Help:Video embed tool

thumb|right|YouTube video example

thumb|right|MyVideo video example

The new video embed tool makes it possible to embed videos in articles from a variety of internet video providers.

How it works
The new video tool allows you to embed and display videos in articles in the same way that images are displayed, and it works similarly to the Add Images tool. Additionally, it introduces the concept of Video namespace pages, into which videos can be embedded. These works similarly to the Image namespace, except that the videos are never uploaded to the wiki - they just link to and display the embedded video.

Please note, the extension is currently undergoing further development, and the upload GUI only works when on the Monaco skin.

Choosing a video
To embed a video, click the "Add Video" icon in the editing toolbar.

On the first screen, paste in the full video URL for the video you wish to add. For example:

The list of currently supported sites is listed on this page, with links to the individual sites via the logos.

Display options
Once you have pasted the URL, click "Insert". This brings you to a page where you can customize how the video is displayed. On this page, the "Name" attribute will also be the name of the Video page.

When you are happy with the settings, click insert. The Video page will be created, and the video code inserted onto the page you are editing. Currently, to further edit the video code (for example to resize or add a caption), you will need to edit in wikitext or "source" mode.

As the Video namespace page has now been created, you can reuse the video around the wiki as many times as you like. See below for the syntax you can use.

Note: we are working on adding more information to the video namespace pages, along with special page reports to aid maintenance.

Updating videos
Coming soon

What if I try to use a video name already in use?
We've thought of that! If you try it, you will get this screen:

Supported sites

 * 5min
 * GameVideos
 * Metacafe
 * MyVideo
 * sevenload
 * vimeo
 * YouTube
 * South Park Studios

Please note that this is not a final list: over time many more sites will be supported!

Video syntax
The syntax for the video embeds works almost identically to Image-related syntax.


 * 1)   - display video at 300 pixels wide without any extra elements like border or caption - pure video.
 * 2)   - display video with extra border, caption and link/button to video page.
 * 3)   - display video resized to 200px width, right-aligned.

''Please note: links do not currently work within video captions, only plaintext. In addition, the "frame" parameter cannot currently be used.''