I've tried to actually embed a playable video on dashboards, using the web page widget and some simple HTML 5 markup. It works great on the desktop but for mobile you will be presented with a URL like my first screenshot below. However, upon clicking this link from mobile, you will be directed to a page where you can play/download the video. Would that work? HTML code below as well.
1) put the below code in a code page in QB--replacing my URL in quotes (src="....") with your video's URL. Call it something like "videoembed.html"
2) display videoembed.html page in a website widget in a dashboard page (copy the URL from the page preview and paste that into the web widget)
Let me know if you have any questions!
Charlie
Code page snippet:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body>
<video width="400" controls> <source src="https://mcftech.quickbase.com/up/....."; type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support HTML5 video. </video> </body> </html>
Hey Charlie, this is exactly what I'm looking for... My issue is that I'm having trouble with the notation for the source link... any insight would be greatly appreciated. I keep getting invalid link.
You can use the iframe technique from the magic buttons app.
create a formula rich text field, [iframe], and give it the following code: "<video src = " & URLRoot() &"up/"& Dbid() &"/a/r"& [Record ID#]&"/e9/v0\" width=\"500\" controls>\n</video>"
rename the [attachment] field to whatever yours is named.
create a report link field, [link], and set the field relationship as follows:
In my example the app name is QB Developer Resources and the table name is Tests; set the relationship to match your app and table name.
Next add the link field to your form and it will display the video and the user can play the video on the form.
Need to make note that in the iframe code: "<video src = " & URLRoot() &"up/"& Dbid() &"/a/r"& [Record ID#]&"/e9/v0\" width=\"500\" controls>\n</video>"
substitute the 9 in 'e9' for the field ID# of your attachment field.
