Playing Videos in SharePoint

How to Play videos in SharePoint 2007 ?


Using Content Editor web Part we can play videos in SharePoint,

Add Content Editor Web Part to the page and add the following code

Example Code

WMA Audio Files

<OBJECT ID="MMPlayer1" WIDTH=280 HEIGHT=45 classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="$thisfolderurl$YourSongName.wma">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">

<PARAM NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="Slide">
<PARAM NAME="Autostart" VALUE="0">
<Embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/download/default.asp" src="$thisfolderurl$YourSongName.wma" Name=MMPlayer1 Autostart=0 ShowControls=1 ShowDisplay=0 ShowStatusBar=0 DefaultFrame="Slide" width=280 height=45>
</embed>
</OBJECT> 

Example Code

WMV Video Files

<OBJECT ID="MMPlayer1" WIDTH=280 HEIGHT=200 classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="$thisfolderurl$YourVideoName.wmv">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">

<PARAM NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="Slide">
<PARAM NAME="Autostart" VALUE="0">
<Embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/download/default.asp" src="$thisfolderurl$YourVideoName.wmv" Name=MMPlayer1 Autostart=0 ShowControls=1 ShowDisplay=0 ShowStatusBar=0 DefaultFrame="Slide" width=280 height=200>
</embed>
</OBJECT> 

Example Code

Flash 4

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
ID=Movie1 WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="$thisfolderurl$FlashFileName.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="$thisfolderurl$FlashFileName.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=550 HEIGHT=400 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>

</OBJECT> 

Example Code

Flash 6 (MX)

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" id="Untitled-1" ALIGN="">

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="$thisfolderurl$FlashFileName.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="$thisfolderurl$FlashFileName.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" NAME="Untitled-1" ALIGN=""
TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT> 

Example Code

Flash 7 (MX Pro 2004)

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="550" height="400" id="Untitled-1" align="middle"> 
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="$thisfolderurl$FlashFileName.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />

<embed src="$thisfolderurl$FlashFileName.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="550" height="400" name="Untitled-1" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

Example Code

Flash 8 (MX Pro 2004)

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="300" height="200" id="Untitled" align="middle"> 
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="$thisfolderurl$moviename.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="$thisfolderurl$moviename.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="300" height="200" name="Untitled" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

Example Code

FLV (Flash Video)

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="350" wmode="transparent" data="flvplayer.swf?file=FILENAME.flv&autoStart=true"> 
<param name="movie" value="flvplayer.swf?file=FILENAME.flv&autoStart=true" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />

</object>

Change FILENAME.flv to the name of your own .flv file and set the width and height.

Download the zip file below, extract the .swf player file and attach it with your .flv file in Website Properties > Attached Files.

Click here to download. DjMixMan_flvplayer.zip

Example Code

Mov (Quicktime Movie)

<embed src="$thisfolderurl$MovieName.mov" width="200" height="240" autoplay="true"> 

Example Code

AVI (Audio Video Interleave)

<object data="$thisfolderurl$VideoFileName.avi" type="video/avi">
</object> 

Example Code

MPG

<object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" id="MediaPlayer1" width="286" height="225">
<param name="Filename" value="$thisfolderurl$MyVideo.mpg">

<param name="AutoStart" value="-1">
<param name="ShowAudioControls" value="-1">
<param name="ShowDisplay" value="-1">
</object> 

Example Code

DivX

<object classid="clsid:67DABFBF-D0AB-41fa-9C46-CC0F21721616" width="400" height="200" codebase="http://go.divx.com/plugin/DivXBrowserPlugin.cab">
<param name="src" value="$thisfolderurl$moviename.divx>
<embed type="video/divx" src="$thisfolderurl$moviename.divx" width="400" height="200" pluginspage="http://go.divx.com/plugin/download/">
</embed>
</object> 

Divx embed code generator.