working with media]].
-==Multimedia plugin settings==
+== Site administration settings ==
-''Site Administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage Filters''
-First the multimedia plugins  "Active" setting should be enabled by the site administrator.
+A site administrator can enable / disable multimedia formats in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Multimedia plugins > Settings''
-[[File:Multimediaplugins.png|center]]
-*There are three settings:
-**On = always available for all courses
-**Disabled = always off for all courses
-**Off but available = each individual course teacher can enable the filter if they wish in their own course administration settings.
-Next the site administrator should select the specific plugin that should be turned on by using the "Settings" link.  Please see the list of multimedia plugins available in the standard Moodle install listed below.
+===Standard installed multimedia plugins===
+* YouTube (displays videos hosted on youtube)
-== Supported media formats ==
+* Vimeo (displays videos hosted on vimeo)
-*The settings page -''Site Administration>Plugins>Filters>Multimedia plugins'' gives  the Moodle administrator the choice of  enabling or disabling a number of formats:
-* youtube (displays videos hosted on youtube)
-* vimeo (displays videos hosted on vimeo)
 * .mp3 - MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III
-* flv  - Flash video
+* .flv - Flash video
-* f4v
+* .f4v - Flash video
-* .swf - Macromedia Flash animation File (Adobe, Inc.) '''Note:''' Only used in trusted texts as it has potential security issues
+* .swf - Macromedia Flash animation File (Adobe, Inc.)
-* .ogg
+:'''Note:''' Only used in trusted texts as it has potential security issues
-* .acc
+* .ogg - HTML 5 audio
-* .webm
+* .acc - HTML 5 audio
-* .m4v
+* .webm - HTML 5 video
-* .ogv
+* .m4v - HTML 5 video
+* .ogv  - HTML 5 video
-The following formats are also available but not recommended for general usage:
+===Legacy installed multimedia players===
-* .mov - QuickTime Video Clip (Apple Computer, Inc.)
+The following legacy media player formats are also available but not recommended for general usage:
-* .mp4
+* .mov - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec codec])
-* .m4a
+* .mp4 - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
-* .mpg - MPEG animation -
+* .m4a - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
-* .wmv - Windows Media File (Microsoft)-not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
+* .mpg - MPEG animation - QuickTime player (requires QuickTime player or codec)
-* .avi - Windows file - not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
+* .wmv - Windows media player (Microsoft)-not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
+* .avi - Windows media player - not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
+===Third party or contributed multimedia plugins===
+These might be configured to work on some sites by the site administrator but are not part of the standard install package with Moodle:
 * .ram - RealMedia Metafile (RealNetworks, Inc.)
 * .rpm - RealMedia Player Plug-in (RealNetworks)
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 * .rv - Real Media
-== Usage ==
+== Required software on user's computer ==
-For information on how these are used within Moodle, see the relevant links (audio/video etc) in [[Working_with_media| Working with Media]]
-== Required Software ==
 Although Moodle prepares the media files to be played in the browser, the actual playback is handled by various types of browser plug-in software, primarily Adobe Flash, Quicktime, Windows Media Player and Real Player. If users do not have these installed they may be prompted to go and install them by their browser. These pieces of software are generally free, easily installed and widely used so this will only be an issue for small numbers of users.
 == See also ==
-*[[Multimedia plugins FAQ]]
+* [[Multimedia plugins FAQ]]
-* [[Filters]]
-* [[Working_with_media| Working with media]]
 * [[Video| Video]]
 * [[Audio| Audio]]
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 * [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143478 Best video format]
-[[Category:Filter]]
+[[Category:Site administration]]
+[[Category:Multimedia]]
 [[pl:Pluginy_Multimedia]]

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