Comments on: Introducing VideoPress for WordPress

By: Michael Pick

Michael Pick — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:34:02 +0000

Your best bet would be h.264 (MP4, or MOV), as VideoPress will crunch into MP4 anyway (along with an OGG copy for the browsers that don’t like MP4). In FCP/Compressor, the YouTube droplet does a pretty good job, as will the various MP4, optimized for streaming droplets. VideoPress tops off at 1280×720, so its worth taking any 16:9 footage you have higher than that (1920×1080) for instance, and bringing it down in size to save some bandwidth. You’ll want to keep your bitrates reasonable to avoid choking less powerful machines or less than stellar connections.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:17:28 +0000

Hi Ryen – can you (or anyone) recommend an optimal setting for exporting from Final Cut Pro in preparation for ingestion into VideoPress?

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:55:37 +0000

It’s not possible to do this with VideoPress.

By: ijoedigital

ijoedigital — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:54:36 +0000

Can you post videos in a sidebar so they can be a thumbnail look and then click and play over the page? Like a shadowbox type thing?

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:00:33 +0000

No; but VideoPress does provide video stats using WordPress.com stats so you can track how many people are viewing them and where the video has been embedded. You can also disable embedding of your videos on other sites using VideoPress’ easy settings if you wish.

By: Manu

Manu — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:19:32 +0000

If other users embed my videos, is my web site credited for the viewer in stats and by Google ads etc…?

By: Blogwarta.Com

Blogwarta.Com — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:56:14 +0000

Great new stuff for our wordpress blogs. Thanks for sharing..

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:08:52 +0000

You can still reach the Trac for the framework.

By: tpschools

tpschools — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:39:15 +0000

@Yoav: The link is dead for the VideoPress Server plugin. I couldn’t even find it while searching either.

Any idea on when we’ll be able to host our own videos?

By: Ryan Markel

Ryan Markel — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:42:41 +0000

Currently, the embed code is all-or-nothing: if you turn it on to embed it on your own self-hosted site, you can’t turn it off. We’re working on an update to give you an option to do what you ask here.