Multimedia plugins FAQ: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:39, 29 September 2014

You can add specific dimensions to the end of the attribute HREF inside the anchor <A> tag.

<a href="link-to-some-flash-file.swf?d=480x640">Flash File</a>

where 480x460 are the dimensions in pixels that you wish to use.

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-This page is for frequently asked questions about Multimedia plugins and filters.
+{{Filters}}
-{{Update}}
 ==What is the best way of Embedding media in Moodle?==
-#Interesting discussion on Moodle Mahem list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/moodlemayhem/txt_5pNwATk
 #Playing Flash FLV & SWF in MOODLE 2.0: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=163374
-#What about SWF? There have been some security worries on using SWF.  But the advantage is that it comes with a player bundled in it.
 ==How can I have embedded media resized appropriately?==
-Some thoughts on this are still in development.
+You can add specific dimensions to the end of the attribute HREF inside the anchor <A> tag.
-#Detect size of file: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-8984
-#Patch: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-23870
-An extract from here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=169935
-You can also add specific dimentions to the end of the attribute HREF inside the anchor <A> tag.
 <pre>
 <a href="link-to-some-flash-file.swf?d=480x640">Flash File</a>
 </pre>
-Please pay attention to the '''?d=480x640''' part of the code, which you have to put in, yourself.
+where 480x460 are the dimensions in pixels that you wish to use.
-by switching from HTML mode into TEXT mode.
+==See also==
+* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194684 Moodle Media player not appearing] forum discussion
+* [[SWF Activity Module]]
 [[Category:FAQ]]