How to include video tag / mp4 videos in a Jekyll blog

Question

I am not looking for a way to link to Youtube. I want to refer to a self-hosted mp4 file.

I already have {% audio my-file.mp3 %} working.

I am looking for an equivalent {% video my-file.mp4 %}.

If I use <video ... /> directly, I get an error "Liquid exception: Unknown tag 'video' in my-text.md".

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Edit: I think there is an existing Octopress plugin. But how do I install this / make it known to Jekyll?

Jhvh

Answer 1

To use the Octopress plugin, just save the video tag plugin in a _plugins folder.

Pleat