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Rails plugin that easily allows you to show video streams on your site.

h2. ActsAsVideoFu

A Rails plugin that easily allows you to show video streams on your site. Currently, YouTube and Vimeo streams are supported.

Note that #video_url is expected to be in these formats:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEILFf2XSrM 
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/726135

h3. Installation

Install the gem

sudo gem install mdarby-acts_as_video_fu

Require the gem in your config/environment.rb file

config.gem 'mdarby-acts_as_video_fu', :lib => 'acts_as_video_fu'

h3. Example

Generate a resource that includes the title:string and video_url:string attributes

./script/generate scaffold Video title:string video_url:string

Add 'acts_as_video_fu' to your model

class Video 

Show the video's thumbnail in any view you might like


Add the 'display_video' helper to show the full-sized video in any view you might like


Copyright (c) 2008 Matt Darby, released under the MIT license