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What is the best way of Embedding media in Moodle?

The video player is not appearing for me. I only see a link or embed code text.

Make sure that the "Multimedia plugins" option in Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters is set to On.

Note: the order of Filters matters, as they are processed in order such that one filter may affect another. You may need to adjust the order. See Filters and Multimedia_plugins_filter for more.

Links and embeds to Vimeo based videos are not working but others are. Why?

Embedding for Vimeo is off by default in Moodle, unlike Youtube. Go to Site administration > Appearance > Media embedding and enable the Vimeo option.

How can I have embedded media resized appropriately?

The administrator can set a default size from the VideoJS player page, and course teachers can resize individual videos from 'Display options' when clicking the Media button in the Atto editor upon adding a video file.

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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?==
-Sizing of windows in a popup to match media, or of the embed is a problem.  Access to the right quality of player often means adding more code.  At present Flowplayer is used.  ?d=640x480 doesn't work any more.
-#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 tha advantage is that it comes with a player bundled in it.
-Tracker issues:
+See [[Video]] and [[Audio]].
-#http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/PULL-96
-==How can I have embedded media resized appropriately?==
+== The video player is not appearing for me. I only see a link or embed code text.==
-Some thoughts on this are still in development.
-#Detect size of file: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-8984
+Make sure that the "Multimedia plugins" option in ''Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters'' is set to On.
-#Patch: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-23870
-An extract from here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=169935
+Note: the order of Filters matters, as they are processed in order such that one filter may affect another. You may need to adjust the order. See [[Filters]] and [[Multimedia_plugins_filter]] for more.
-==Change settings in 2.0==
+== Links and embeds to Vimeo based videos are not working but others are. Why? ==
-Hi,
-I am using Moodle 2.0 (Build: 20101214) for streaming lecture videos. The vids are encoded as FLV (flash video), H.263 video and MP3 audio.  Aspect ratio is 4:3 (640x480).  I upload the vids to a repository, and use the "add a file" feature.
-The built-in player (flowplayer 3.2.3) works nicely, until you attempt fullscreen viewing.  Flowplayer apparently has the scaling set to 'scale', which fills the screen and ignores aspect ratios.
+Embedding for Vimeo is off by default in Moodle, unlike Youtube. Go to ''Site administration > Appearance > Media embedding'' and enable the Vimeo option.
-from http://flowplayer.org/documentation/configuration/clips.html, I see that available scaling options are:
+==How can I have embedded media resized appropriately?==
+The administrator can set a default size from the [[VideoJS player]] page, and course teachers can resize individual videos from 'Display options' when clicking the Media button in the [[Atto editor]] upon adding a video file.
-    * fit: Fit to window by preserving the aspect ratio encoded in the file's metadata.
+==See also==
-    * half: Half-size (preserves aspect ratio)
-    * orig: Use the dimensions encoded in the file. If the video is too big for the available space, the video is scaled using the 'fit' option.
-    * scale: Scale the video to fill all available space. Ignores the dimensions in the metadata. This is the default setting.
-My question is, how do I change this setting? where would I find it?"
+* [[Editing_text| Using the Atto editor]]
-Useful information to have, maybe.
+* [[Multimedia_plugins_filter|Multimedia plugins filter]]
+* [[Video]]
+* Also [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194684 Moodle Media player not appearing] forum discussion
 [[Category:FAQ]]
+[[es:Plugins multimedia FAQ]]

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