EmbedPlugin

Introduction

This is a plugin that you can use to embed MediaPlayer files in TWiki topics. See also related TWiki:Plugins.ObjectPlugin, which is more capable.

Syntax Rules

%EMBED{filename="string" width="number" height="number"}%

EmbedPlugin Global Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, for example, %EMBEDPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

• One line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Embed MediaPlayer files in a TWiki page

• Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
  • Set DEBUG = 0

Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You need to install a MediaPlayer plugin on the browser to see the MediaPlayer content. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the server where TWiki is running.

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
• Unzip EmbedPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

  File:	Description:
  data/TWiki/EmbedPlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/EmbedPlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module
  pub/TWiki/EmbedPlugin/bells.mp3	Plugin sample mp3

• Visit configure in your TWiki installation, and enable the plugin in the {Plugins} section.
• Test if the plugin is correctly installed:
  • A small MediaPlayer object below:
    %EMBED{filename="https://twiki.org/p/pub/Plugins/EmbedPlugin/bells.mp3" width="80" height="60"}%

Plugin Info

Plugin Author:	TWiki:Main.MartinCleaver based on work by TWiki:Main.DonnyKurniawan
Copyright:	© 2003 TWiki:Main.MartinCleaver & TWiki:Main.DonnyKurniawan © 2003-2010 TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor
License:	GPL (GNU General Public License)
Plugin Version:	19439 (2010-09-07)
Change History:
2010-09-05:	TWikibug:Item6530: Doc improvements; changed TWIKIWEB to SYSTEMWEB -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
19 Nov 2003:	Initial version
CPAN Dependencies:	none
Other Dependencies:	none
Perl Version:	5.005
TWiki:Plugins/Benchmark:	GoodStyle nn%, FormattedSearch nn%, EmbedPlugin nn%
Plugin Home:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/EmbedPlugin
Feedback:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/EmbedPluginDev
Appraisal:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/EmbedPluginAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins