Like how you can copy-paste a YouTube video URL into a Facebook post and it will automatically embed / show the video, so too would it be handy to be able to do the same in the notes and comments of iNat observations. Similarly, the same could apply for photos and audio. For instance, if I upload a…

If I read you correctly, you see videos as depictions of behavior and not for establishing an ID? You’re probably right for most cases, but I feel there are a not insignificant number of cases where an ID could be established from the video alone. For example, for a turkey vulture in flight I uploa…

I fully agree with you on that you can use a video for ID, and that a video can be more useful for ID than photos and/or audio, while your example is a good case in point. Since you mention animated GIFs again, let me see if I can make a GIF from a video on my phone and upload it to an existing obs…

What editor do you usually use for that? I’ve been using OpenShot for a long time but I don’t really like the navigation nowadays.

You can try Movavi video editor - URL - been using it for quite a long time. It’s a great option if you’re looking for an app with simple tools and that is easy to understand.

[image] tiwane: My understanding is that @jamesray is basically proposing that links to media be playable on the observation detail page, not that these video/audio embeds would count as the “official” iNat evidence of an observation. I don’t really understand the delineation here between “of…

i think this request is talking about putting media – video, audio, sounds – inline into the text of comments and notes and such. right now, you can add images using html or markup, but you can’t just paste an image into the text of the comment or notes. for sounds and video, you can’t even add them…

Yeah I am thinking more about the ability to embed video into comments with markup than upload full videos directly… as that seems like it might be a long way away . It confuses me why it’s not possible to embed video at the moment - especially if it is possible with images ( which I had forgotten /…

iNat supports image tags in their comments but but not audio or video tags. most modern browsers should support any of these, but audio and video are harder to control because, by default, the browser will control what the audio and video player looks like, including what controls are available and …

yeah… I mean I was just imagining handling an iframe for youtube that would suffice here… I just don’t see why this is complex, sorry but doubtless I’m missing something! [image] pisum: by default, the browser will control what the audio and video player looks like, including what controls a…

[image] sbushes: I just uploaded an iframe to a blank html sketch and tested on three browsers embedding a video file in a video tag is different from embedding a YouTube video in an iframe. the look and feel of the YouTube video player in an iframe will be controlled by YouTube developers. t…

Embed media by pasting a URL to the media (e.g. from YouTube)

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pisum May 11, 2024, 10:52pm 34

i don’t disagree with this sentiment, but if you’re talking specifically about “hosting videos”, that’s a separate discussion.

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Videos for observations General	8	6357	July 31, 2019
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Embed media by pasting a URL to the media (e.g. from YouTube)

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