How to include video in your posts

A new plugin allows you to embed video from sites like YouTube, Google, Current.tv or Vimeo into postings. It takes a little while to get your head around, but it's worth the effort if you want to programme your own web page.

To embed videos to your content use the following Mambot Strings per video provider. Do not include the space after the first curly bracket - that's included here only to stop the clips from triggering.

eg. {nameofprovider}video id{/nameofprovider} 

1. For Google Video use:  { google}video_id{/google}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3406925506469882756 then your video_id is -3406925506469882756, that means the characters that are after "docid=". Please note that in some cases there might be a minus sign (-) before the last sequence of digits or not! This feature was not mentioned in version 1.0, so please update your bot in case you are already using it!{/mostcode}
2. For YouTube use: { youtube}video_id{/youtube}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXTDovB9K8 then your video_id is cdXTDovB9K8, that means, again just the number at the end of the link!
3. For iFilm use: { ifilm}video_id{/ifilm}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2732615 then your video_id is 2732615, that means, yes you've guessed too, just the number at the end of the link!
4. For Vimeo use: { vimeo}video_id{/vimeo}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.vimeo.com/clip:78198 then your video_id is 78198, that means, yes you are a genius, again just the number at the end of the link!
5. For Metacafe use: { metacafe}video_id/video_name{/metacafe}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.metacafe.com/watch/143709/i_get_knocked_down/ then your video_id/video_name is 143709/i_get_knocked_down. That is a tricky one because you need to ommit the last slash (/)! Be careful with this one!
6. For Bolt Video use: { boltvideo}video_id{/boltvideo}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.bolt.com/wakey1989/video/1293961?cn=HUBS_video_new_all_PAGE1 then your video_id is 1293961.
   For Bolt Audio (music) use: { boltaudio}video_id{/boltaudio}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.bolt.com/MeLo-X/audio/1214080?cn=FEATURED_audio_PAGE1 then your video_id is 1214080.
7. For Bofunk use: { bofunk}video_id{/bofunk}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.bofunk.com/video/3466/he_thinks_he_can_sing.html then your video_id is 3466. Bofunk uses ASX files to stream content.
8. For Break use: { break}video_name{/break}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.break.com/index/rally41.html then your video_name is rally41. Break uses Windows Media Video (WMV) to stream content.
9. For Jumpcut use: { jumpcut}video_id{/jumpcut}
   For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=E227D48AF9B111DABAF94E6A17CD0207 then your video_id is E227D48AF9B111DABAF94E6A17CD0207.
10. For Current TV use: { currenttv}video_id{/currenttv}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.current.tv/studio/media/2144246 then your video_id is 2144246.
11. For MySpace Video Code use: { myspacevideocode}video_id{/myspacevideocode}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.myspacevideocode.com/v-3673-afternoon-delight.php then your video_id is 3673.
12. For Revver use: { revver}video_id{/revver}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.revver.com/video/29572/ then your video_id is 29572. Revver uses Quicktime (MOV) to stream content.
13. For FreeVideoBlog use: { freevideoblog}video_id{/freevideoblog}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://video.freevideoblog.com/video/06d6ce03-a0db-44e5-9afd-cb51fab7215d.htm then your video_id is 06d6ce03-a0db-44e5-9afd-cb51fab7215d.
14. For Streetfire Videos use: { streetfire}video_id{/streetfire}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://videos.streetfire.net/video/cf324233-408a-4e93-8c02-29147e71ab0e.htm then your video_id is cf324233-408a-4e93-8c02-29147e71ab0e.
15. For Crossroad Videos use: { crossroad}video_id{/crossroad}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.crossroadvideos.com/video/2fabf084-ef82-4e63-a094-c8a9d1a2ad76.htm then your video_id is 2fabf084-ef82-4e63-a094-c8a9d1a2ad76.
16. For Anime Episodes use: { animeepisodes}video_id{/animeepisodes}
    For example if the link on your browser displays http://www.animeepisodes.net/video/645EF3F0-BDF8-4802-BA37-2AE1DC23A1C0.htm then your video_id is 645EF3F0-BDF8-4802-BA37-2AE1DC23A1C0.
17. For Dropshots use: { dropshots}browser_link{/dropshots}
    For Dropshots we use the whole browser link, for example http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=127444&cdate=20060612&ctime=050513, because this is the easiest way to embed video. You see, Dropshots uses variables inside the link that would otherwise need to be "found" inside the browser link. And our "motto" for the bot is not HTML! So using some PHP (courtesy of George Chouliaras aka Vini Key) we "clean up" the link and embed the variables correctly in Joomla's content. So all you have to do is just paste the whole link and that's it!