Moodle Tip - Embedding FLV and Other Media
Problem -
Do you know how to embed a flash video into a moodle webpage? I don’t want to link to it or embed via an external player - I just want it to appear on the page. I read something about making sure that your admin has enabled the multimedia filter for .flv files in Site_Administration>Modules>Filters>Multi_Media_Plugins>Settings.
I actually want it to appear in a label, not a webpage but I guess that’s the same thing, right…sort of? I’ve tried all I know to do (html code, creating a separate webpage and then linking to that) but nothing is working for me.
Solution - Enable Multimedia Plugins
To display FLV and other video formats easily—although SWF appears to come up without problem—just enable your Multimedia Plugins. Simply go to the screen shown above:
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Site_Administration>Modules>Filters>Multi_Media_Plugins
**And click on the eye that will enable. Then, click on SETTINGS for the Multimedia Plug-in…it will sort of look like what is shown below (click in all the checkboxes):
Enable .mp3 filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_mp3
Default: Yes
Enable .swf filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_swf
Default: No
As a default security measure, normal users should not be allowed to embed swf flash files.
Enable .mov filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_mov
Default: Yes
Enable .wmv filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_wmv
Default: Yes
Enable .mpg filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_mpg
Default: Yes
Enable .avi filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_avi
Default: Yes
Enable .flv filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_flv
Default: Yes
Enable .ram filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_ram
Default: Yes
Enable .rpm filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_rpm
Default: Yes
Enable .rm filterfilter_mediaplugin_enable_rm
Default: Yes
Once this is enabled in Moodle, you’ll be set to go! In a web page, just follow the instructions in this video tutorial generously posted in the Moodle.org forums by Matt Campbell.
And, be sure to read the following Moodle articles…
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Moodle Tips Roundup - a list of tips I’ve picked up in my Moodle journey.
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Book Review - Moodle 1.9: E-Learning Course Development by William Rice
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Why Moodle? A few reasons culled from around the Web using Google
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Moodle-izing Education (due for publication in Education World…find it here in mid-March, 2009)
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