Camtasia Video into a Wordpress Blog

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I have searched and searched for the answer to this since last night, but give up now.

How can you put a camtasia flash video into a wordpress post?

Seems like it should be easy, but wow, it sure isn't.

I've downloaded about 5 plugins and none of them work. The closest thing I've found is this ... WordPress | Camtasia | SWF | Embed KnowledgeConstructs.com

However, my camtasia html file is completely different than what's in their example. So I cannot seem to make this work either.

At this point, I'm happy to buy something. I would just like the video AND the player in the post and that's where the problem seems to stem from. I can get just the video with autoplay, but I wanted the player along with it.

I would be very grateful if someone can point me to a solution that works.

Thanks,

Lisa
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
    Lisa,

    I found a free one that works - did this in about 10 minutes start to finish (not the video itself - just getting in the plugin and putting the video in a post): Central Net Marketing - Test Video Plugin

    Here's the plugin I used:

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flash-video-player/

    See if this one works for you.

    Mike
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    • Profile picture of the author pearlydean
      Cheers Mike that worked perfectly for me too. I was having formatting problems adding video to my blog but it now is easy to do - saved me loads of time and pain!

      If you want to see my blog post it explains how to put a new cool Tag Cloud into your blog which I think is pretty cool - the tag that is not my video!

      How To Install Cumulus Cloud plug-in into a wordpress blog

      Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author zeurois
    WP offers you the possibility to enter HTML into a post.

    Camtasia exports as html with flash embeded.

    All you need to do is copy from the html file exported by camtasia (everything between the <body> and </body> tags and paste it into the post.

    Also, make sure you have uploaded your video file(s) to your server and the paths are correct.

    I think that's it.

    Hope it helps,
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
      Originally Posted by zeurois View Post

      WP offers you the possibility to enter HTML into a post.

      Camtasia exports as html with flash embeded.

      All you need to do is copy from the html file exported by camtasia (everything between the <body> and </body> tags and paste it into the post.

      Also, make sure you have uploaded your video file(s) to your server and the paths are correct.

      I think that's it.

      Hope it helps,
      True.

      Also, Iframing works as well. I did that on a few posts...

      Mike
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    • Profile picture of the author lisaann
      Mike,

      I downloaded the plug-in you recommended and it worked. That sure is a time-saver as it is very simple compared to many of the other options I have tried (including copying and pasting the code from the .html page, which from my experience is not that simple).

      So thank-you very much. I really appreciate the help.

      Sincerely,

      Lisa
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  • Profile picture of the author Kezz
    I'm not sure if this is a no-no for your plans, but you could always export the file as an mov and then just upload it to YouTube. Then you get the best of several worlds - easy embedding, smooth streaming, no extra bandwidth costs, extra exposure.
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