Extension:MediawikiPlayer

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MediawikiPlayer Release status: beta
Implementation	Tag
Description	Embeds a media player into a wiki page
Author(s)	Swiftlytilting (FrantikTalk)
Last Version	0.1.0 (15:43, 31 July 2009 (UTC))
License	GNU GPL
Download	MediawikiPlayer 0.1.0
Parameters $wgMWPlayerDefaultSettings, $wgMWPlayerDir
check usage (experimental)

MediawikiPlayer embeds the JW FLV Media Player into a wiki page.

The JW FLV Media Player supports the following formats:

• FLV
• MP4 (H264/AAC)
• MP3
• Youtube
• Various streaming servers
• Various XML playlists

Contents 1 Usage 2 Downloads 3 Installation 3.1 Configuration parameters 3.1.1 $wgMWPlayerDefaultSettings 3.1.2 $wgMWPlayerDir

[edit] Usage

<mediaplayer arg=value >mediaURL</mediaplayer>

arg may be any parameter or flashvar supported by the JW FLV Player.

Simple:

<mediaplayer>http://www.yourdomain.com/mediafile.flv</mediaplayer>

Using args:

<mediaplayer width='500' height='300'>http://www.yourdomain.com/mediafile.flv</mediaplayer>

Youtube:

<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40</mediaplayer>

Mp3 player (simply sets default height='20'):

<mp3player>http://www.yourdomain.com/mediafile.mp3</mp3player>

[edit] Downloads

• MediawikiPlayer v0.1.0 - 15:43, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Installation

To install this extension:

1. Install MediawikiPlayer in yourwikidir/extensions/MediawikiPlayer/
2. Install the following files from the JW FLV Media Player installation (available from this site) in yourwikidir/extensions/MediawikiPlayer/
   • player.swf
   • yt.swf (required for youtube support)
   • swfobject.js
3. Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

require_once("$IP/extensions/MediawikiPlayer/MediawikiPlayer.php");

[edit] Configuration parameters

[edit] $wgMWPlayerDefaultSettings

An array of the default settings for the player.

Default array:

$wgMWPlayerDefaultSettings = array(
              'width' => '400',
              'height' => '300',
              'allowfullscreen' => 'true',
              'backcolor' => 'eeeeee',
              );

[edit] $wgMWPlayerDir

Directory where the media player flash and javascript files are located. Default is in the same folder as the MediawikiPlayer script.

Default:

$wgMWPlayerDir =  '/w/extensions/MediawikiPlayer';