We don't use Moodle on my campus, but we embed Films on Demand and VAST by Alexander Street Press videos into our CMS (D2L). Do the embed codes work in other places, like on subject guides etc.? Or is it really a Moodle-specific problem? If it is the "blank screen" problem it could be the security "feature" with the newer Chrome and Firefox browsers. You could look at the info our CMS has provided here as a workaround: https://d2l.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1408 and https://d2l.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1412
I dislike trying to train end users to click the security icons though, so what I have been doing is adding the embed code into our CMS but then adding a stable link to the video under the embed code as a failsafe if the video doesn't display for Chrome and Firefox users. You can also "fix" this for Films on Demand (see below). If you are talking about VAST by Alexander Street Press, make sure she is using the newest redesigned site, rather than the "classic" site, and check with ASP because they've made a lot of changes recently. I don't think they have a workaround yet for the above issue, but I am not sure. With Films on Demand I did a bunch of testing this year and got the most consistent results using the "Alternate embed code". In the admin settings for FOD I actually suppressed the regular code so only the alternate code would display to end users. I also selected to use "secure embed code" in the admin console, which fixes the issue above. The instructions we provide for how to do embeds can be found on our streaming video lib guide: http://libguides.metrostate.edu/streaming (See Vast and FOD tabs) If your instruction librarian is already doing all this and it is still not working I think you'll have to contact vendors. Feel free to message me directly though if you want to compare what I am using for embed codes with what your librarian is doing. Good luck, Jennifer Jennifer DeJonghe Librarian and Associate Professor Library and Information Services Metropolitan State University St Paul, MN On 5/28/14 7:36 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >Send videolib mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/[email protected] >.edu > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of videolib digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: embedding streaming films in Moodle? (Jessica Rosner) > 2. Re: embedding streaming films in Moodle? (Folmar David) > 3. Re: embedding streaming films in Moodle? (Anthony Anderson) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 20:25:04 -0400 >From: Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Videolib] embedding streaming films in Moodle? >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > <cacre6m_hr2env9bmh6uoqxn1f4qoxm+nho6rfjp_08mxoz1...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >It has clearly been a long day. I read this as embedding streaming clips >in >noodles. > > > >On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Hansen, Lindsay J ><[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> >> >> Our instructional design librarian is trying to embed streaming clips >>from >> Films on Demand and Alexander Street Press into Moodle. She can only >>get >> them to work using Internet Explorer, and not in Chrome or Firefox. She >> has tried using https instead of http and has contacted our Moodle >>support >> team, but I?m wondering if anyone has any suggestions? >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Lindsay Hansen >> >> >> >> *** >> >> Lindsay Hansen >> >> Music & Media Librarian >> >> Oviatt Library, CSUN >> >> (818)677-7147 >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://library.csun.edu/lhansen >> >> http://library.csun.edu/lhansen/subject-germany >> >> >> >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will >>serve as >> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> >> > > >-- >Jessica Rosner >Media Consultant >224-545-3897 (cell) >212-627-1785 (land line) >[email protected] >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. >HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 20:25:56 -0400 >From: Folmar David <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Videolib] embedding streaming films in Moodle? >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <cfabf500.6659b%[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > That is really weird it is usually the other way around, explorere is >usually the problem > >You could use a JQuery Plugin, but most of them seems to need HTML5, so >older systems might not play nice? > >Here is one http://jplayer.org/ >There are many options out there?. > >Plus I am not sure what the Codec that Films on Demand and Alexander >Street >use, that would play a big part? > >You might want to try the Moodle discussion boards and also look at what >version of Jquery moodle is using, maybe it is using Mootools? > >-- " All these sweet old ladies and this carpet from the 80's, what more >could a librarian need?" Swampy from Phineas and Ferb >David Folmar > >From: "Hansen, Lindsay J" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: <[email protected]> >Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:59 PM >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Videolib] embedding streaming films in Moodle? > >Dear colleagues, > >Our instructional design librarian is trying to embed streaming clips from >Films on Demand and Alexander Street Press into Moodle. She can only get >them to work using Internet Explorer, and not in Chrome or Firefox. She >has >tried using https instead of http and has contacted our Moodle support >team, >but I?m wondering if anyone has any suggestions? > >Thank you, >Lindsay Hansen > >*** >Lindsay Hansen >Music & Media Librarian >Oviatt Library, CSUN >(818)677-7147 >[email protected] >http://library.csun.edu/lhansen >http://library.csun.edu/lhansen/subject-germany > > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >issues >relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, >preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries >and >related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective >working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >distributors. > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. >HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 00:36:37 +0000 >From: Anthony Anderson <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Videolib] embedding streaming films in Moodle? >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > > <6032b7532e194084b5d5685ec0961...@co2pr07mb505.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >You might also wish to have your colleague contact directly Films on >Demand and Alexander Street Press. I am sure they would be more than >pleased to be of assistance. > >Cheers! >Anthony > >******************************* >Anthony E. Anderson >Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library >University of Southern California >Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 >(213) 740-1190 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >"Wind, regen, zon, of kou, >Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." >******************************** > > > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Folmar David >Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:26 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Videolib] embedding streaming films in Moodle? > > That is really weird it is usually the other way around, explorere is >usually the problem > >You could use a JQuery Plugin, but most of them seems to need HTML5, so >older systems might not play nice... > >Here is one http://jplayer.org/ >There are many options out there.... > >Plus I am not sure what the Codec that Films on Demand and Alexander >Street use, that would play a big part... > >You might want to try the Moodle discussion boards and also look at what >version of Jquery moodle is using, maybe it is using Mootools... > >-- " All these sweet old ladies and this carpet from the 80's, what more >could a librarian need?" Swampy from Phineas and Ferb >David Folmar > >From: "Hansen, Lindsay J" ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >Reply-To: ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:59 PM >To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" ><[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >Subject: [Videolib] embedding streaming films in Moodle? > >Dear colleagues, > >Our instructional design librarian is trying to embed streaming clips >from Films on Demand and Alexander Street Press into Moodle. She can >only get them to work using Internet Explorer, and not in Chrome or >Firefox. She has tried using https instead of http and has contacted our >Moodle support team, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions? > >Thank you, >Lindsay Hansen > >*** >Lindsay Hansen >Music & Media Librarian >Oviatt Library, CSUN >(818)677-7147 >[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >http://library.csun.edu/lhansen >http://library.csun.edu/lhansen/subject-germany > > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel >of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >producers and distributors. >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. >HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > >End of videolib Digest, Vol 78, Issue 30 >**************************************** VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
