wordTube
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Description
This plugin manages the JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 4.3 and makes it easy for you to put music, videos or flash movies onto your WordPress posts and pages. Various skins for the JW PLAYER are available via www.longtailvideo.com
wordTube supports the streaming video format (Format .flv or .swf), sound files as MP3 and JPG, GIF or PNG grafic files. With wordTube you can simply insert it into your blog with the tag [media id=”media id”] or as playlist [playlist id=”playlist id”].
Since Version 2.0 it supports LongTail’s AdSolution which allows you to run pre-roll, overlay mid-roll, and post-roll advertisements in your media player. Click here to sign up for LongTail
You don’t need to change the WYSIWYG mode or special HTML knowledge to insert such a tag. You can show a simple media file (i.e. a flv Format) or a playlist of all your media files..
Installation
- Activate the plugin from the ‘Plugins’ admin menu
- Upload a .flv video file or an mp3 sound file to the wordpress upload folder or use the Upload form at ‘Manage’ -> ‘wordTube’
- Optional you can upload a image to show a preview of the video/mp3 file
- Go to your post and enter tag [media id=”media id”] or [playlist id=”playlist id”].
That’s it … Have fun
Usage
- Configure wordTube: go to admin panel -> Options -> wordtube.
- Add media: Go to admin panel -> Manage -> Media Center. Click on ‘Insert new media file’. Fill in the informations then submit with the submit button.
- Add playlist: Go to admin panel -> Manage -> Media Center. Click on ‘Edit’ (next to ‘Playlist Preview’). Fill in the informations then submit with the submit button.
- Insert media or playlist using editor button: on the edit post screen, click on the wordTube button then select the element to insert.
- Manual insert of media: type in [media id=”media id”] wherever you want to display the media. Example: [media id=1]
- Manual insert of playlist: type in [playlist id=”playlist id”] wherever you want to display the playlist. Example: [playlist id=1]
- Playlist order: to gain control over playlist order, go to admin panel -> Manage -> Media Center. Select the playlist you want to order in the dropdown menu of the filter part of the screen. Click on order field for each media to choose order, enter to save.













