[wp-edu] Plugin AMP help

[James Groom]

Amy,

Right now we are recommending users against it, and pushing for straight
embeds in HTML view.  we then are going to go through the database and
rewite all the AMP code for YouTUbe videos (99% of the usage) to a straight
embed code which should solve the problem with bad code and lost videos.  As
of Fall 2010, Anarchy will no longer be available, and we'll check out what
the best options for audio uploads are.  We've stayed away from PodPress
because it too is a resource hound, and adds an unimaginable amount of
tables to each blog database.  More than that, no one uploads their own
videos onto UMW Blogs.

Viper's plugin integrated into 2.9.1 is promising, but I haven;t tested that
with audio yet.  Anarchy worked brilliantly with audio, but turns out most
folks used it for YouTube, nonetheless, it was a beautiful thing for audio
when it was still supported.  I'll miss you anarchy.

Jim

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Amy Hendrix <amy.hendrix at duke.edu> wrote:

> Hey Jim,
>
> Can you say more about your process for transitioning away from AMP?
> Given AMP's state of (non)support and WP native embeds, we'd like to
> nudge our people away from it before our service gets too much bigger,
> but we wouldn't want to just shut it off if it's going to break the
> content that's already in place. Are you giving your users warnings?
> self-help instructions? some kind of upgrade scripts for existing
> embeds?
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:53 PM, James Groom <jimgroom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Patrick,
> >
> > We use Anarchy Media Player still at UMW Blogs, but are in the process of
> > phasing it out because it is not supported anymore, and can be a bit of a
> > resource hound.  That said, I personally haven't found a media player
> that
> > works nearly as well.
> >
> > If you still want to use I can send you the files I have and are working.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jim
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Laverty, Patrick
> > <Patrick_Laverty at brown.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Having some trouble with the Anarchos Media Player (AMP) plugin.  It
> seems
> >> like a pretty straightforward plugin, unzip into my mu-plugins directory
> and
> >> then activate.  Ok, problem there.  I’m looking in my Site Admin, and
> >> there’s no reference to anything that looks like AMP.  However, I do get
> the
> >> yellow A button on my editor when I create a new post.  But when I click
> on
> >> the A button, I get nothing.  I ran firebug, and the error that I get is
> >> “edInsertVideoSite is not defined”
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone heard of this?  I’m not finding much with google and the AMP’s
> own
> >> forums seem to be taken over by pharmaspam.  That’s not very
> re-assuring.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Or if you use a different but similar plugin from AMP, what is it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
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