embedding TED videos into a content page

[John Norman]

Wouldn't the right pattern be to extend the set od sites supported by the existing embed widget? It works with YouTube and Vimeo at least - you just drop in the URL and it works it's magic.
J

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On 11 Aug 2011, at 03:48, Lance Speelmon <lance at rsmart.com> wrote:

> I am curious how one would go about embedding a TED Talk video (e.g. http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html)?  IIUC, we can insert a hyperlink to this page, but if you want to play the video on the page itself (like youtube), it is currently not an option.  
> 
> Thinking out loud: if we could access the underlying HTML in the TinyMCE editor, then maybe we might be able to directly insert the embed code [1].  But perhaps even if this was available, the HTML sanitizer might neuter the embed codes?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks, L
> 
> [1]
> <object width="526" height="374">
> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param>
> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/>
> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param>
> <param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param>
> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011G/Blank/JulianTreasure_2011G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JulianTreasure_2011G-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1200&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better;year=2011;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2011;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Arts;tag=Culture;tag=sound;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" />
> <embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="526" height="374" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011G/Blank/JulianTreasure_2011G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JulianTreasure_2011G-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1200&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better;year=2011;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2011;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Arts;tag=Culture;tag=sound;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed>
> </object>
> 
> 
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