Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

16 Jan 2007, 23:03

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Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

My client wants to start selling educational videos in their Zen Cart store. They got this great idea about capturing 1-2 minutes of each video and embedding the clips as streaming video onto the product pages. Is there a way of doing this?

My gut feeling is no, so if not I'll just set up a link to page featuring just the video.

Thank you for any help,
Chris

09 Feb 2007, 20:28

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snarkys

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

im also interested

09 Feb 2007, 21:03

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pablosan

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

wildpete:
My client wants to start selling educational videos in their Zen Cart store. They got this great idea about capturing 1-2 minutes of each video and embedding the clips as streaming video onto the product pages. Is there a way of doing this?

My gut feeling is no, so if not I'll just set up a link to page featuring just the video.

Thank you for any help,
Chris

Try taking some you tube <embed> code and sticking it in the product descriptions area with the Htmlarea editor.

Should work I stuck .swf in there.

Funny you asked I just saw a thsirt store with youtube in there sideboxes 2 minutes ago.

09 Feb 2007, 22:31

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bunyip

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

wildpete:
My gut feeling is no, so if not I'll just set up a link to page featuring just the video.

There's really no limit to how you can customize this cart (although there are some really complex things I've been asked to consider that would take so long to implement it wouldn't make good business sense). I customized a cart a year or so back so the site owner could easily incorporate video clips into his products from the admin panel, without having to struggle with any html code.
I created a new product type with additional input fields on it for video info and upload file. From memory it took about 20 hours work to code, test and tweak.

You can see the result at the visual church

15 Feb 2007, 21:49

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troy77

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

Hi,
Ive managed to use youtube in my product listings, check it out:

http://thefishkrib.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_1&products_id=1

15 Feb 2007, 22:42

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troy77

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

The sites gonna be under construction till the end of the month so if anyone would like to see it then PM me your IP and ill put it in admin

28 Feb 2007, 22:16

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troy77

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

Sorry the site is open now so i dont have the video clip in there anymore.

01 Mar 2007, 23:18

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troy77

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

Right people ive opend a test site and you can see the videos in action here.

If you want to use this try of system the you will need to sign up with youtube, (its free) so heres the web link to my test site: http://www.thefishkrib.com/tester

28 Apr 2007, 11:49

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brisbanetimeout

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

Hi,

That is excatly what I am looking for... is there a way that you could get rid of the You Tube logo ...?? Not sure if You Tube would like it much...

Anyone else know of a way to do this ??

Thanks
Dave

29 Apr 2007, 04:50

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pablosan

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

If you use your tube I think your stuck with it.

It's not hard to include video in a page. Eityher in quicktime, flash or even mpeg, WMV e.t.c

Just come up with the video. Doesn't take much bandwidth from your server unless your getting thousands of hits a day on it.

30 Apr 2007, 12:15

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brisbanetimeout

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

Ok... I have got the video files... I can have them in WMV or SMF formats.. can I have a graphic of the DVD and then below the graphic , have the sample clip ready for the customer to click the play button... I was looking at using flash as the skin.. but was not sure about adding a graphic AND the video... next qestion is how do you list the clip... must have to enter code or somethign manually I would guess... anyone know how >??

30 Jan 2008, 02:40

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siditty

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

did you just insert an embeded code on your page?

16 Feb 2008, 16:10

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saher_alsous

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Re: Inserting Streaming Video into Product Pages

hi there

im having a problem with this issue in fact, and im confused!

i added youtube embedded video code into my product description, when i clicked at preview the video worked...

but when i opened the product online in the product preview. there was nothing!!!!!! as if i didn't add anything, how can i fix this?

regards

saher