
Video Easy Filter
- Moodle 1.9–5.1
- 更新 2024-10-07
VideoEasy is a filter to play mp4, mp3 and other media files with html5 players. It uses user editable templates to allow the admin to customize the appearance of existing players or to support new players. Predefined player templates support Video JS, JPlayer, JW Player, Flowplayer and MediaElement.js
VideoEasy replaces links to media files, with html5 players. Primarily intended for html 5 video, it will also work for audio, youtube or rss links. The Video Easy filter uses templates to support multiple players, and allows the user to add new players or customize existing ones, all from the Video Easy filter settings pages. By default players are already defined, and can be used as is, for:
Video.js, JPlayer, JW Player, Flowplayer and MediaElement.js
But preset templates are available for other players, and you are encouraged to use the existing players and presets as examples, and make your own templates.
NB Questions and comments should be posted in the Video Easy forum thread.
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=382047
Installation
The easiest way to install is to use Moodle’s automated plugin installer. However if you are uploading videoeasy via FTP, first expand the zip file and upload the videoeasy folder into:
[PATH TO MOODLE]/filters.
Then visit your Moodle server’s Site Administration -> Notifications page. Moodle will guide you through the installation. On the final page of the installation you will be able to register templates. Since there are 15 template slots available, and each has a lot of fields. It is not practically possible to get much done here. So ….. Just scroll to the bottom and press “save.”
After this each template has its own settings page. It is much easier to work with the settings that way. After installing you will need to enable the videoeasy filter. You can enable the videoeasy filter when you visit:
Site Administration / plugins / filters / manage filters
Finally you will need to associate a player/template with each of the file extensions, and select the file extensions that VideoEasy should handle. You can add/remove/edit the file extensions that VideoEasy can parse for, on the same page.
Do this at: Site Administration / plugins / filters / VideoEasy / General Settings
(NB JW Player requires you to register on their site, and you will be given a license code. You will need to enter that into the template for those players. See “Templates” in this document.)
Configuration
Configure the site wide settings and define/edit templates at
Site Administration / plugins / filters / Video Easy
On the general settings page you need to check the filetypes you wish the Video Easy filter to handle at the top of the settings page, and select the player template(drop down list) that will handle that file extension.
NB You should TURN OFF file handling for any extensions you select here in the Moodle Multi Media Plugins filter, and the PoodLL filter if they are installed.