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 and video insertion
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.

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.

Video galleries
One of the display options is a video gallery - using this option will create a gallery as shown below, from which it is very simple to add new videos.

Video namespace pages
From the video namespace pages you can view more details about the video and replace/update videos. Videos are automatically categorized into Category:Videos (this is controlled by MediaWiki:Wikiavideo-category).

Note: we plan to add special page reports to aid maintenance.

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 over time 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: some advanced syntax such as links do not currently work within video captions, only plain text. In addition, the "frame" parameter cannot currently be used.''