Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope you've been waiting for it! This is the post where I try to hack the code and change the size!
Coming soon, possibly next, will be the one where, if I have found some on the internet, I implement a size / HD hack on this here code! But not yet . . .
So! A regular embedded video. Nothing fancy. Dimensions 320 X 265
and now, with . . . 160 X 132.5!
Tee hee! That looks fun. Though I noticed that it got rid of the "Full Screen" option, and the option that unlocks HQ and such. Ah well. I suppose that's a built-in safety feature. Good for them!
Now to try 640 X 530!
SUCCESS!!! HAHAHA!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
And now I embed that video using YouTube's own 'largest' embedding size . . .
and I see that what I put in had the second dimension 530, but what YouTube uses is 505. This means that I can change the video's ratio to suit widescreen (or tallscreen) if I wish! Mwahahahaha! Now, for just one thing else:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
My next task is seeing if I can get those Custom Video Players to increase in size as well . . .
Okay, well, maybe there are other things. I just noticed that, while I can scroll to the side in preview mode, I cannot in regular post-viewing mode. So my giant "YouTube is in HD Now?" video is impossible to set to glorious High Quality, because the button is off-screen! So, I'll have at least one thing to research:
- An addition to the blog code that lets me have a scrollbar. In fact, I might just research the straight-up HTML for this; that would help me more with my job in general.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Custom Video Players!
**Update: I have since realized that these videos also have HQ capabilities, located in the lower right hand corner of the viewing square, when the movie is playing. You can select (if it's available in the video itself) High Quality, as well as closed captions and annotations. Man, it's pretty sweet. End of Update**
Hey, folks! I just found out about these! You create them especially for videos that you might want to embed a bunch, or -- I'm thinking especially or -- a playlist you want to embed, which you want to look a few steps up from 'pretty terrible'.
At any rate, here is my Custom Video Player (dramatic music just played, y'all) for Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series. I used the second layout this time.
I am stomping my feet with glee! I am awestruck and begiddled! That video player is OLYMPIAN!!!
I wonder if I can get it to go to the first, probably less awesome layout. And I wonder if I can tinker with the code to get it larger. But first things first: first layout.
(works at it)
Nope! Once you create the Custom Video Player, you cannot change the layout. The color? Yes. The content? yes. The title and description? Yes. But not the layout. So, I'll make another one -- this time for Naruto: The Abridged Series!
Almost as good. Sorry, Masako and Vegeta.
Not. Nearly. As Good. Also, apparently this format has cut out some of my videos -- video #20 in the series. I really don't know why that would be.
Let's try . . . the same series in a different layout. And for that matter, let's try the Yu-Gi-Oh in the worse layout. See if any episodes are lost.
and
Okay, good. It appears that the problem is with the playlist, not the player layout -- switching things around produced no difference. Other than making me sad when I looked at the diminished Yu-Gi-Oh player. Never fear, though: What you saw was only a terrible copy! In fact, it is named 'Terrible'. The original awesome structure is still intact.
Now, to mess with the dimensions! Let's use Yu-Gi-Oh: Abridged, awesome format, for the tests. I will be making sure to keep the ratio between the two dimensions (the 'aspect ratio'??) the same, so that when I divide one by the other, I will get the same answer then as I do now.
First let's try . . . hmm. . . 1492 by 826
Well that was interesting. Let's try this in a different post; the loading times are starting to slow me down.
Hey, folks! I just found out about these! You create them especially for videos that you might want to embed a bunch, or -- I'm thinking especially or -- a playlist you want to embed, which you want to look a few steps up from 'pretty terrible'.
At any rate, here is my Custom Video Player (dramatic music just played, y'all) for Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series. I used the second layout this time.
I am stomping my feet with glee! I am awestruck and begiddled! That video player is OLYMPIAN!!!
I wonder if I can get it to go to the first, probably less awesome layout. And I wonder if I can tinker with the code to get it larger. But first things first: first layout.
(works at it)
Nope! Once you create the Custom Video Player, you cannot change the layout. The color? Yes. The content? yes. The title and description? Yes. But not the layout. So, I'll make another one -- this time for Naruto: The Abridged Series!
Almost as good. Sorry, Masako and Vegeta.
Not. Nearly. As Good. Also, apparently this format has cut out some of my videos -- video #20 in the series. I really don't know why that would be.
Let's try . . . the same series in a different layout. And for that matter, let's try the Yu-Gi-Oh in the worse layout. See if any episodes are lost.
and
Okay, good. It appears that the problem is with the playlist, not the player layout -- switching things around produced no difference. Other than making me sad when I looked at the diminished Yu-Gi-Oh player. Never fear, though: What you saw was only a terrible copy! In fact, it is named 'Terrible'. The original awesome structure is still intact.
Now, to mess with the dimensions! Let's use Yu-Gi-Oh: Abridged, awesome format, for the tests. I will be making sure to keep the ratio between the two dimensions (the 'aspect ratio'??) the same, so that when I divide one by the other, I will get the same answer then as I do now.
First let's try . . . hmm. . . 1492 by 826
Well that was interesting. Let's try this in a different post; the loading times are starting to slow me down.
HD Embed Attempt
**Update: Okay, I figured it out! To get these to play in HQ, wait until the movie is playing, THEN click the little up arrow in the lower right hand corner! You will see options for Annotations, Closed Captions, and HQ - High Quality! If the video in question has one or more of these features, that option will be fleshed in, and you'll be able to click on it.
So yeah, all of these videos have HQ and non-HQ modes. I'll keep the rest of the post, however, for posterity. Oh, trial and error. End of Update**
So, I'm going to embed the same video twice. Once, while I watch it in normal quality. Then, while I watch it in HD. So, here's HD:
And here's not-HD:
...
Hmmm. Well, that didn't work. Let's try with another video:
HD:
Non-HD:
Hmmm. Well, it sure doesn't seem to work. On the other hand, I just actually watched those videos, and even though the opening picture is horribly pixelated, the actual videos are pretty good. Not as good as they are on the site, in HD, but still pretty good.
You know what? I'll try this one more time, in a smaller time. Just for kicks.
HD:
Not-HD:
So, apparently things look good when they are sized correctly. Who didn't know that, really, and has two thumbs? A tribesman in UGANDA! If there are any of those left.
Probably not. If there ever were.
At any rate, I'm going to go take a look at those size tests I did once again, and I'm going to go look up embedding with HD -- see if it's possible at all. Post at ya laterbies.
So yeah, all of these videos have HQ and non-HQ modes. I'll keep the rest of the post, however, for posterity. Oh, trial and error. End of Update**
So, I'm going to embed the same video twice. Once, while I watch it in normal quality. Then, while I watch it in HD. So, here's HD:
And here's not-HD:
...
Hmmm. Well, that didn't work. Let's try with another video:
HD:
Non-HD:
Hmmm. Well, it sure doesn't seem to work. On the other hand, I just actually watched those videos, and even though the opening picture is horribly pixelated, the actual videos are pretty good. Not as good as they are on the site, in HD, but still pretty good.
You know what? I'll try this one more time, in a smaller time. Just for kicks.
HD:
Not-HD:
So, apparently things look good when they are sized correctly. Who didn't know that, really, and has two thumbs? A tribesman in UGANDA! If there are any of those left.
Probably not. If there ever were.
At any rate, I'm going to go take a look at those size tests I did once again, and I'm going to go look up embedding with HD -- see if it's possible at all. Post at ya laterbies.
Different Size Tests
Strictly speaking, this is to test how the different sizes of embedded videos display. I am already having trouble with the smallest size ... of playlist, that is. So, let's experiment: I will post one video each of all the sizes, as well as my Yu-Gi-Oh playlist. Well, here goes!
Okay. What we learned with this post is that the resolution of a video does not change with its embedded size, meaning that a video embedded large may look really, really terrible. As that one "HD" one does now. In my next post I will see if I can make a video embed in HD because I am currently watching it in HD. Woo.
ALSO!: We have learned that embedded playlists cannot be customized in the following ways:
- Size
- Color
- Border
- Those cookies and related video options, probably.
- High Quality or not. (not sure if can do this with any videos)
Okay. What we learned with this post is that the resolution of a video does not change with its embedded size, meaning that a video embedded large may look really, really terrible. As that one "HD" one does now. In my next post I will see if I can make a video embed in HD because I am currently watching it in HD. Woo.
ALSO!: We have learned that embedded playlists cannot be customized in the following ways:
- Size
- Color
- Border
- Those cookies and related video options, probably.
- High Quality or not. (not sure if can do this with any videos)
Embedding a Playlist, y'all.
**Update: Aha! I have found a discrepency with the newly-discovered HQ option! It is NOT AVAILABLE when embedding a playlist outside of a Custom Video Player! So, actually, my list of 'things you can't do when embedding a playlist' is more apt then I thought at the time.
Strange. End of Update**
Hello again! On a related note, I may just do all of my writing in "Edit Html" mode! It is easier and more aesthetically pleasing that way! Cor! Rockin'!
At any rate, here is an embedded playlist of mine. It is for "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series". If you want something to laugh at for four hours, go watch it.
Here I want to test embedding someone else's playlist. Uh -- I don't strictly recommend this one. I find it kinda nice, but beware: it can suck you in like Jerry Springer, destroying your self-esteem. If you let it.
Strange. End of Update**
Hello again! On a related note, I may just do all of my writing in "Edit Html" mode! It is easier and more aesthetically pleasing that way! Cor! Rockin'!
At any rate, here is an embedded playlist of mine. It is for "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series". If you want something to laugh at for four hours, go watch it.
Here I want to test embedding someone else's playlist. Uh -- I don't strictly recommend this one. I find it kinda nice, but beware: it can suck you in like Jerry Springer, destroying your self-esteem. If you let it.
Opening Announcements
The proper first post of this blog is actually on my other blog, the Chapel of the Ressurection Blog. It is the post entitled 'embedding videos'. Actually, though, that may end up being useful to the Chapel as well as the Web Agency. Funny how things work, innit?
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