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Multimedia plugins filter

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What are multimedia plugins and how do I turn them on?

  • The Multimedia plugins filter finds URLs that point to multimedia resources in text and replaces them with an appropriate multimedia player.
  • Multimedia plugins can be enabled by the administrator in Site Administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage Filters.

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  • 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.

Supported media formats

  • 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
  • f4v
  • .swf - Macromedia Flash animation File (Adobe, Inc.) Note: Only used in trusted texts as it has potential security issues
  • .ogg
  • .acc
  • .webm
  • .m4v
  • .ogv

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

  • .mov - QuickTime Video Clip (Apple Computer, Inc.)
  • .mp4
  • .m4a
  • .mpg - MPEG animation -
  • .wmv - Windows Media File (Microsoft)-not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
  • .avi - Windows file - not guaranteed to work in browsers other than IE and non-Windows systems
  • .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

Usage

For information on how these are used within Moodle, see the relevant links (audio/video etc) in 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

Using Moodle forum discussions: