Video Shortcode Only Returning a Link

Question

I am trying to dynamically load a video in the media library using the built in MediaElement player. To do this, I am using the do_shortcode() function to run the [video] shortcode and build up the necessary divs and such.

However, no matter what I do, the do_shortcode() with [video] only returns a href link and not the video player. Any suggestions?

<?php echo do_shortcode("[video src= 'link_to_my_video.mp4 ']"); ?>

Answer 1

Wordpress has this little minimally documented function, wp_video_shortcode()

Just pass an array with the necessary information as if you were writing out the shortcode.