Embed Syfy Video?

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  ghfwebmaster · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 1:10 am

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  Problem: I am trying to embed video from Syfy.com into my blog. I have tried taking the <embed> code and placing it directly into the HTML editor and also using the share link on the Syfy website. When using the share link, I am shown a preview with the video player in the post, but when I check my blog, only text links are shown.

  I can’t seem to embed the video player into my blog. Only a text link will show up.

  I am new to using WordPress (not blogging) and would like to know what I am doing wrong.

  Thanks in advance for any help!

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 1:31 am

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  For security reasons embed codes aren’t allowed (with some exceptions). You need to convert the embed code into a shortcode. Copy this part of the code:
  <embed src="ETC ETC ETC"></embed>
  and turn it to this:
  [gigya src="ETC ETC ETC" ]
  Paste in HTML post editor. Dimensions can be changed.

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  ghfwebmaster · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 1:44 am

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  Okay, so I tried this and although the player is displayed, the wrong video is shown.

  Here is the code:

  <object width="400" height="400" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://widget.syfy.com/singleclip/singleclip_v1.swf?CXNID=1000004.10035NXC&WID=48e10f5e9dbb50aa&clipID=1351139"/><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="http://widget.syfy.com/singleclip/singleclip_v1.swf?CXNID=1000004.10035NXC&WID=48e10f5e9dbb50aa&clipID=1351139" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>

  And this is what I tried:

  [gigya src="http://widget.syfy.com/singleclip/singleclip_v1.swf?CXNID=1000004.10035NXC&WID=48e10f5e9dbb50aa&clipID=1351139" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"]

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  disembedded · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 3:21 am

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  This might work for you:

  [gigya src="http://widget.syfy.com/singleclip/singleclip_v1.swf" flashvars=CXNID="1000004.10035NXC&WID=48e10f5e9dbb50aa&clipID=1351139" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"]

  You can, or course, change the width and height as you wish.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 3:29 am

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  In that case change it to this:
  [gigya src="http://widget.syfy.com/singleclip/singleclip_v1.swf" flashvars="CXNID=1000004.10035NXC&WID=48e10f5e9dbb50aa&clipID=1351139" etc. etc. etc.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 3:32 am

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  @disembedded: You beat me to it, but you misplaced the opening quote for the flashvars.

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  ghfwebmaster · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 4:31 am

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  @disembedded @panaghiotisadam Thank you for all your help!

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  disembedded · Member · Sep 5, 2011 at 4:41 am

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  @panaghiotisadam: Right you are! So it would look like this:

  [gigya src="http://widget.syfy.com/singleclip/singleclip_v1.swf" flashvars="CXNID=1000004.10035NXC&WID=48e10f5e9dbb50aa&clipID=1351139" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="400" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"]