Forum:Video embed tool - new feature!



Adding cool media to your wiki just got easier. There is a new Add Video icon on your toolbar right next to the Add Picture icon that allows you to easily embed videos from around the web onto any wiki page.

Adding videos and images makes pages more dynamic and gives readers a way to dive even deeper into a topic, without ever leaving your wiki. Videos, such as how-tos, game walkthroughs, TV episode clips, and movie trailers, are the perfect complement to the information and guides already on your wiki. Try it out by adding an image or video to your user page now and let us know what you think!

If you have any questions, you can find more information on the help page.

Thanks, Wikia Community Team



Feedback
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It's a ridiculously awesome tool. How difficult will it be to add different video sites in the future? Not that any of those are limiting, just wondering. And what happens to a video if it's taken off it's main site? How does it show up on the wiki? HUGE Thanks for this! :)

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 18:28, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've seen that happen on YouTube before on other sites, and it just comes up with a "this video is unavailable" message when you press play. I haven't used it yet, but nice feature! --YOWUZA TALK 2 ME! 18:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't think we have anything specific to deal with removed videos at the moment, but you will be able to upload/overwrite new versions of videos in the next version. 19:17, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I didn't mean on Wikia, on othe sites I've seen that. --YOWUZA  TALK 2 ME! 19:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I think it just says "unavailable" in the embed ... but I meant if that happens to a video that's embedded on your wiki you will soon be able to update the video page to use a different video (just like updating images). 20:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Works great for me, I never used to use video in articles until now. Hunterj | My talk 18:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Great idea. Loved the new feture and thanks. - Luvingazula - Talk 18:47, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Great. That's what I was waiting for. thanks --byggxx 19:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I just tested it on the Bandipedia snadbox and it seems to work: http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Bandipedia:Sandbox


 * Pretty good: makes it much easier to upload videos.--Pig house Talk 19:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

New sites
Any idea when www.archive.org will be added? --Kirk 18:57, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's on our list, but no ETA atm. (Nice name btw ;) 19:17, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Button position
Interesting Idea, Not sure if its much use to me yet. But as video links are getting more common on other sites suitable material could probably be embedded in the wikis pages in some instances.

But can the Add Image button be moved back to be the last button, in place of the video one on the edit bar ? As I'm currently adding some of the 1000 of photos I've got to the Tractor wiki, It was a lot easier with the image button as last one. (the video buttons appeared and disappeared several time today ? Can the upload speed in loader be speeded up ? (BTW the new "improved" Image is far better than it was with the new options for copy right) Can the caption edit window/strip bee made a bit longer ? - BulldozerD11 19:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * We found a bug earlier today which meant it was briefly removed. The icon should now be a permanent addition though. The icon position is unlikely to change though, as images are a "higher" priority feature. It is fairly likely new buttons will be added in future, so we don't really want to keep shuffling stuff around.
 * Glad you like the improved image uploader, we're pretty proud of it too!
 * Regarding upload speeds in general, it possible - but it would be part of wider efficiency improvements, which is a constant battle. Over time it should improve.
 * Finally, the caption width - fair point, I shall put in a request.
 * Thanks! 20:05, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Great, questions...
Does this mean the tags will stop being supported? Should all YouTube tags be replaced with these new ones?

Also it would be cool if while one was sliding the width bar, it actually resized the video in real time. -- LordTBT Talk! 19:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * This is intended to eventually replace the youtube extension, but it's not going anywhere for quite a while given how much it is used. Hopefully we can get everybody using this new tool instead :)


 * Regarding resizing the video in real-time, this did come up during development. Currently it's not done to keep it simple, but it's possible it could be added at a later point. 20:01, 4 February 2009 (UTC)