MYSTlore:Media playback

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This page is written from an OOC point of view. Events and elements surrounding the Myst Universe are regarded as fictional.

MYSTlore has a custom MediaWiki extension to let editors embed media into a page, through three different means:

Additional support for different formats and sites may be added in the future.

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[edit] Usage

[edit] Writing

Our MediaWiki extension currently adds three types of new wiki markup tags.

[edit] Google Video

<googlevideo> (or, alternatively, <GoogleVideo>, <gvideo>, <Gvideo> or <GVideo>)

This will allow you to embed a video that's freely hosted on Google Video. As an example, a Myst Online: Uru Live trailer is currently available at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7580741185740220876 — the part directly after docid= is the ID of the video, which you'll need: 

<googlevideo>-7580741185740220876</googlevideo>

The above will produce:

Congratulations; you've just embedded a fully working Google Video player for the video with the ID you specified.

[edit] YouTube

<youtube> (or <YouTube>)

YouTube's process is very similar to that of Google Video. Take the Myst V: End of Ages E3 trailer, for instance, which currently resides at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfbqLTkcs8 — the v= parameter is the video's ID. Ergo: 

<youtube>zQfbqLTkcs8</youtube>

Which gives us:

And there's your embedded YouTube player.

[edit] QuickTime

<quicktime> (or <QuickTime>)

This is unique in that it does not use a specific hosting site, but instead allows both for linking to files anywhere, as well as files uploaded directly to MYSTlore. The current file size limit makes this particular use very difficult, however. Here's an example of a remotely-hosted file:

<quicktime>http://schaeppi.bahro.com/myst/flyby_myst.mov</quicktime>

Which produces:

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Note that the video is scaled by aspect ratio; it may not be at 100% size. This is done to prevent clipping.

[edit] Reading

For the Google Video and YouTube players to work, you need to have Adobe Flash Player installed. For the QuickTime player, you need to download QuickTime. Mac OS X users will typically already have the most recent version of QuickTime; Windows users may need to install this manually.

[edit] Limitations

  • The tags currently give very little control over the appearance of the file.
  • MYSTlore is currently very unsuitable as a place to host large files. This may or may not change in the future.
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