DexterTheDragon

A WordPress plugin for converting uploaded videos to HTML5 format (h264, webm, ogv) and displaying them with the tag.
Dragon Video consists of 3 plugins:
<ul>
<li>Dragon Video</li>
<li>Dragon Video – Zencoder encoder</li>
<li>Dragon Video – VideoJS Player</li>
</ul>
Dragon Video is the core plugin. It handles interfacing with videos uploaded through WordPress, passing them off to an encoder, providing a shortcode to display the video, and enabling videos to be shown in the WordPress gallery. Dragon Video itself does not handle video encoding. WordPress actions are called for video encoding and display of the HTML5 tag allowing any desired encoder or player to be used.
Dragon Video – Zencoder encoder is a bundled encoder. It uses http://zencoder.com to encode uploaded videos to HTML5 media types. An API key is required to use.
Dragon Video – VideoJS Player is a bundled player using the http://videojs.com/ HTML5 video player.

Dragon Video

A WordPress plugin for converting uploaded videos to HTML5 format (h264, webm, ogv) and displaying them with the  tag.

kwiliarty

Important: This plugin is designed to operate on media files hosted 
outside your WordPress site. It does not integrate with the Media library, 
and it does not create the media files.
External “Video for Everybody” is a WordPress plugin that you can use to show 
videos on your WordPress site. You enter a simple shortcode on your page, and 
the plugin generates the HTML to deliver the media. Browsers that understand 
the HTML5 tag will display MPEG/H.264 (.mp4) files, VP8/webm (.webm), or Ogg/Theora (.ogv) files. Other browsers can use Flash to play the .mp4. In all cases, the 
markup includes links to download the media files. The HTML comes with 
only minor variations straight from the <a href="http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody" rel="nofollow ugc">Video for 
Everybody</a> model. See that site for fuller details.
Users can optionally use the 
<a href="http://videojs.com" rel="nofollow ugc">VideoJS</a> JavaScript library to outfit their videos 
with an attractive set of controls that includes a full screen option.
This plugin is not for everybody, even if the video tries to be. If I were not 
writing my own plugin, I would probably be using the <a href="http://soukie.net/degradable-html5-audio-and-video-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Degradable HTML5 audio 
and video Plugin</a> by Pavel Soukenik. My plugin uses and will follow the <a href="http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody" rel="nofollow ugc">Video for 
Everybody</a> 
approach. I also offer an options page where you can define site-wide default paths and dimensions. The defaults can be overridden in any particular shortcode, but if most of your video resides in the same place and has consistent dimensions, site-wide defaults keep the shortcodes simple. Soukenik’s 
shortcodes give you more control over playback options.
Important: Most autobuffering problems have been settled, but 
preloading (autobuffering) preferences are supported unevenly in some 
older browers and versions of browsers. Depending on how many movies you 
serve on a single page, and on how large they are, autobuffering can 
significantly slow your clients’ browsers, and it can also hit your bandwidth.
For a discussion of autobuffering in html5 see: 
http://daringfireball.net/2009/12/html5_video_unusable
<h3>Usage</h3>
A minimal shortcode takes the form
<blockquote>
<code>[external-vfe name="VIDEO"]</code>
</blockquote>
where VIDEO stands for the simple name of your video (without any file 
extension).
name is the only required attribute. Optional attributes are:
<ul>
<li>width (in pixels)</li>
<li>height (in pixels)</li>
<li>path (URL to the folder where you host your video files)</li>
<li>query (to follow the file name in the URL; should start with “?”)</li>
<li>include_poster (set to “true” to include a poster attribute in the video tag)</li>
<li>webm_download (include a link to a webm file in the list of downloads)</li>
<li>poster_extension (png, jpg, or gif)</li>
<li>swf_file (The address to your Flash player)</li>
<li>vjs (set to “true” to provide attractive video controls with full screen option)</li>
<li>file_detector (try to detect remote files if “true”)</li>
<li>access_cookie (if you need a simple cookie to access the remote files)</li>
</ul>
All of the above can also be set as defaults on the options page under: 
Media > External VfE
The options page also includes two parameters that cannot be overridden for 
an individual video:
<ul>
<li>the ability to disable VideoJS so that the JavaScript and the style sheet will not load at all </li>
<li>the option to disable the built-in style sheet</li>
</ul>
See the plugin home page for more details: 
http://open.pages.kevinwiliarty.com/external-video-for-everybody/

External "Video for Everybody"

Delivers ogg/theora (and optional webm) html5 video from an external storage location with fallbacks to flash, and links for download.

Dragon Video vs External "Video for Everybody"