Use embed.ly for embedded video. about akvo-rsr

[adriancollier]

Do we have a rough estimate of the effort required for this? (In dev days/hours).

I think this has time saving benefits later, as the current solution seems to have some issues with supporting multiple sites which hopefully could be avoided if we move platforms.

The effort will determine where this is put into the roadmap.

[adriancollier]

Added from Lighthouse to be considered with this change:

Handling embed of videos where permission to do so has been disabled by the creator.
Reported by bethwaaa | June 16th, 2011 @ 08:29 PM
If user embeds a URL in an RSR which connects to a video where the creator has disabled embedding, we should display the URL to the provider. This could be implemented by simply displaying the URL we're storing, or prettied up a bit with an inserted message in a notification box of some kind "The creator of this video has disabled embedding. View the original at "

This is likely a real edge case - it seems unlikely a field partner add a video update to RSR connected to a video w/ embedding off at the provider.

[adriancollier]

Added from Lighthouse:

If a user enters a youtube URL into a project update that requires login/authentication, then an OEmbed will not be rendered. Instead, the video URL will be shown.

This edge case should probably be covered by a check so that something more helpful can be shown in the template.

(Moved from PT)

[adriancollier]

Added from lighthouse:

The video on this page is valid but does not display properly.

http://earthwater.akvoapp.org/project/116/update/908/

It also does not display correctly on the main site:

http://www.akvo.org/rsr/project/116/update/908/

To be determined why not.

beth:
I poked at this one a little, just for fun. Tried to see if update origin, Akvo site v. partner site had anything to do with issues - doesn't. Played with pasting long v. short form of URLs - THAT doesn't matter. Tried different Pumpaid video - that worked as usual. Thinking maybe there's a particular Youtube setting on that video, but no nothing of those. Maybe I need a Youtube acct... ! Enough for now, this seems even more like a specific, not general, problem. http://test.akvo.org/rsr/project/301/updates/ and http://akvo.akvotest.org/project/301/updates/

[adriancollier]

The triangle video button indicator is the same size regardless of vid thumbnail size. Compare it on /updates/ page with on project page.

Can the project page version be scaled to same degree as the thumb itself? See attached files.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/activereload-lighthouse/assets/c63bed6ce784e17f4113d1e89e4ef6916003fbe3/vidthumb_updates.tiff?AWSAccessKeyId=1AJ9W2TX1B2Z7C2KYB82&Expires=1339763477&Signature=iaEp%2B7DcKoGm8krbEMUHVZS3Qac%3D
http://s3.amazonaws.com/activereload-lighthouse/assets/0e6b5492fdce1cc30bea3964cbd9aea5f384ce09/vidthumb_projpg.tiff?AWSAccessKeyId=1AJ9W2TX1B2Z7C2KYB82&Expires=1339763479&Signature=UTMNlsacS7w3v9q7jwnJSCqqPv4%3D

[adriancollier]

Vertical space between video and its caption should be same as that with photos.

Create an update with both video and photo. On update page there is more vertical space between the video and its caption than between the photo and its caption. There should be the same amount of space for both.

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We will not be allowing both items to be included in the future, but we should ensure that the visuals of both photo and video are consistent and display correctly.

[adriancollier]

Embed.ly now costs if we reach over 5000 impressions per month http://embed.ly/embed/pricing

I don't think we should implement anything which has this kind of barrier to growth - one alternative is NoEmbed http://noembed.com/ which might help to provide a more consistent interface for the variety of providers.

Either way - I don't see this as an important task for right now.

[KasperBrandt]

Other options;

• Noembed
• micawber
• django-embed-video

[adriancollier]

We can find this issue when we want to look at this subject again.