Adding Movies to posts??
Adding Movies to posts??
I am using the latest beta.
I want to add videos. Now, is there an easy way to do this? I use imagemagick and when adding media, it seems to always require a little html editing in the post.
I want my wife to be able to do this EASILY, like the adding photos.
(Kudos in that department!!)
Is there a way to do this, similar to the process for adding pics?
-Side note.. Is there a way to set the defaults in the add medai dialog?
Thanks!!
I want to add videos. Now, is there an easy way to do this? I use imagemagick and when adding media, it seems to always require a little html editing in the post.
I want my wife to be able to do this EASILY, like the adding photos.
(Kudos in that department!!)
Is there a way to do this, similar to the process for adding pics?
-Side note.. Is there a way to set the defaults in the add medai dialog?
Thanks!!
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Re: Adding Movies to posts??
You should be able to add ANY uploaded file to your posts. Videos and files are linked with a simple "a href", though. That should work, doesn't it?
And what defaults would you like to set in the media manager?
Regards,
Garvin
And what defaults would you like to set in the media manager?
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Garvin
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I am using Imagemagick.. (This is the root if the problem I think)
The media manager treats a movie as a picture.
1. If I use the "Use large image" choice, I get no link at all. Empty.
2. If I choose the thumbnail option I get a small Red X that is linked, but ugly.
Optimally if the media manager could handle linking to avi, wmv, mpg, etc, and allow you to choose what picture to link to the movie such as a movie icon or something it would be perfect!!
Hope this makes sense.
~John
Can you set the defaults in the media manager somewhere?
The media manager treats a movie as a picture.
1. If I use the "Use large image" choice, I get no link at all. Empty.
2. If I choose the thumbnail option I get a small Red X that is linked, but ugly.
Optimally if the media manager could handle linking to avi, wmv, mpg, etc, and allow you to choose what picture to link to the movie such as a movie icon or something it would be perfect!!
Hope this makes sense.
~John
Can you set the defaults in the media manager somewhere?
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Godfather, thanks to your help I was able to find a bug in our latest beta5 release. In fact, non-image items were not inserted properly.
I committed a fix to CVS so that non-image files are now properly linked, without an <img> tag.
The CVS Snapshot of tomorrow should contain the fix, I'd be glad if you could check it out.
Regards,
Garvin
I committed a fix to CVS so that non-image files are now properly linked, without an <img> tag.
The CVS Snapshot of tomorrow should contain the fix, I'd be glad if you could check it out.
I can only repeat what I first wrote: "And what defaults would you like to set in the media manager? "Can you set the defaults in the media manager somewhere?
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I will try out the latest CVS later today and let you know how the movies are handled now. THANKS a ton for looking at this!
Media settings..
I ALWAYS use the following media settings:
1. Use thumbnail. (Again, I use imagemagick)
2. Top image alignment option. (others sometimes misalign things.)
3. Display it as a link. (Can you make this a popup window? That would be cool!)
Media settings..
I ALWAYS use the following media settings:
1. Use thumbnail. (Again, I use imagemagick)
2. Top image alignment option. (others sometimes misalign things.)
3. Display it as a link. (Can you make this a popup window? That would be cool!)
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Okay - but pay attention the fix will only be in the snapshot from tomorrow.
About the defaults: No, those settings are currently not remembered. I'll put it on our Todo list for Serendipity 0.9.
Regards,
Garvin
About the defaults: No, those settings are currently not remembered. I'll put it on our Todo list for Serendipity 0.9.
Regards,
Garvin
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As I said, it will only get updated in todays snapshot. The snapshots are created at 13:37.
Regards,
Garvin
Regards,
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Something that I have noticed. Maybe someone else who tries this snapshot can confirm.
When I create an entry with only a video attached, the link to the video is fine. When I create an entry, add a couple of photos (thumbnails with links), and then add a video, all links point to the video file.
I'll have a peek at the code to see if I notice anything. In the meantime, can anyone else replicate this?
When I create an entry with only a video attached, the link to the video is fine. When I create an entry, add a couple of photos (thumbnails with links), and then add a video, all links point to the video file.
I'll have a peek at the code to see if I notice anything. In the meantime, can anyone else replicate this?
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I cannot reproduce this.
If I open the mediamanager link multiple times, the different links always get appended to the end of my blog entry. I then receive something like this:
Which is what its supposed to look like. Please post what you get in your entry body here - and which browser you're using.
Regards,
Garvin
If I open the mediamanager link multiple times, the different links always get appended to the end of my blog entry. I then receive something like this:
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<img width='110' height='83' style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="/cvs/serendipity/serendipity_MERGE/uploads/temp/mec2.s9yThumb.jpg" alt="" /><a href='/cvs/serendipity/serendipity_MERGE/uploads/s9y_logo.png'><img width='80' height='80' style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="/cvs/serendipity/serendipity_MERGE/uploads/s9y_logo.s9yThumb.png" alt="" /></a><a href="/cvs/serendipity/serendipity_MERGE/uploads/clip31.mpg" title="clip31.mpg" target="_blank">clip31.mpg</a>
Regards,
Garvin
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I am using the htmlarea plugin on Firefox 1.0.2. With the WYSIWYG editor, I hadn't looked at the HTML source. When I did, it was a mess. In a nutshell, I somehow got an 'a href' linking to the video wrapped around images. I'm not sure how that happened, since I inserted the media one after the other, didn't move anything around, didn't make any edits, etc.
I created another entry with the same images and video link. This time, there was no 'a href' wrapping all the media. Everything looks as one would expect. Subsequent entries worked as well.
Two things that I learn from this exercise are:
1. Next time, I'll check my code before worrying about the s9y code.
2. Test, test, test. I should have tested what I thought was a problem more, before posting about it.
Thanks again for your help Garvin.
I created another entry with the same images and video link. This time, there was no 'a href' wrapping all the media. Everything looks as one would expect. Subsequent entries worked as well.
Two things that I learn from this exercise are:
1. Next time, I'll check my code before worrying about the s9y code.
2. Test, test, test. I should have tested what I thought was a problem more, before posting about it.
Thanks again for your help Garvin.
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You're welcome!
It could very likely be that sometimes the WYSIWYG editor freaks up. Because the media manager link is insterted at cursor position, and if your cursor position is within a link, the described behaviour you outlined can show up. So you'll need to make sure you're at the end of your entry, or somewhere within text if you insert another image.
The WYSIWYG-Editor is sometimes really hard to cope with.
Regards,
Garvin
It could very likely be that sometimes the WYSIWYG editor freaks up. Because the media manager link is insterted at cursor position, and if your cursor position is within a link, the described behaviour you outlined can show up. So you'll need to make sure you're at the end of your entry, or somewhere within text if you insert another image.
The WYSIWYG-Editor is sometimes really hard to cope with.
Regards,
Garvin
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