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Local (on-wiki)

Local video files are displayed in a player automatically. For example, File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4 is automatically handed over to an HTML5 video player just by linking normally to the file like this:

[[File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4]]

Cloud (e.g. YouTube)

Video files hosted on any of the 30 supported platforms including YouTube, Vimeo, Archive.org can be displayed/played easily.

{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVztZI-OMUg|720|right|Michael Franti & Spearhead - Good to be Alive Today (Acoustic remix)|frame}}

gives

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Good to be Alive Today (Acoustic remix)

{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE|720|left|Let eet GO|frame}}

gives

Let eet GO

Syntax

For more details on the link syntax for videos, as well as the list of supported services, see the extension page .

Finding Local Videos

You can use the Special:MIMESearch page to search for video files.

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-Local video files are displayed in a player automatically. For example, [[:File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4]] is automatically handed over to an HTML5 video player
+== Local (on-wiki) ==
+Local video files are displayed in a player automatically. For example, [[:File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4]] is automatically handed over to an HTML5 video player just by linking normally to the file like this: <pre>[[File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4]]</pre>
 [[File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4]]
-nb: you can use the [[Special:MIMESearch]] page to search for video files.
+== Cloud (e.g. YouTube) ==
+Video files hosted on any of the '''30 supported platforms''' including YouTube, Vimeo, Archive.org can be displayed/played easily.
+<pre>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVztZI-OMUg|720|right|Michael Franti & Spearhead - Good to be Alive Today (Acoustic remix)|frame}}</pre>
+gives
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVztZI-OMUg|720|right|Michael Franti & Spearhead - Good to be Alive Today (Acoustic remix)|frame}}
+<pre>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE|720|left|Let eet GO|frame}}</pre>
+gives
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE|720|left|Let eet GO|frame}}
-Video files hosted on any of the 30 supported platforms including YouTube, Vimeo, Archive.org can be displayed/played easily.  See [[mw:Extension:EmbedVideo]] for syntax.
+== Syntax ==
+For more details on the link syntax for videos, as well as the list of supported services, see [[mw:Extension:EmbedVideo|the extension page]] .
-<pre>{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE|1000|right|Let eet GO|frame}}</pre>
+== Finding Local Videos ==
-gives
+You can use the [[Special:MIMESearch]] page to search for video files.
-{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE|1000|right|Let eet GO|frame}}
 [[Category:Video]]