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I need some help.

I am trying to post a video slideshow in to my auction listing, and cannot figure out how to do that.

I have found on your website here, the codes to put the media player into the listing, but cannot figure out how to put the video or slideshow. Where do I replace the name of the files in that code, where can I post the video for a url?

If someone could help me out on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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The OBJECT/EMBED Windows Media Player approach shown earlier in the thread (what pasted) is an older method that many modern browsers and auction sites will block or strip. was right that the video file must be hosted and accessible over HTTP(S), and pointed toward hosted multimedia services as an alternative. A cleaner, more reliable path today is to export the slideshow as a web-ready MP4 and either embed it with the HTML5 video element or link to a hosted player page.

A concise workflow:

  1. Export the slideshow to MP4 (PowerPoint export, screen capture, or a converter). Encode H.264 (video) + AAC (audio), keep resolution modest (480p–720p) and bitrate low enough for reasonable file size.
  2. Upload the MP4 to a host that serves the correct MIME type and supports byte-range requests (seeking). Use HTTPS if the listing page is HTTPS.
  3. Embed with the HTML5 video tag by replacing the example URL with the hosted file URL.
<video controls width="560" poster="https://example.com/thumb.jpg">
  <source src="https://example.com/slideshow.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  View or download: https://example.com/slideshow.mp4
</video>

If the auction site strips <video>, use a thumbnail image in the listing that links to a hosted player page (YouTube/Vimeo or a personal page) so visitors click through to watch. Common pitfalls: hotlink-protected hosts, missing or wrong Content-Type, mixed-content (HTTP vs HTTPS), and browser incompatibility with old ActiveX/EMBED code. Verify the raw file URL opens in a browser, test across modern browsers/devices, and consult the auction platform’s HTML/active-content rules before publishing. For HTML5 video details, see the HTML5 video element.

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Member Avatar for Fungus1487

I need some help.

I am trying to post a video slideshow in to my auction listing, and cannot figure out how to do that.

I have found on your website here, the codes to put the media player into the listing, but cannot figure out how to put the video or slideshow. Where do I replace the name of the files in that code, where can I post the video for a url?

If someone could help me out on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

misschristi

can u post the code or the link to the code ?

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Here is the code that I pulled off of another post. I can get the media player to post, but cannot put my slideshow from my computer to the code. I am not sure where to add it, or if I need to have the slideshow hosted by an internet based service to add it to this code.

If I need to have it hosted, I need to know where I can have it hosted to add the link, and also where to put the link in this code.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I need a new code, or something--please let me know. I would really like to learn how do this. Thanks and have a great day!

<OBJECT id=MediaPlayer1 codeBase= type=application/x-oleobject height=256 standby="Loading Microsoft Windows® Media Player components..." width=280 classid=CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95> <embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="one.mpg" name="MediaPlayer1" width=280 height=256 autostart=1 showcontrols=1 volume=-450> </OBJECT>

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ok if your running this from a web page (which im guessing you will be doing as what else would you be doing here) then yes you will need hosting. Or alternatively use a free video hosting site such as www.photobucket.com or other. If you opt for free website hosting then streaming the video from a free server will be very SLLLOOOOOOWWWWW and painful for viewing (trust me i know). But as far as your code is concerned your just missing 1 <PARAM> tag to tell the browser where to find the video file.

ive adjusted the code below.

where it says LINK HERE then this is where you will put the path to your file located on your server or free video hosting site. If you need any more help wb.

PS. your link should appear twice as there are 2 LINK HERE statements

<OBJECT id=MediaPlayer1 
    codeBase= 
    type=application/x-oleobject height=256 
    standby="Loading Microsoft Windows® Media Player components..." 
    width=280 classid=CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95>
    <PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="LINK HERE"> 
      <embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" 
      src="LINK HERE" name="MediaPlayer1" width=280 height=256 autostart=1 showcontrols=1 volume=-450>
    </OBJECT>
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