Create Custom Youtube Video Player.

As Google Video will be discontinuing uploads bloggers will now have to turn to Youtube to showcase their videos on their blogs.

Uploading videos directly to Blogger can also frequently cause errors like this :

"Sorry, there was an error uploading your video. Please contact support and include the following information: Blog Id:******* Video Id:68e2ght***" "

Now YouTube allows you to create a customizable video player like this one :



This video player is a collection of Official Blogger Help Videos on Youtube. To create a video like this one.............

To create your own custom video player :

1. Login to your Youtube account.

2. Upload your videos from PC.

3. Or open the videos you like and click the Favorite link below the video player to Add that video to your favorite videos.

4. Go to Youtube Custom Player Creator page.

5. Choose the various options to customize the player.

6. Click My Videos to load your videos or My Favorites to load your favorite videos and click Select button.

7. Click Generate Code button and copy the code provided.

8. Login at Blogger.com

9. Click New Post button on Dashboard.

10. In Post Editor click Edit Html tab in upper right corner.

11. Paste the code in Edit Html tab of post editor and click Publish Post.

12. Click View Blog to enjoy your video.

Put YouTube Video Playlist in Blog.

You can put a YouTube video in your blog posts. You can also use Google Video in your blog posts. Recently Blogger introduced two new Page Elements - the Newsreel and the Video Bar. Today we will see how to put a YouTube Video Playlist in your blog post.........

CREATE A VIDEO PLAYLIST

First you will have to create a video playlist. To do this login to your YouTube account. Then if you have your own videos upload them to YouTube. For this click on My Account link at the top. Your email address will be confirmed before you are allowed to upload videos.


If you want to show other videos in your blog enter the subject description in the search box. Forexample I wanted to show a playlist of Blogger videos so I entered "Blogger" in the search box and hit Enter. You will get a list of videos tagged as 'Blogger' in the Playlist box at the right. See picture below :




Right click the videos you want to include in your playlist and choose 'Open in New Window/Tab'. The video will open in a New Window and start playing. Next below the video is a link 'Add to Favorites'. See the bottom arrow in the above picture. Click ti 'Add to Favorites' link and the bottom part will expand to show "Add Video To a Playlist". Click down arrow besides 'Select a Playlist' and then click on 'Create New Playlist'. See Picture below :


Name your playlist and select OK. Your playlist will appear under the Playlists column. Click on the playlist name and it will open in new window/tab with all your videos in it. Select all the code in the box under 'Embeddable Player' and copy it. See picture below


Click on picture above to enlarge it.

PUT A VIDEO PLAYLIST IN YOUR BLOG

Login to your Blogger Dashboard and click on +New Post. In Post editor click on Edit Html tab and paste the playlist code there. Then click Publish at bottom. See the Blogger Playlist below. You can select which video to see by clicking on that video frame in the right playlist and it will play in the player.



Click on the arrow at the bottom of the playlist column to scroll the videos upwards. Click on a frame to select that video and then click the play button in the player window to play the video.

YouTube, Flickr in Blogger Beta.

YouTube videos and Flickr photos can be put inside your beta blog.........

YouTube is a free video hosting and online video streaming service that allows users to view and share videos that have been uploaded by the members. Membership is free but there is a ten minute length limit on the video length. You cannot download the videos but you can view them in your browser. You can embed these videos in your blog. To see the videos the viewer has to be logged into YouTube and be part of the list the video is shared with (Friends or family). If they are not, the video will display "Loading," but the video will not load.

First Register and become a member and then upload your video. Then click on 'Post Video' link below each video. In popup window Click on click here link to add your blog. Then click on “Add a New Blog” link. Enter your blog account Username and Password and click "Add Blog". A list of your blogs will come up of which choose the one you want to add it to. Next add the Title and the text to accompany the video and click Post to blog.

Another method is to copy the code given at the side of each video next to Embed word. Then paste it in the the Edit Html tab of the Post Editor. click on Publish. I have a YouTube video on Beta Blogger at this post : Video on Beta Blogger. See Image below :




The embed code is similar to this :

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk"></param><embed
src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>


To make it autoplay, just add "&autoplay=1" to the code so it looks like this:


<object width="425"height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk&autoplay=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"
height="350"></embed></object>

For beta blogger it may show error in which case modify the code to :

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk"><param
name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OdT9z-JjtJk" /></object>


PUT YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN SIDEBAR USING RSS FEEDS.

You can put Youtube videos in sidebar using their RSS feeds from here. Choose which videos you would like to put in the sidebar then right click the red RSS button next to it and click on Copy Link Location. Login to dashboard of Beta blogger and go to Layouts link of the blog you wish to add the videos to. Then click on Add Page Element in the sidebar and choose Feed. Paste the Feed url from Youtube and clck on save. Your sidebar will show the number of videos which you have chosen. See my Left column at the bottom where I have added the top three youtube videos.

You can also create a Youtube Badge which will show images of your six most recently uploaded videos. See how to here.

YouTube UPDATE

You can now set up one click video sharing from YouTube :

On YouTube Video Page click 'Share' button below the video on left hand corner of the bottom frame.

Scroll down and click "Setup your blog for video posting."

Click "Add a Blog/Site".

Choose 'Blogger' and put in your login information.

Choose which blogs you'd like to add to your YouTube account. You can choose more than one.

Now when you click Share you will get the option to add video directly to your blog.

CAUTION

After pasting YouTube code in Edit Html tab of Post Editor click on Preview link in the top frame of post editor. If it looks like this :


it will not play on publish. Click on Hide Preview to return to Edit Html tab of Post Editor. Click once just before the code line below the video and tap Backspace key once on keyboard. Click Preview again to check if there are any code lines below the video. If there are repeat to arrange the code without line breaks. On Preview no code lines should be seen below the video and it should look like this :


Now the video will play on publishing.



Flickr also has a similar method to post their images on your blog. Flickr is a photo sharing and hosting website enabling you to share photos with your friends and also put them in your blog. Go to Flickr.com and register to get a new account. Then click Upload photos to go to Upload window. Clickon Browse to locate the photos on your disk and then click open. Choose options to make them Public or Private and put tags on them and then click on Upload. Tags are words used to categorize and describe photos. After your photos are uploaded click on save after adding Title and description.

Click on the photo to open it and click on Blog This link on top of the photo. You will be asked to configure a blog to post to. Click that link. Choose your blogging application Blogger/Beta Blogger. If beta Blogger Flickr will ask to have access to your beta account. Click the Head over to Google link. Click on Grant Access. Put in your Username and Password and then go through remaining steps to post the photo to your blog.


The Daily Zeitgeist is a little bit of fun that you can add to your website. It is built in Flash, and displays recent photos from Flickr. Go to http://www.flickr.com/fun/zeitgeist/ You will be asked which photos you would like to be displayed and depending on that you will be given a snippet of code which you copy and paste into a Html/Javascript Page Element in the sidebar. See Image below :


You can also create your ownFlickr Badge of Photos by going to : http://www.flickr.com/badge_new.gne
Choose whether you want a Flash badge or a Html badge the former slows down your loading a bit. Go through a series of steps till you come to the code which you can copy and Paste as given for the zeitgeist. See Image below for flash badge :