Video PopUp / pretty photo doesn't work

boomerangman · November 2016

Hi,

I like to create a video popup, that plays a video (NOT from Youtube and/or Vimeo, but a video which I have uploaded into my media directory instead). Without using prettyphoto class, it works. Using prettyphoto class I get a timeout.

I also don't have prettyphoto as a target option in the dropdown.

any suggestions? Thanks!

boomerangman · November 2016

ok to be more specific:

I am trying to open a video popup from a Zoom Box item. I am working with Muffin Builder.

In the Zoom Box properties I paste the link to my mp4 media files, which I have uploaded into my site media gallery.

In Link | Target I chose "Lightbox (image or embed video)"

(prettyphoto doesn't show as an option)

When I click on the Zoom Box on my page, after a short loading time an error occurs, saying the the image can not be found, make sure path is correct etc...

It works perfectly fine when using a Youtube link - which I don't want. I want to play a video directly from my site.

Is it a player issue maybe?

Albert · November 2016

Hi,

please send us link to page where pretty photo for self-hosting videos does not work so we can have a look on it.

boomerangman · November 2016

Hi, the link is www.thienhaus.org/umax/

vimeo works, youtube works, self-hosted doesn't. It is an mp4 link: http://thienhaus.org/umax/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/GOPR3001.mp4

thanks!

Albert · November 2016

Ok, got it. However, pretty photo does not work with self hosted videos unfortunately what was explained in every video item. Pretty photo works only with embed videos (YT and Vimeo). Please check the following screenshots where this was clearly marked:

http://pasteboard.co/qgA4ta0Rb.png
http://pasteboard.co/qgB0FYPyR.png

boomerangman · November 2016

Thanks!

But is there any other way to play self hosted videos in a popup? This doesn't sound like a crazy thought to me, so I guess there is a solution to that?

Albert · November 2016

Sorry but it's not possible. If you look at http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyPhoto-jquery-lightbox-clone you will realize that the prettyphoto library we use, does not allow to display self hosted videos.

boomerangman · November 2016

so there is literally no solution in betheme to display self hosted videos in a pop-up?

Albert · November 2016

Yes, exactly, we do not have any solution to display self-hosted videos in popup.

webpamplona · May 2017

Hi,

In the Zoom Box properties I paste the link from Youtube and doesn't works! I can't watch video, only show the lightbox without video.

In Link | Target I chose "Lightbox (image or embed video)"

I'm use WordPress 4.7.5 and the last version of BeTheme

Bryan · May 2017

Hi,
This is how I set it up, http://prntscr.com/fdpgc7
And it works, see: http://prntscr.com/fdpgmd
Please try to disable all plugins.
Also make sure that you did not disable lightbox in theme options>plugins&addons,
http://prntscr.com/fdpgza
thanks

Video PopUp / pretty photo doesn't work

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