Media Embedding - Customization

Topic: Knowledge Base / Media Embedding

The Simian Share feature in the Media Library allows you to embed video into other pages such as WordPress, websites, blogs, etc. The feature can be accessed in the Media Library by clicking on a media record and selecting the "Share" tab in the modal window.

By default the embed feature will generate code that will display the media at its actual size. For Videos the embed code defaults to Auto Play of the spot.

Example embed code output:

<iframe src="http://training.gosimian.com/share/v/TUjyd8Kr9bNPWk-LOcbUrg" name="SimianEmbed" scrolling="no" width="980" height="610" frameborder="0"></iframe>

This embed code can be modified to control the size and default play settings.

The behavior of the video modified by changing the iFrame parameters and adding parameters to embed url of the iFrame:

<iframe src="http://training.gosimian.com/share/v/TUjyd8Kr9bNPWk-LOcbUrg/<true or false to specify auto playback>/<width in pixels of the video>/<height in pixels of video>" name="SimianEmbed" scrolling="no" width="<width in pixels of iframe>" height="<height in pixels of iframe>" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Modified Example, this example will display the video at 640x480 resolution with no auto play:

<iframe src="http://training.gosimian.com/share/v/TUjyd8Kr9bNPWk-LOcbUrg/false/640/480" name="SimianEmbed" scrolling="no" width="660" height="500" frameborder="0"></iframe>