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Local (on-wiki)

Local video files are displayed in a player automatically. For example, File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4 is automatically handed over to an HTML5 video player just by linking normally to the file.

You type
[[File:Dave_Matthews_Band_-_You_Me.mp4]]
You get

Cloud (e.g. YouTube)

Video files hosted on any of the 30 supported platforms including YouTube, Vimeo, Archive.org can be displayed/played easily.

You type You get
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVztZI-OMUg|720|right|Michael Franti & Spearhead - Good to be Alive Today (Acoustic remix)|frame}}
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Good to be Alive Today (Acoustic remix)
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsYTj9kCHE|720|left|Let eet GO|frame}}
Let eet GO

Syntax

For more details on the link syntax for videos, as well as the list of supported services, see the extension page .

Finding Local Videos

You can use the Special:MIMESearch page to search for video files. If you're using the Visual Editor, then you can search right in the edit window.