{"id":57,"date":"2022-10-05T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.familie-lahme.de\/?p=57"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T10:36:18","slug":"wordpress-and-the-media-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.familie-lahme.de\/index.php\/2022\/10\/05\/wordpress-and-the-media-library\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress and the Media Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I run WordPress on my own device at home. All the media files I am using and will be using are also hosted on a machine in my network using Nextcloud.
If I want to use a media file in a post I need to upload the file from Nextcloud to the WordPress server, which makes the file physically duplicated.
For images there is an option in Nextcloud to prevent this.
If I share a file public, I get a link to it like so:
https:\/\/nextcloud.familie-lahme.de:1443\/index.php\/s\/pXcBkCWNn7qTQd8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can now click on that link and you will be redirected to my Nextcloud instance and the file will be presented for downloading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, if I modify this link like so:
“https:\/\/nextcloud.familie-lahme.de:1443\/index.php\/s\/pXcBkCWNn7qTQd8\/preview<\/a>“
You still can click on the link, but you will only see the picture itself.
And this can be used in WordPress to embed the picture:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For video files, this method is not supported. Nextcloud is able to playback videos embedded on its own page, but it does not allow this for remote sites. As an example here is the Nextcloud intro video embedded like the image file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As You can see, you can see nothing.
Here the link to the file: https:\/\/nextcloud.familie-lahme.de:1443\/index.php\/s\/C6yGGnaanGYGTxy<\/a>
Now I extend the URL with the “preview” flag:<\/p>\n\n\n\n