Youtube.com support with the Dash Media Player

Dash Media Player has the power to pull video from sources such as Youtube.com and display then within the Dash user interface. Currently only Youtube is supported for integration within the Dash Media Player; however, we are planning on develping support for other video platform integration such as Blip.tv and Vimeo.

Step 1: Install Dash Media Player

You may have this installed on your site to service your video needs already, and if that’s the case skip this step. If you don’t have it installed check out the Dash Media Player Quick Start Guide for Drupal CMS.

Step 2: Embeded Media Field Module

Download and install the Embeded Media Field Module
Go to Administer >> Modules and enable the following:
a. Under CCK
- Embedded Media FIeld
- Embedded Video Field
b. Under Dash Media Player
- Dash Media Player: Embedded Media Field

Step 3: Adding the Embedded Field to your content type

Go to Administer >> Content Types and click on Manage Fields under your video content type

Add a new field type with the Label “Embedded Video” and under field_ enter “emvideo”
For Type of data store select Embedded Video and select 3rd Party Video for the Form element to the data. (This should show up automatically as there is only one option)
Click save and you will be taken to a page to set up this new field. Here you can select which sources you want to accept video from in a list of check boxes under Providers. Currently the Dash Media Player only supports youtube.com so check this box. You can also modify the display and thumbnail sizes along with whether or not you want the video to autoplay. (The default settings work fine here but feel free to customize the settings to your needs)
Under Global Settings at the bottom of the form, leave the “Required” box unchecked and leave the “Number of values” at 1. Save the field settings.

Step 4: Allowing the option to upload a video or use 3rd party video

If you are using the Flash Video Module:

Go to Administer >> Flash Video and look for the content type that you are using for your videos. Click on “Edit settings for this content type”
Uncheck the box that reads “Require the FlashVideo for this node type.”

If you created a custom upload field using CCK:

Go to configure that field and uncheck the Required checkbox.
This will allow users to chose to upload a video or pull video from a third party site within the same content type. This also allows all of your videos to be in the same Dash Media Player playlist display.

Note: You can separate the Dash Media Player playlist display into categories while keeping all of your videos in the same area. To do this follow the “Creating Dynamic Playlists” Guide. If you want to make node types for only uploaded video and only 3rd party video then you will need to create two seperate content types and corresponding views for them. In this case it might be a good idea to make the “video upload” and “embeded video” fields required.

Step 5: Create content

Go to Create Content >> Video and give your video page a title and body, if desired.
Copy and paste the url from the 3rd party video you want to import into the Dash Media Player.
Save your page and the video should appear in your Dash Media Player playlist. The logo of the site that you are bring the video in from will also appear automatically.