The most flexible and trouble-free solution for embedding audio and video in Plone is a product called collective.flowplayer
. Written by long-time Plone developer Martin Aspeli, collective.flowplayer
wraps a free Flash-based media player called, more concisely, "Flowplayer" in a thin coating of Plone goodness, allowing even contributors who don't speak HTML to add media to a site. The product makes it a point-and-click operation to add MP3 audio or Flash video (FLV) to any rich text field, as found in pages, events, or news items. It also allows for audio and video in portlets and automatically provides a player interface on MP3s or FLVs uploaded using the File content type.
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Pros and cons of Flash video
Flash-encapsulated video has its ups and downs. One of the ups is extremely high browser penetration: some estimates place Flash on 98% of all browsers, making this format totally transparent for nearly all your audience. Both YouTube and Google Video use it, so, if...