Hi all,
I see from the documentation that you can play videos from Youtube, Vimeo using the Zentools2 slideshow option.
Is it possible to play a video file that has been uploaded to /images/ on the server?
If not through Zentools2, are there any other options from JB, or should I use other extensions for Joomla?

Any suggestions, greatly appreciated.

Nick

Hi Nick,

The first thing I'd say with playing video from a folder in your site is be careful

If too many people try and view the video at the same time you may have a problem with the host / site preformance

Also the video sharing providers do a better job in making sure the viewer can see the video.

So if it was me I would look at video sharing given the above and its flexibility in where the video can be used e.g. social media etc

I don't think I've seen a thread where people are self hosting the video and then displaying it via zentools

Do you have any idea what video format you were thinking about using?

Cheers
Paul

Thanks Paul,
I don't think the site is likely to be stressed by too many people viewing the video at any one time. For starters, the video is only about 8Mb.
I've opted for the JoomlaWorks AllVideos extension. It seems to work OK, and because it does not rely on Flash, it works on all major browsers.
If I start running into probs, I'll have a look at Youtube etc.

Thanks, Nick

Hi Nick,

So you still need help with getting the videos to display in zentools?

Thanks
Paul

Paul,
No, I've opted to use AllVideos. I don't think Zentools can handle playing videos from a local folder.

Thanks.

However, is there some documentation on exactly how to include video in Zentools that you can point me to?
This may be a perfectly good option in the future.
Thanks

With using the allvideos plugin you would need to use the render plugin option in the settings otherwise the plugin syntax will render

"I see from the documentation that you can play videos from Youtube, Vimeo using the Zentools2 slideshow option."

Are you wanting to use the slideshow option?

Just a slideshow with videos and no other content?

Paul,
With the AllVideos, all I did was install the plugin, set it up, then added a little bit of code to the web page (basically pointing to the video on the server), and voila. Done.
It must access the JWPlayer because that is what displays on the page, with the arrow to start the video.
I thought there might be something equally easy with Zentools; but Zentools may not be the correct tool in this instance.

Hi Nick,

these are two examples

Both are added via iframes

I've just tried an example using html5

<video controls>
<source src="images\video\Earth.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

This works but it needs the introtext in the drag and drop section with strip tags disabled

This gave me (in Chrome)

Using all video



Using the mp4 tag and introtext in the module settings

Cheers
Paul

So there are a few options it just depends on the content source and the layout you want to use

It gets more complicated if using a lightbox

Cheers
Paul

OK, seems my ignorance of what Zentools can do is showing...
What you have shown opens up a whole new, exciting opportunity - unknown to me because I have not really bothered with video until now.
BUT, I have no idea how you did it.
Could you explain how you did each of these?
For example where does the <video controls>...</video> code go?
I've never used iframes - where do I find all that info?
Using MP4 tag - that's new to me too.

Sorry, but I feel I've stepped into a lecture half-way through and missed the important, basic introduction.

So, where do I go for instruction (or would you like to fill in the gaps of how you did it?)

I'm looking forward to implementing this on a site where the video no longer displays properly on Chrome because it relies on Flash to work.

Iframes - is taking the embed snippet from youtube

From this page -

And using the embed snippet - I'm not using the widths just the iframe code



I need to attach it in a text file so it doesn't try and render

I'll try that again

With iframes you need to enable iframes in the editor you use

Are you familiar with how to do this?

With iframes you would use the drag and drop video element



This is video grid