I¹m new to Drupal and am working with Drupal 7. I¹ve 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.
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.
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.
It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex Adams wrote:
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
You need to ask for support in the issue queues of the modules you're using. See drupal.org/project/issues/<module> Where <module> is replaced with the module or theme your are working with.
Thanks Earnie. I'll do that.
Do you need the module to convert the video?
If not, the media module integrates well with WYSIWYG and an editor (i.e. TinyMCE). *
Ryan LeTulle*
bayousoft http://twitter.com/bayousoft -twitter
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Alex Adams alex@a2technology.com wrote:
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.
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.
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.
It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex Adams
hawkVision — see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com
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I don¹t think I need to convert the video if it can be played on the site. A thumbnail would be nice though.
I don¹t understand the integration with WYISWIG and an editor. I¹m using NICEdit and it works fine for my filtered HTML fields, but what does it have to do with videos?
I tried the using the Media module¹s 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.
I¹m not prejudiced toward one of the other. I just need something that works.
Can you see that I am doing something wrong?
This is the option I was describing:
Media, WYSIWYG, IMCE, IMCE Bridge, TinyMCE(what I use)
Create a content type with a textarea field capable of displaying the HTML required to embed you video(s).
Add the media toolbar button when configuring WYSIWYG buttons and plugins.
You can then insert videos using the editor. The video embedding options seem good to me although I have only used flv so far.
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. *
Ryan LeTulle*
bayousoft http://twitter.com/bayousoft -twitter
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Alex Adams alex@a2technology.com wrote:
I don’t think I need to convert the video if it can be played on the site. A thumbnail would be nice though.
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?
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.
I’m not prejudiced toward one of the other. I just need something that works.
Can you see that I am doing something wrong?
-- Alex Adams
hawkVision — see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com
*From: *Ryan LeTulle bayousoft@gmail.com *Reply-To: *support@drupal.org, bayousoft@gmail.com *Date: *Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:29:40 -0500
*To: *support@drupal.org *Subject: *Re: [support] Video in Drupal 7
Do you need the module to convert the video?
If not, the media module integrates well with WYSIWYG and an editor (i.e. TinyMCE).
Ryan LeTulle
bayousoft http://twitter.com/bayousoft -twitter
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Alex Adams alex@a2technology.com wrote:
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.
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.
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.
It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex Adams
hawkVision — see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 tel:831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com http://alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com http://www.a2technology.com
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IMCE might not be necessary. I think media has built-in browsing, uploading etc. I just always install IMCE boilerplate for most everything. *
Ryan LeTulle*
bayousoft http://twitter.com/bayousoft -twitter
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Ryan LeTulle bayousoft@gmail.com wrote:
This is the option I was describing:
Media, WYSIWYG, IMCE, IMCE Bridge, TinyMCE(what I use)
Create a content type with a textarea field capable of displaying the HTML required to embed you video(s).
Add the media toolbar button when configuring WYSIWYG buttons and plugins.
You can then insert videos using the editor. The video embedding options seem good to me although I have only used flv so far.
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.
Ryan LeTulle*
bayousoft http://twitter.com/bayousoft -twitter
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Alex Adams alex@a2technology.com wrote:
I don’t think I need to convert the video if it can be played on the site. A thumbnail would be nice though.
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?
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.
I’m not prejudiced toward one of the other. I just need something that works.
Can you see that I am doing something wrong?
-- Alex Adams
hawkVision — see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com
*From: *Ryan LeTulle bayousoft@gmail.com *Reply-To: *support@drupal.org, bayousoft@gmail.com *Date: *Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:29:40 -0500
*To: *support@drupal.org *Subject: *Re: [support] Video in Drupal 7
Do you need the module to convert the video?
If not, the media module integrates well with WYSIWYG and an editor (i.e. TinyMCE).
Ryan LeTulle
bayousoft http://twitter.com/bayousoft -twitter
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Alex Adams alex@a2technology.com wrote:
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.
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.
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.
It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex Adams
hawkVision — see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 tel:831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com http://alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com http://www.a2technology.com
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For your upload problems, see here:
If you are doing the video conversions on your own, then media will work. If you want the server to encode the videos for you, then the video module is what you are looking for, but you also need to have a server configured with FFMPEG to actually do the encoding. Some hosts offer this. On VPS or dedicated servers, it can be a pain to set up, especially if you want one of the more recent releases of FFMPEG.
Jamie Holly http://www.intoxination.net http://www.hollyit.net
On 6/4/2011 1:31 PM, Alex Adams wrote:
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.
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.
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.
It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex Adams
hawkVision --- see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com
Perhaps also, step back a moment and ask yourself whether or not hosting the videos directly on the site, by whatever method, is necessarily the best decision to take.
Each situation is unique but I do find strong arguments for hosting and delivering videos via a third party video hosting service.
It might be worth considering, especially if the solution via custom content type and one of the video delivery modules cannot fall into place without inordinate effort.
On 05/06/2011, at 3:31 AM, Alex Adams wrote:
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.
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.
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.
It seems that the Video module is the best choice, but it is in early alpha for 7.x and has some problems.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex Adams
hawkVision — see the elephant for what it is A2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-724-1397 alex@a2technology.com www.a2technology.com -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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John,
Good thoughts. I am using Drupal to build an app that is part digital asset management, part knowledge management and part augmented cognition. The digital asset management requires the storage of all kinds of documents and media as well as the ability to display as many as possible. So I need to do both. Store the iterations of the video files that are then hosted with YouTube or some other video host.
Got to have it all.
Thanks,
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