If you’re looking to embed Jing content hosted on Screencast.com on your own site here’s a snapshot of how you would do with SWFObject:
Right now there’s no “nice” way to grab a uri to the swf file you’d like to embed, so you will need to “View Source” in your browser, do a search for “swf” and copy the long nasty url you find (similar to the what the red arrow above is pointing at).
If you’re looking for “simple object / embed tags for Jing content on Screencast.com rather than the more sophisticated SWFObject content here’s a screenshot:
http://www.screencast.com/t/A1EpawUcmbr
If you just want to copy and paste embed tags–Screencast.com provides those, but you have to explicitly share the media. Watch the video below to see how:
Here’s what the WordPress Kimili Flash embed plugin code looks like (the embed code used for the embedded Jing swf directly above):
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Brooks, thanks for posting this. I do have a question about embedding Jing videos into WordPress posts. I’m using the Kimili plugin to embed the swf file, but for some reason the width and height parameters aren’t having any effect on the size of the video that’s played (not the embedded image). However, the width and height parameters do work for .swf files generated from Camtasia. Why would there be a difference?
Are you trying to scale the videos up or down by using the width and height parameters? I believe Jing hard codes a “noScale” attribute into the swf file when its created. Camtasia Studio 5 ships with the ability to toggle this on or off.
I’m trying to scale them down so that I can fit them inside a blog post area. Is there any way to alter the noScale attribute coded into the swf file?
(By the way, I’d love if it your blog had a Subscribe to Comments plugin so that I could get email notification for replies. Just a tip.)
Hi
I am using Adobe Captivate to make screen videos. I use this because it generates such small sizes when compared to say camtasia which I also have and do sometimes use.
Basically the issue is as follows.
I produce the swf in Adobe Captivate. I upload the SWF file (or all 4 files) and embed with the kimili plugin. (I am using WPress) So far all OK.
PATInterface1_demo5_skin.swf (this is the file I link to)
If I now go to the page there is the video and it starts playing immediately. The problem is that the video will not stop on load IE it just plays. I have tried play=”false” but has no effect.
When Captivate produces the swf it also at the same time produces an HTML file, the swf file, and a swf player file, if I just open up the html page then there is the swf embedded in the player.
Again cant stop this playing.
This is what I have in the Wpres page.
Is there is a solution to this?
Thanks
Martin
REALLY SORRY I had no idea that video would play when I posted it here. I cant see away to edit it now either.
BIG RED FACE SORRY
Hi Brooks,
I’m running into the same issue while trying to embed Jing content in my blog posts. The hardcoded noScale is a bad idea, it should be overridable via parameters from the HTML.
(Use case: I’m trying to embed a scaled down version of my 800×600 screencast on my blog with a link to the full res — can’t do it currently).
@Aral - Unfortunately that hard coded noScale is injected by the C++ code for legacy reasons (the artifacting that results from Flash Player’s bitmap pixel shifting bug for one). I believe there are plans to remove this from the code and allow scaling in the near future though.
So yah, its lame and it should get fixed soon…not very helpful, but apologetic at least. :-)
Hi Brooks,
I watched your screencast about emedding .swf files in a WordPress post with the Kimili plugin. I am trying to do this but unfortunately to no avail. I have embedded the .swf file (a test animation) in the post, but all that appears is a black, empty flash object at the size I specified - the animation is not shown. And yet, if I type into the Firefox address bar the absolute URL of the animation object that I am trying to embed, I can see it with no problems. So the issue must be with Kimili trying to call the .swf file. Have you any ideas on how I could fix this?
Great blog by the way - lots of useful tips - and keep up the good work.
All the best,
Rory.
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