Media embedding
From MoodleDocs
New feature
in Moodle 2.7!
An administrator can enable selected media players in Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Media embedding.
Available players
- 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
- .mp3 - HTML 5 audio
- .webm - HTML 5 video
- .m4v - HTML 5 video
- .ogv - HTML 5 video
Legacy media 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
