Help:VideoLink

The VideoLink tags allow embedding of YouTube videos in articles; allowing for multiple linked videos to be played in a single embedded video player, first shown when a user clicks on a video link.

The <vplayer /> specifies where the player should appear within the page, and the {{#vlink}} parser function allows creation of links that load a specific video.

Note: The VideoLink was initially a standalone extension but was eventually merged to the EmbedVideo extension. The tags below are backwards compatible and are still used throughout Warcraft Wiki. Support for it was also added to the forked version of the EmbedVideo.

Syntax

To position a player within a page, use:

<vplayer id="player id" w="width" h="height" class="class" style="style">tag content</vplayer>

player id

An optional unique identifier for this player, defaults to "default".

width

Width of the embedded player in pixels, defaults to 800.

height

Height of the embedded player in pixels, defaults to a value achieving 16:9 aspect ratio.

class

Additional CSS classes to apply to the video container div.

style

Additional in-line CSS to apply to the video container div.

tag content

Optional placeholder content that will be shown before a video plays in this player; if not specified, no placeholder content is shown.

All these arguments are optional and may be omitted; the shortest usable tag is thus <vplayer />

To open a video in an embedded player, use {{#vlink:<youtube video id>|<Link text>|start=<Start time>|playlist start=<initial video>|player=<player id>}}

youtube id

YouTube video ID of the video you wish to embed (e.g. "qX7ehxyYRQc"). You can list multiple youtube video IDs separated by semicolons (;) to automatically play multiple videos.

Link text

Wikitext that will be formatted as a link; can also be passed as a named |caption= parameter.

Start time

Time at which the video should being playing in a "hh:mm:ss.ss" format, where hours and minutes are optional; e.g. "7.5" (7.5 seconds in), "7:4" (7 minutes, 4 seconds in), "7:2:27" (7 hours, 2 minutes, 27 seconds in). By default, videos begin from the start.

initial video

If multiple youtube video IDs are specified, this argument specifies which video should be played when the user clicks the link (1 for the first, 2 for the second, etc).

player id

Identifier of the <vplayer id="..." /> within which this video should play, defaults to "default". If no video player with the specified player id exists in the article, the link will open YouTube instead.

Example

Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands