Basics of Embed Code, and the Top Three Issues People Encounter
I made a little video that attempts to explain why you might care about embed code. I then address the top three reasons people contact us for embed code help.
The top problems are:
- The code is displayed to viewers (instead of the video)
- Video is way too big for blog or website
- Code doesn't work, or isn't accepted by html tool
I welcome feedback on the video, especially as I plan to create a three-part series on embed code. This would be the "Basics" video. Do you like the live intro or should I just cut straight to the screencast? Anything you want me to cover in the next videos?
Don't forget you can click the Full Screen button to watch the video at it's original size. I also made a low-res version that is a faster download.
Finally, here's how to get embed code straight from Jing.
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This helps a lot, good information.
Thanks Mike.
one of my problems with Jing - and this video is a perfect example, is – I don't care if the quality of a blog is HD - I want to quickly see the content and get the story. It just doesn't happen because it's so slow to load and play. I get 4 seconds of video and 30 seconds of nothing, and so on. I just can't be bothered. I can go to Youtube and find a similar demo that does load and play -I can move on.
Make your non aesthetic content small and fast. Then maybe some people will actually benefit and pass that good press back to you.
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Thanks for the feedback Richard. I added a link to a low-res version. I'd be curious to learn if that streams smoothly for you and if you are able to see the screen and content ok.
GREAT tutorial video, Mike. You're right. these are VERY common problems for people embedding video. I'm so glad to brought it back to Wordpress. That's where most people run into it. Before WP 3.0 it was even more of an issue. Users needed to install a plugin and follow their coding conventions. You might want to mention to people with older Wordpress blogs they need to update. Also, I would LOVE to see see you step up your game and have "show notes" that share how you produced your tutorial video. Did you use a green screen to get your "intern double"? Did you use Camtasia Studio for your transitions? What should people do for iPad friendly devices that don't support iFrames? You are definitely on the right path targeting people who are non-technical content-producers who need help. Again, kudos
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the feedback!
I did all the editing using Camtasia for Mac. Camtasia Studio would have done the trick too, but I wanted to log some time with the Mac version since I have less experience with it.
About the iFrames, I should be a little more clear. The iFrame tag is for devices like the iPad that use an html5 alternative. Where we get into trouble is when the html editor won't take the iFrame. In this case, one idea would be to put your video on YouTube, and although you might not have as much control and the video will be re-rendered, YouTube's embed code will probably work in both your html editor and the iPad.
About the cloned intern, I must confess, I have access to twin interns so I exploited the opportunity. If I were to pull this off with technical trickery, when the "2nd" intern came in I'd make sure I didn't cross the right edge of the white board with my body. We'd shoot me talking to this person (who's really the 1st one) Then, I'd bring the segment into After Effects or Camtasia for Mac and Mask (or crop) the video, keeping only the part containing the very edge of the white board. Then in either Camtasia for mac or Premiere I'd bring that right 1/4 edge of the video in and drop it on top of the full one, and hopefully no one would be the wiser.
The gauntlet has been thrown down here at work for me to do something like this, so maybe I'll have to back it up with me asking myself questions or something fun like that. If and when I try it, I'll document some of the steps and share them.