Help! How do I imbed a video in my blog??

self | June 22, 2009 | self

[ChocChipCookie]

I want to imbed a Martha Stewart video clip in my Wordpress blog. Is there a way to do this?

Sorry for the vanity.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

I use Vodpod (vodpod.com).

[ChocChipCookie]

Whoops! Make that “embed.” Yikes. And I used to be a former English teacher.

[DainBramage]

First you have to take it to dinner and act interested and listen to it.

Then maybe some flowers and a nice note.

Ive had good luck with some mood music and candles next thing you know you imbedd bumping uglies.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Here's a link to the vodpod button that, once signed up and signed in, you can install on your toolbar. When I am watching a video that I want on my blog, I just hit the button...http://vodpod.com/button

[Travis T. OJustice]

And I used to be a former English teacher.

When did you stop being a former English teacher?

[ChocChipCookie]

There’s one in every crowd. ::::sigh::::

[ChocChipCookie]

Are you guys making me pay for posting a vanity???

LOL

[Travis T. OJustice]

Nah, I’s just funning with you.

[sbMKE]

No idea why you need Martha Stewart in bed on your blog, but I won't judge. Here you go.

[big bad easter bunny]

If you go to the video that you want to imbed, usually there is a little box by the video that says imbedded code, like this on Hulu.com for one of my video recipes; You ussually need to be able to post using HTML, hope I was helpful.

[abb]

Jack Daniels often worked for me...

[Retired Greyhound]

Does that mean you are teaching again?

[editor-surveyor]

"And I used to be a former English teacher."

You came out of retirement?

[ChrisInAR]

Forgive me for my not being non-technologically-inclined, but what bugs me is how people can take news snippets they watch on TV & put them on the net in just a matter of seconds after original air time. How do you do that, pray tell???

[Loyal Buckeye]

First thing you have to do is make sure your computer is plugged in.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Forgive me for my not being non-technologically-inclined, but what bugs me is how people can take news snippets they watch on TV & put them on the net in just a matter of seconds after original air time. How do you do that, pray tell???

I was just discussing that with my brother this weekend because I have been thinking about filming Krauthammer each evening he is on Special Report and putting his (and others) really interesting snippets on my blog.

I think it is important in these perilous times that the good sound bites by the really good commentators get some extensive reach.

Anyway, we concluded that one must set one's digital camera up in front of the TV on a tripod for the duration of each show and then edit out the unwanted parts and resize before uploading either to your blog or to Youtube.com.

See youtube.com for their required film specs. Size is less than or equal to 1 GB per clip.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

First thing you have to do is make sure your computer is plugged in.

See...there's the problem with vanities like this.

If you aren't logged in, it really doesn't matter if you are plugged in!

BTW, it doesn't really matter if you don't have a monitor, you can just use your color TV (unless you don't have digital TV...then you have to have a satellite dish in certain rural areas like Tibet and Newfoundland).

[Bon mots]

If you go to the video that you want to imbed, usually there is a little box by the video that says imbedded code, like this on Hulu.com for one of my video recipes; You ussually need to be able to post using HTML, hope I was helpful.

Sorry Big Bad Easter Bunny, but that is not the right way to do it with WordPress.

Use the WordPress plugin for embedding videos.

This will make sure that it is valid code. Easy to implement.

Oh, and it's "embed", not "imbed". :)