[support] Video in Drupal 7

[Ryan LeTulle]

IMCE might not be necessary.  I think media has built-in browsing, uploading
etc.  I just always install IMCE boilerplate for most everything.
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On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ryan LeTulle <bayousoft at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the option I was describing:
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> Media, WYSIWYG, IMCE, IMCE Bridge, TinyMCE(what I use)
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> Create a content type with a textarea field capable of displaying the HTML
> required to embed you video(s).
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> Add the media toolbar button when configuring WYSIWYG buttons and plugins.
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> You can then insert videos using the editor.  The video embedding options
> seem good to me although I have only used flv so far.
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> One drawback is that by default a <p></p> tag wraps the video.  If this is
> for browser playback then that will be the least of your problems.
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> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Alex Adams <alex at a2technology.com> wrote:
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>>  I don’t think I need to convert the video if it can be played on the
>> site.  A thumbnail would be nice though.
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>> I don’t understand the integration with WYISWIG and an editor.  I’m using
>> NICEdit and it works fine for my filtered HTML fields, but what does it have
>> to do with videos?
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>> I tried the using the Media module’s multimedia field, but after upload,
>> nothing.  No image to represent the video, no link to the video, no playing
>> option for the video, no download option for the video.
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>> I’m not prejudiced toward one of the other.  I just need something that
>> works.
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>> Can you see that I am doing something wrong?
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>> Alex Adams
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>> *From: *Ryan LeTulle <bayousoft at gmail.com>
>> *Reply-To: *<support at drupal.org>, <bayousoft at gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:29:40 -0500
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>> *To: *<support at drupal.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [support] Video in Drupal 7
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>> Do you need the module to convert the video?
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>> If not, the media module integrates well with WYSIWYG and an editor (i.e.
>> TinyMCE).
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>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Alex Adams <alex at a2technology.com>
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>> I’m new to Drupal and am working with Drupal 7.  I’ve created a custom
>> content type to store videos.  I have the Media and Video modules installed.
>>  I seem to have 2 options for working with video.
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>> First I used the Video module.  It uploads and plays okay provided the
>> file is less than 8 MB.  I have changed the variable to 50 MB in the setup
>>  section, but it continues to only handle <8 MB.  It also throws errors when
>> the node is displayed in summary or full view, even though the video is
>> displayed and plays.
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>> Second I tried the multimedia option for the Media module set for video.
>>  There are fewer settings.  It goes through the process of uploading I
>> think, but there nothing displayed for the video, just a question mark icon.
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>> It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early
>> alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
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>> Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Alex Adams
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