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I am trying to build a course in Buzz as an admin but am having trouble uploading video. I go to add an activity and select "File attachment" and upload a .mov file. It appears to upload but when I try and preview it, it says "The plugin is not supported" and the video won't display. How do I add video lessons to my course?
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Good afternoon Glen,
I am sorry you are having trouble uploading video to your course.
Could you please provide a course ID and activity ID of where you are encountering that message? That would be helpful for us to use to investigate!
Hi Allison,
The course number is 240513358. I don't have the activity ID, but it's in both Unit 0 and Unit 1. How do people usually upload videos?
Glen
Hey Glen!
I inspected the code of the video in the activity and it is including a "qtplugin" within the code that isn't supported for an embedded object.
The good news is there are some options you can do:
Option 1: You can upload the video file to the course resources, then in the activity select the insert link button in the toolbar, then select the link to course button (link icon). This will create hyperlinked text that when selected will download the video.
Option 2: You can upload the video to a third party hosting site like YouTube, then select the Insert YouTube Video button from the toolbar of the activity editor and pick your video to embed it and play it within Buzz.
Option 3: Upload the video to the course resources, then select the Embed code button from the toolbar in the activity editor, select the Code radio button and paste something like the code below that points to the file in the course resources. This will cause the video to be played within the Buzz activity:
<video width="320" height="240" controls="">
<source src="https://api.agilixbuzz.com/Resz/~/240513358/assets/Liv vid 1.mov"> Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Source: W3Schools Video Tag
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the advice. I tried Option 1 and 3 but neither seem to work and I still get the same error message (see here and here.)
I understand that there is a QuickTime plugin error but I'm unclear of what the source is. Is it a problem with the video file type, the browser, or a limitation of the Agilix activity? What is the typical way that course creators upload video lessons?
Thank you so much for sharing those examples!
For option 1, it looks like the video was created using additional code directly in the activity’s code viewer, rather than linking to a course resource.
For option 3, your example links to an HTML file in the course resources. In my case, I hardcoded the media player in the activity editor’s code viewer and set the source SRC to the video file stored in the rich text editor.
I also downloaded your video file and tested both options 1 and 3 on my end, and they worked without the error. I’ve attached a couple of quick videos showing how I set those up: Embed Videos
Hi Brian. Thank you for responding. I was able to do option 3. Could you please tell me how to modify the code to make the video centered? Also, for future reference how do I obtain the url of the video? Once I add it to the resource folder, how do I find the associated url? Thanks!