Add video widget support for TED and Comedy Central

ID:98127
 
Jul 6 2010, 5:25 am
Not Feasible
Applies to:Website
Status: Not Feasible
Implementing this feature is not possible now or in the foreseeable future
There is support for YouTube, Metacafe, and one other that escapes me at the moment.

Please add support for TED and CC.
Jul 6 2010, 6:40 am
Is there a standard format those sites use for their videos? Some example URLs would be helpful.

TED videos are like brain candy. I'll definitely add this in if it's feasible. Mostly feasability just boils down to the URL having a common format to use, so we can convert from our service:video format to the actual URL and vice-versa.
Jul 6 2010, 7:41 am
Hi LJR, thank you for the quick response.

Here is what the embedded code would have looked like for the lecture from Clay Shirky:
<object width="446" height="326"> EMBED: http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf</object>

It doesn't seem instantly derivable from a simple "ted:896". However, WordPress seems to be able to handle it as the video gives an example [ted id=896]. Given that I do not blog on WordPress, I don't know if this merely calls a special player.

Comedy Central's code _appears_ to be consistent and somewhat derivable:

http://www.byond.com/members/ Bootyboy?command=view_post&post=55250

Not sure though.

Jul 6 2010, 11:23 am
It does seem like there's no way to convert the TED talk ID to a URL, so my guess is that TED maintains an XML file that the creators of WordPress know how to access. Apparently this feature only works on WordPress proper, not on self-hosted installations. This is really a shame because embedding TED into our blogs would be awesome, but I guess it has to go on the back burner till I can find out how.

I'll take a look at Comedy Central a little later to see what's involved there. I'm open to supporting pretty much any video site that allows us to use a small URL format. IIRC Hulu isn't one of those, nor Revver, but there may be more out there that work.
May 13 2014, 7:40 pm
Ter13 resolved issue (Not Feasible)