Jan
08
2008
Bill Lombard asked which Wordpress Plugins I use for embedded video and audio.
I thought it would make an interesting short post (I’m busy this week). The tag formats quoted in this article do not link back to real videos.
The other special things about these plugins, is that they all have tag formats that are capable of being posted from the Blogdesk offline blog editor into Wordpress without their tags becoming mangled in the process.
Video and Audio Formats
I regularly post video in Windows Media (.wmv) and Quicktime (.mov) formats, and Audio MP3 files (.mp3) here, and also embedded Flash Video (e.g., Youtube).
Video I host myself
For Windows Video, I use Windows Media Posting. This has been reliable. This is the tag format (you need to insert it in the HTMLsource code) to show you how simple it is.
[WINDOWSMEDIA http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/movie.mov 448 260 false true]
The first “true” or “false” value is whether or not it should auto play and the second is whether or not a controller should be visible.
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Oct
16
2007
Hugh McCleod of Gapng Void is one of the cartoonists I often feature.
This is a video - recorded by Andy Carvin - of Hugh in action. It is about 12 minutes.
This is Andy’s comment:
So Chuck Olsen and I had just finished shooting our interview with Dan Rather and we were having a drink at the Omni Hotel in Austin, uploading the footage to his laptop. Then a scruffy guy with an odd American-Scottish accent came over to us and send he was a blogger attending the “S-X-S-W” conference. We weren’t sure what to make of him but he was nice enough. Then just as he was getting ready to leave, Chuck noticed he was wearing Stormhoek Winery shirt drawn by Hugh Macleod of Gaping Void fame.
“Are you a fan of Gaping Void?” Chuck asked.
“I am Gaping Void,” the scruffy Scotsman replied. “I’m Hugh Macleod.”
I’m so glad Chuck asked him that; otherwise we wouldn’t have had the pleasure of his company over drinks. Hugh is best known in the online world for drawing cartoons on business cards, so Chuck and I had the honor of watching him in action, drawing a blank card for Chuck and doodling on one of my NPR business cards, all the while talking about his craft.
I shot around 12 minutes of video of him doodling and talking, and for Gaping Void fans, it would have been a crime to edit it down to the highlights. So here’s the full video. Enjoy.
Andy’s blog is well worth an occasional visit (even though the photo makes me think of Oscar Goldman whenever I see it), as is Minnesota Stories, which is edited by Chuck Olsen.
