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Video upload test

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Peter Martin

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Re: Video upload test

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Jason Roehl in Lafayette, IN

There’s a video frame, and I can click play, but it’s zero-length, and it won’t go fullscreen, either.  Newer iPad Pro, running Safari, of course.  If you need specifics, I can dig those up.  It’s amazing how that info used to be automatically retained for me years ago.  Now, I just don’t have the room upstairs—too much other useless trivia being hoarded.

Hope that helps.

Jason

Re: Video upload test

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Peter Martin

@Jason Roehl in Lafayette, IN,

Thanks, Jason. It wasn't working for me either. I made some tweaks, re uploaded it, and now it works--at least for me on my old legacy ThinkPad. (It's video only with no sound, so that's normal.)

Uploading videos isn't a feature of our forum software. It's complicated because there are so many video file types, along with server restrictions on file sizes, and so forth. I noticed I could do it with some videos, if they were relatively small, but that was often hit or miss.

I haven't bothered the forum dev in a while. Maybe I'll ask if this can be added as a supported feature. Meanwhile, simply pasting the URL to a video on YouTube or many other video hosting sites works great. It will automatically convert the URL into a video that plays within the post.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9l3ozm

And it does seem to work well in the Gallery, so that is always an option.

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>Now, I just don’t have the room upstairs—too much other useless trivia being hoarded.

LOL, do I ever know that feeling! :)

Re: Video upload test

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Video works for me but no sound, can't resize images. iMac M1 and safari 18.5.

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