Streaming local videos/audio in an Article
If you use the predefined defaults, you end up in using ROOT/images/stories/videos resp.ROOT/images/stories/audio. After uploading some videos holiday.flv and party.avi into the videos folder, you then can create video frames in your content, by simply writing {flv}holiday{/flv} resp. {avi}party{/avi}.
So all you need to do in placing a video or an audio file into your article is upload your video/audio file to your video/audio folder and then follow the following chart depending on what format your file is. All the supported formats are listed in this chart. "name" = your file name without the extension (i.e. mp3, avi, mov, m4v).
Please note that your file extension (i.e. mp3, avi, mov, m4v) MUST be in lower case, make that adjustment before uploading your file if necessary.
| Format | Tag to use | Player being used | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash video | {flv}name{/flv} | JW Media Player | The most recommended format for multimedia web content. The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .flv) is appended automatically. |
| Shockwave flash video | {swf}name{/swf} | JW Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .swf) is appended automatically. |
| Flash animation | {flash}name{/flash} | - | This tag can be used to embed native and interactive flash animations (.swf) which do not work with the {swf} tag. The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .swf) is appended automatically. |
| MP3 Audio | {mp3}name{/mp3} | JW Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .swf) is appended automatically. The size of the player is reduced to show the control bar only. In order to play properly, the MP3 media must be encoded with constant bitrate (CBR) and using a sample frequency of 11, 22, 33 or 44 kHz. This limitation is imposed by using Flash in general, not a limitation of JW Media Player! |
| 3GP mobile media | {3gp}name{/3gp} | JW Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .3gp) is appended automatically. |
| RBS Audio | {rbs}name{/rbs} | JW Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .rbs) is appended automatically. |
| Any of the above | {auto}name.flv{/auto} | JW Media Player | Automatic file type recognition by JW Media Player. The path is prepended automatically, the file extension has to be provided inside the tag. |
| Mpeg4 H.264 | {m4v}name{/m4v} | JW Media Player | The path is is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase m4v) is appended automatically. |
| Windows Media Video | {wmv}name{/wmv} | Windows Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .wmv) is appended automatically. Due to the fact, that there is a huge amount of different codecs available, you never can predict, if a specific file will be playable at a specific client. |
| Windows Media Audio | {wma}name{/wma} | Windows Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .wma) is appended automatically. |
| AVI | {avi}name{/avi} | Windows Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .avi) is appended automatically. Due to the fact, that there is a huge amount of different codecs available, you never can predict, if a specific file will be playable at a specific client. |
| MPEG | {mpg}name{/mpg} | Windows Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .mpg) is appended automatically. |
| MPEG | {mpeg}name{/mpeg} | Windows Media Player | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .mpeg) is appended automatically. |
| QuickTime | {mov}name{/mov} | Apple Quicktime | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .mov) is appended automatically. |
| MP4 | {mp4}name{/mp4} | Apple Quicktime | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .mp4) is appended automatically. |
| Real Media | {rm}name{/rm} | RealPlayer | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .rm) is appended automatically. |
| Real Media | {ram}name{/ram} | RealPlayer | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .ram) is appended automatically. |
| DivX | {divx}name{/divx} | DivX webPlayer | The path is prepended automatically and the file extension (lowercase .divx) is appended automatically. |
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