Should I use custom post types for a front page video feature (vimeo)?

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I’d like to create a front page video feature that embeds a vimeo video of the users choosing. I’d like the user to only have to input the video code. For instance, for http://vimeo.com/24474320 – I’d like them only to have to input “24474320”.

Should I use custom post types for this? If so, how do I set this up so that it limits the field size? I’m just getting started, and I’m relatively new at wordpress, so I don’t need to get into specific code necessarily – it’s more of a strategic question. How would you tackle this?

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Thanks,

Tim

———————–EDIT (Monday, June 6)

It would be awesome if all the user (backend) saw was this:

FRONT PAGE VIDEO FEATURE

Vimeo URL: [____________________________]

[Save] [Cancel]

Then I would call that video into the front page feature.

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  1. With oEmbed support in both WordPress and on Vimeo’s end, why not just use the [embed] shortcode?

    [embed]http://vimeo.com/24474320[/embed]

    This is easy to explain, and users are generally pretty comfortable with just copy-and-pasting a URL directly, rather than having to extract just the ID out of it.

    You can also turn on the option to just use the URL on a line by itself in a post, without the [embed] shortcode. Personally, I prefer the explicit shortcode, because it always works, and there’s less chance of other plugins interfering.

  2. You could set up a custom post type, and simply not register the editable content area.

    A better solution might be to look into the new Post Formats feature within WP. It explicitly has a post format of “video” that you might look into.