help: Add Video to wordpress

Hi,
For one of my wordpress blogs got a video to upload and to add it in post, so I've tried to use the ADD VIDEO button over the WYSIWYG editor. Started to upload my FLV video - but it shows me error that this is "Unknown file type".

What kind of video files can use in this case ?
Is it possible to use FLV video somehow in this way ?

 

Try out the plugin called FLV Embed: http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/plugins/flv-embed/

Don't think it'll work without a plugin like this.

 

i think it's better if you upload those video in youtube and you just embedded in your post..

 

@fish : i'll try this

@shakemelikeapig : yes, for sure will be much easy , but asked something else.

 

The real answer depends on which version of WordPress you;re running. Is this with the regular wordpress software from wordpress.org that you have hosting for or a wordpress service like wordpress.com or another of the wordpress multiuser installs?

 

wordpress.org / 2.9

 

edit: Samelikeapig, nice how you go elsewhere to ask the question that is asked here:

http://www.adsense-id.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29869

OK, specifically when during the process does the error appear? Before it starts uploading, during the upload, after the upload and it does it "crunching", when you try to transfer it over to a Post or where else?

Right off the bat, I'm tempted to say the webserver for your host doesn't support *.flv files. If that's correct, that would be surprising. But if it is, what I would do is make a /video subdirectory under your wordpress install, upload via ftp or through your host's hosting interface (ie CPanel, Direct Admin, etc.) and use a plugin that will embed it;s own code to get it to display.

This is the one we use on our wpmu installs. It supports *.flv files.

http://www.daburna.de/blog/2006/12/13/wordpress-video-plugin/

http://www.daburna.de/dokuwiki/doku.php/instruction

Look for the bit about "Generic Flash"

Hope this helps,
-drmike

 

I know you're looking for FLV embeds, but since 2.9 there is a pretty cool new feature which lets you paste just the URL of a video on YouTube (for example) and it automatically embeds it.

There's more info in the WP 2.9 release post: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/12/wordpress-2-9/

 

This may help:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

 

which simple???

 

You need a web-based FLV player to stream FLV video on web page.
You can either use the Flash video player plugin for wordpress or use a pre-designed FLV player which can be customized.
To me, I use http://www.playerdiy.com/ . It can create customized skin FLV player with playlist for website. This is tutorial -
http://www.playerdiy.com/support/tutorial/customize-flash-video-player.html

 

Write all your posts in Windows Livewriter. It has an option to embedd any video, either Youtube or Vimeo.

 

Yes, i know about. Thanks anyway

dunno

Yep, finally will do it in this way.

 

its good idea, but it will make you little busy

 

Will save your bandwidth if you let youtube host the videos though

 

yes, for sure ppl - youtube and similar video shares will help me so much, will save so much , but is needed to read the questions. In fact I needed solution to add self hosted videos in wordpress
this is the source that helped me

alvinjohnson.net/blog/2008/02/18/embedding-flv-in-wordpress

Code (markup):

thanks for the replies and happy new year!