Help talk:Video embed tool

thumb|260px|right|testing
 * Note. See also: Forum:Video embed tool - new feature!

User preferences
If you do not see the Add Video icon on the edit toolbar, try switching to a Monaco skin in "my preferences". --JWSchmidt 20:47, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're only doing this one time then you can just add the useskin=monaco URL parameter. Example edit URL:  http://somewiki.wikia.com/index.php?title=Some_article&action=edit &useskin=monaco -- ko isuru ( talk ) 10:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Many more sites will be supported?
Waiting for support for:


 * http://Blip.tv
 * http://Viddler.com


 * Yup, still planned. Kirkburn (talk) 13:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This has taken forever to get Viddler into Wikia. Come on, please. Rauterkus 16:41, January 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * http://www.hulu.com
 * Hulu streams full-length episodes of TV shows. Highly-visited TV show wikis want Hulu.


 * It's on the list, but the fact that Hulu is region restricted could be somewhat of an annoyance. Kirkburn (talk) 07:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Bug: Unnecessarily floating
The following syntax: Video:YouTube demo causes the embedded video to be floating left, when the image counterpart does not float at all. This is an unexpected behavior and can cause page layout problems. I am currently using the old YOUTUBE tags to circumvent this problem. -Afker All hail AliceSoft! 03:47, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * We'll look into this - thanks! Kirkburn (talk) 00:53, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 *  Video:YouTube demo  no longer defaults to floating left. There is no float at all when "left" and "right" and "thumb" are not there. Thanks to all who got this fixed! --Timeshifter 20:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

I kinda like this idea...
However, I had a little problem while editing an article in the fanfiction wiki. I tried to add a link to a video on LiveVideo.com, but it wouldn't be allowed. It happened sometime before the year began. But anyway, should LiveVideo videos be supported? L D E J R u f f  (see what I've contributed ) 17:38, 30 March 2009 (EDT)


 * We do not currently support LiveVideo.com with this tool, but we can look at doing so. Kirkburn (talk) 08:46, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
On the digimon wiki, we have seen a lot of instances of IP's being able to screw with the videos. There is absolutely no way to prevent this, you can only clean up after it and hope the IP doesn't switch too much for you to handle.

From what I can tell, the IP is able to do this by using the "revert to a previous version" button on the video's page.


 * 1) The IP is able to do this without even being logged in, despite all normal policies on uploads, which require logged in users with a few days experience to upload.
 * 2) You are unable to block the IP from the logs, as instead of showing the actual IP in question, the uploader is named as the unblockable "An unknown anonymous user".
 * 3) You cannot delete the article and either restore revisions or reupload it under the same name. The past revisions log will still be there.
 * 4) No level of protection will prevent this - I tested this by sysop-protecting it and then logging out, and it was still susceptible.

May I ask, wikia, why you added a system whose main differences from the normal file upload process was mainly that all security measures were removed? Even those security measures which exist on basic wiki articles? Golf lima oscar romeo india oscar uniform sierra  Charlie Hotel Alpha Oscar Sierra!  08:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the report, but posting the same messages, across multiple wikis/forum/talk pages does not help the issue. Please report problems, concerns, issues or bugs to Staff using Special:Contact as soon as you see them. --Uberfuzzy 22:44, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Redirect
The help page is protected, and I am unable to move the page myself to set up this redirect.

Could an admin redirect Video Embed Tool to Help:Video Embed Tool? This would make it a lot easier to discuss it across wikia.

People could just link to Video Embed Tool instead of having to use this wikicode:

 Video Embed Tool 

I suggest doing this for many of the help pages. --Timeshifter 19:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Shared Help only includes pages in the Help namespace. If we linked to pages outside the help namespace, they would be broken on other wikis. Redirects on here are fine, but they will only work on here. Kirkburn (talk) 15:24, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Float problem solved
Until recently I had to use the YouTube extension in order to avoid certain float problems. I was unable to figure out how to make the Video Embed Tool overcome this problem until now.

User:Kirkburn got the problem resolved for me. See Forum:How can I embed a MySpace video?.

On some pages I like to stack videos on the left and images on the right. For example; see this page.

But one can only float one side or the other. Otherwise there are problems with big white-space gaps between the videos.

The problem is solved by removing "thumb" and "left" from the wikicode used by the Video Embed Tool.


 * 425px


 * instead of


 * thumb|425px|left

So now I can use the Video Embed Tool when stacking videos and images opposite each other on the right and left.

I also like the fact that now all the videos can be easily found in the video category. Google indexes the links in that category too. That is great for getting hits on Wikia pages. --Timeshifter 20:03, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Needs mention of Special:WikiaVideoAdd
I think this page should mention Special:WikiaVideoAdd. Why is this not in the special pages list anyway? --Wilfred (talk|contribs) 07:41, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I've added it to the page. Will ask about the SpecialPages list. Kirkburn (talk) 12:35, 10 July 2009 (UTC)