Support for quick syntax for custom url and link field [#1437334]

Is it possible to embed mp4 video url from a cdn into the content? I need to insert inline videos on a page and find the "display" options too limiting. I've been searching high and low but seems like it is not possible with this module.

Also, MediaElement supports turning a link field to embedded video code in the "Manage Display" tab, not just file field. I guess nowadays more and more people are hosting their video files in external servers, like Amazon S3. Without a way to display direct video url, such module is much less useful.

Comments

Comment #1

Jorrit CreditAttribution: Jorrit commented 12 February 2012 at 09:20

Version:

7.x-2.0-rc1

» 7.x-2.x-dev

This is an interesting idea. The problem that I see is that the Video.js module also needs to know the codec. However, I can try to derive this from the extension.

Comment #2

Jorrit CreditAttribution: Jorrit commented 12 February 2012 at 19:33

Status:

Active

» Fixed

Fixed in 7.x-2.x.

Comment #3

BigEd CreditAttribution: BigEd commented 16 February 2012 at 10:26

Was this back ported to version 6x?

I am using the same video.js on our D6 site with direct links to our CDN. Its clunky but works ok, I would really like to move this data into the HTML5 module so its easier for the content creators to set up videos.

Does 7x and now 6x have use of CDN links?

Comment #4

Jorrit CreditAttribution: Jorrit commented 16 February 2012 at 11:58

I don't quite understand what you mean with "Does 7x and now 6x have use of CDN links?"? Can you give an example?

Comment #5

Hendry Lee CreditAttribution: Hendry Lee commented 16 February 2012 at 14:37

I guess it means link field support. Is it being ported to 6.x?

From what I see in 6.x-2.x-dev, seems like it only supports file and upload fields.

CMIIW.

Comment #6

Jorrit CreditAttribution: Jorrit commented 16 February 2012 at 15:08

I wasn't looking into porting it to 6.x, but I can look at it if you need it.

Comment #7

BigEd CreditAttribution: BigEd commented 17 February 2012 at 10:12

Yes link field support thanks for clarifying that Hendry Lee. Jorrit that would be great if you could back port it, at the moment there is not much chance of an upgrade of the site to 7.

For my reference can you show me the patch for 6 so I can understand the changes that you made.