[Xerte] FW: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

Julian Tenney Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
Thu Dec 15 11:35:07 GMT 2011


Ron: the youtube model is the one you modified: why is there an optional parameter 'toggle full screen'?

There is code in the model that says if (toggle) blah, but I can't see why it's needed, or what extra functionality you get if you select it?

-----Original Message-----
From: Tenney Julian 
Sent: 15 December 2011 11:32
To: 'EKMEKCIOGLU Cuna'
Subject: RE: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

Use iframe one. I didn't publish it. 

Hang on, I might be onto something...

-----Original Message-----
From: EKMEKCIOGLU Cuna [mailto:Cuna.Ekmekcioglu at ed.ac.uk] 
Sent: 15 December 2011 11:29
To: Julian Tenney
Subject: RE: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

Julian,

There is only 1 page in your LO and it works fine apart from the YouTube logo. I cannot see page 2. Which YouTube embed code have you used (iframe or the old code)? 

Cuna
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From: Julian Tenney [Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: 15 December 2011 11:18
To: EKMEKCIOGLU Cuna
Subject: RE: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_6393

I just made this and it works: but what I haven't seen before is the youtube logo to the top left of the player?

If I set the alignment to the right, as you have done, I do see the movie initially resize then snap back to the player, then it seems to work OK... see page 2

Something not quite right...

-----Original Message-----
From: EKMEKCIOGLU Cuna [mailto:Cuna.Ekmekcioglu at ed.ac.uk]
Sent: 15 December 2011 10:37
To: Julian Tenney
Subject: RE: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

Julian,

Can you see http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/ ? If you select any one of the LOs e.g. Data management plans (first one with some videos in) you can see the problem. Meanwhile I'll check why you cannot access the other links.

Thanks
Cuna
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From: Julian Tenney [Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: 15 December 2011 10:28
To: EKMEKCIOGLU Cuna
Subject: RE: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

Those links don't work: I get 403: Forbidden. Might be our end of stuff?

-----Original Message-----
From: EKMEKCIOGLU Cuna [mailto:Cuna.Ekmekcioglu at ed.ac.uk]
Sent: 15 December 2011 10:21
To: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk; Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
Cc: RICE Robin
Subject: Problem with YouTube video embeds in XOT- video size out of proportion

Julian, Ron,

I wonder if you could help us with a problem which seems to have just occured with our YouTube video embeds in our learning objects for the MANTRA course which is live at the moment. They were working OK until recently when the sizing of the videos has gone out of proportion. I have been using the old embed code which was working OK before. You can see the problem below:

http://datalib.edina.ac.uk:6680/xertetoolkits/preview.php?template_id=20
http://datalib.edina.ac.uk:6680/xertetoolkits/preview.php?template_id=37

This problems seems to be occuring with all the YouTube videos. You can have a look at the rest in the course itself:

http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/

We have initially tried to upload these videos but the file size was too big for XOT to cope so we have uploaded them onto the YouTube and embeded the code in the LOs instead.

Many thanks.

Cuna
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Dr Cuna Ekmekcioglu
Senior eLearning Adviser
Information Services
University of Edinburgh
Tel: (0131)6511440
Email:c.ekmekcioglu at ed.ac.uk


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