Media Access on Moodles front page

Media Access on Moodles front page

by Daniel Brouse -
Number of replies: 2

I have been developing a site (http://practicalnutritionclass.com/moodle/) for a while and thought everything was working perfectly until I tried to play some of the video clips (.flv files made via Camtasia) using another browser and without logging in. I was astounded when the following message popped up in place of the video clip:

Access not allowed


Later I verified that this is not a browser problem (firefox, opera and IE all have the problem) but a login problem. I would like visitors, who have not logged in, to be able to watch the video clips on the front page of the site. It appears that because I had viewed the clips when logged in, that later, when I tested to see if a non-logged visitor could view the clips, I was able to see the clips even though a visitor would not be allowed.


I am sure that I have viewed some Moodle installations that have video clips available for a non-logged visitor to view. How can I do this? For any who respond, thanks in advance.

Average of ratings: -
In reply to Daniel Brouse

Re: Media Access on Moodles front page

by Martin Dougiamas -
Picture of Core developers Picture of Documentation writers Picture of Moodle HQ Picture of Particularly helpful Moodlers Picture of Plugin developers Picture of Testers
Upload them into your Site Files area (and not inside a course).
In reply to Martin Dougiamas

Re: Media Access on Moodles front page

by Daniel Brouse -
Thank you very much. I moved the folder containing the flash files to the "Files" subdirectory just one level below the the Moodle directory --- and it worked perfectly.

I appologize for asking a question with such a simple answer. I am sure that information is listed somewhere but I had searched in the MoodleDocs and discussion forums on several occasions without finding any help. Thanks again.