[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23282: Add shortcodes for inline HTML5 audio / video

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#23282: Add shortcodes for inline HTML5 audio / video
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 Reporter:  wonderboymusic   |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Media            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch        |
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Comment (by wonderboymusic):

 [attachment:23282.2.diff] supports fallbacks for video of type
 `video/webm` (WebM, V8 codec) and `video/ogg` (Ogg Theora). Also allows
 flash fallback to be turned on or off. Also supports the `poster`
 attribute on the video and the flash fallback when enabled (it is by
 default). Example shortcode with all of the current features:

 `[video src="1.mp4" ogv="2.ogv" webm="3.webm" poster="/4.jpg"
 flash="false"/]`

 Why is this necessary? Specifying `webm` AND `H.264` give you the most
 native HTML5 support: http://mediaelementjs.com/#devices

 Why a shortcode for video?
 - Easiest way the slap a video anywhere
 - For right now easiest way to specify multiple versions of a video,
 post_parent-ing and relationships can be a mess when you attach multiple
 videos to the same post, since currently there is no way to associate
 attachments with each other

 I have implemented MediaElement a bunch of times, and each time I used the
 first plugin I ever wrote: [https://github.com/staylor/shuffle Shuffle].
 Shuffle lets you attach attachments to other attachments, since all you
 are really doing is setting post_parent on the "child" attachments. By
 doing this, you can assign images and other codecs to a video or mp3. So
 your Post can have a Video that has a Poster Image and an Ogg Theora
 version and a WebM version. This way, you can attach 12 MP4s to your post
 if you so choose, and you can cleanly get their counterparts with having
 to dig through all media attached to the post ID.

 Not sure what to propose happens to core for stuff like this right now, so
 sticking with the shortcode. Patch will evolve with my thinking.

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