[Koha] Embed Local video files like YouTube

[vinod mishra]

Hello David

We have videos on Intranet and in MP4 format, but it seems current
provision is for YouTube only and it fetches/embed the video nicely in Koha
but not mine on Intranet.

Please suggest.

With Regards,

Vinod Kumar Mishra,
Assistant Librarian,
Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),
NIT Rourkela,
Sundergadh-769008,
Odisha,
India.
Mob:91+9439420860
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874

*"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical
relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma
Gandhi*


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 6:19 AM <dcook at prosentient.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Vinod,
>
> I haven't played with the HTML5 Media in Koha, but I've been curious about
> it, so I decided to take a look after reading your email.
>
> Looking at the code, it appears that you can embed other videos and not
> just Youtube videos. You'll need to use the system preferences
> HTML5MediaEnabled and HTML5MediaExtensions, and make sure your 856$u has a
> valid URL to the video. You may need to transcode your video if it's in a
> format that doesn't work with HTML Video.
>
> It also depends on what you mean by "Local server". Is this the same
> server that is running Koha? Is it a separate file server? So long your
> server provides the video over HTTP(S) in a way that is accessible to your
> users, I think that you should be fine.
>
> David Cook
> Systems Librarian
> Prosentient Systems
> 72/330 Wattle St
> Ultimo, NSW 2007
> Australia
>
> Office: 02 9212 0899
> Online: 02 8005 0595
>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:54:51 +0530
> From: vinod mishra <mishravk79 at gmail.com>
> To: Koha <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: [Koha] Embed Local video files like YouTube
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> Hello
> As we have an option to activate YouTube online video embed feature within
> Koha, similarly i wish to embed lecture videos kept in Local server. Please
> let me know how we can make it possible like YouTube videos?
>
> Thanking You
>
> With Regards,
>
> Vinod Kumar Mishra,
> Assistant Librarian,
> Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),
> NIT Rourkela,
> Sundergadh-769008,
> Odisha,
> India.
> Mob:91+9439420860
> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874
>
> *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical
> relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma
> Gandhi*
>
>