Video Player

About the video player

The video player allows you to embed local video files in a page. These files have to be uploaded to your wiki first.

If you want to embed videos from a video sharing service such as Youtube, you can use the installed extension EmbedVideo. EmbedVideo is documented at www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo.

How to use the video player

Use the tag <bs:showtime>Video.mp4</bs:showtime> anywhere in an article to activate the player. Upload the video into your wiki first. You can upload the video just like an image (Global actions > Upload file).

The following video formats are supported: mp4, ogv, flv, webm

Optional arguments

You can configure the player with the following arguments:

Argument	Description	Type	Default
width	Width of the video	int	320
height	Height of the video	int	240
autostart	Automatically starts the video when the page is loaded	bool	false
repeat	Automatically repeats the video in a loop	bool	false

Example syntax: <bs:showtime width="960" height="760" autostart="true">Testvideo.mp4</bs:showtime>

Compatibility matrix

For technical reasons, not all video formats can be played in all browsers.

Format	Firefox	Chrome	Internet Explorer
mp4	yes	yes	yes
flv	yes	yes	yes
ogv	yes	yes	no
webm	yes	yes	no

Please note: due to VideoJS standards, the player is set back from HTML5 to Flash when playing an flv-file or using Internet Explorer.

Technical details

The video player is enabled by the extension BlueSpicePlayer. An administrator has to add the necessary video extensions to the allowed file extensions in the Config Manager.

Related info

• Reference:BlueSpicePlayer (for embedding videos that are uploaded to the wiki)
• Reference:EmbedVideo (for embedding videos form external services such as YouTube)