Embedded Video Disappearing Act

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  wayneg · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 4:57 am

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  When attempting to embed a video from a site called Edutopia in a post, I find it completely disappears when I hit the publish button. A shorter version of the video from You Tube works fine. Here is the code I copied:

  <object width=”406″ height=”294″>
  <param value=”flvPath=http://www.edutopia.org/media/alaska_sel/alaska_sel.flv&pPath=http://www.edutopia.org/media/alaska_sel/alaska_sel.jpg” name=”FlashVars”/>
  <param value=”best” name=”quality”/>
  <param value=”false” name=”play”/>
  <param value=”http://www.edutopia.org/media/videofalse.swf” name=”movie”/>
  <embed id=”video_embed” width=”406″ height=”294″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://www.edutopia.org/media/videofalse.swf” play=”false” pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer” name=”video” quality=”best” flashvars=”flvPath=http://www.edutopia.org/media/alaska_sel/alaska_sel.flv&pPath=http://www.edutopia.org/media/alaska_sel/alaska_sel.jpg”/>
  </object>

  Any ideas?

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  husdal · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 5:02 am

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  Have you checked the instructions here:

  Videos

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 5:11 am

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  Also, we can give you guidance specific to your blog only when we have a link to your blog, starting with http. Otherwise we’re just guessing.

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  wayneg · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 5:19 am

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  The site address is:
  http://penfog.org
  You’ll see I have five or six embedded You Tube videos. As I read the video support page I shouldn’t be needing the upgrade for online videos…

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 5:45 am

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  Thank you. You are incorrect about being able to embed that video; that video is not a supported type, so you will not be able to put it in your blog unless you use the Vodpod button. For security reasons, WP.com strips out most kinds of embed codes including Flash. If you go to http://vodpod.com and use their Vodpod button, you will be able to embed videos relatively easily from unsupported formats. This way preserves the security of WP.com.

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  wayneg · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 5:58 am

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  Thank you raincoaster, I’d never have guessed about vodpod in several million years.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 22, 2009 at 6:03 am

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  You’re welcome; it’s really handy. Sort of works like opening a window in your blog to their site, so it’s safe for WP.com. Their customer service is also very good.