Video Module

Hi Everyone!

Im looking for a Video Module but not only for videos

im getting sick creating many albums on my profile only to upload videos for my site

I want to upload videos from my admin cpanel without creating new albums to upload videos

will be nice for admin to upload videos from the cpanel for the site so people can enjoy the videos

only members can create albums and upload videos for the site this is not only for videos, sounds, files and photos

if you can make this please let me know

Thank's a lot

There is no way that I am aware of at this time.. Since the video has to be converted via ffmpeg and creates several instances of the file (.flv, .mp4, etc.) there is no way to mass upload videos via FTP and/or cPanel.

I don't know what to say about that

but everything is possible on this planet remember Zarcon is 2010 the technology is much better than 1930

lol

Watch me making cropcircle with out going on the ground

You can do this pretty easy, but not using the Dolphin video module.

To create a video showcase do the following

Create a folder in your webroot - call it showcase (or whatever)

Download jwplayer from http://www.longtailvideo.com

Upload to showcase folder

On the page you want the video to display, create a custom html block with following code

CODE REMOVED AS IT IS BEINGS STRIPPED OUT - SEE POST BELOW

Where yourvid.flv is your video

So now you should have a file showing in the video player in a block on your page.

I have not tested this, so please check things like file paths, and video format settings are correct. More info on setting up JWPlayer including a quick wizard can be found at http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12/install-the-jw-player-for-flash-v5

The only caveat is that you may have to convert your video before uploading it, but from memory JWPlayer plays most formats.

The next thing to do is to add a plugin to the player - the one you want is the Drelated plugin - http://www.longtailvideo.com/addons/plugins/54/D-Related

This plugin allows you to show thumbnails of selected clips in the video player window - just like the utube video above. You will need to do two things to get this to work.

1 / install the plugin (instructions via link above)

2 / either manually create an XML clip list to use with the plugin - as per instructions

or...

2 / write a bit of php code that reads in any the videos to the directory and automatically creates the xml list

Job done!!

Personally I would use the second option, and also expand on this idea a little and add in a post variable so that you can also use it to return the latest title.

EG

http://yoursite.com/showcase/yourvid.flv

Would become something like

http://yoursite.com/showcase/myscript.php?myvar=getlatest

and the drelated plugin would use

http://yoursite.com/showcase/myscript.php?myvar=getxml

Then all you have to do is simply upload your videos by ftp and it automatically does the rest

HTH

/DM

Forgot to mention, I had the jwplayer installed on my old D6 site - I replaced the Boonex player. It worked really well. You can also get plugins for things like video watermarks and also pre/post advertising.

/DM

See I call this support

Thank's a lot DeeEmm

Told you Zarcon Everything is possible

Just taken a look at this - the code snippet above is trashed - most of it has been stripped out by the forum so don't use it - go to the link above to generate your own. You will also need to use the embed code and not the flash code. Just click the link next to the code window on the setup wizard page to get the correct code.

/DM

Longtailvideo have released their JW6 player that handles both HTML5 & Flash player.

You third party integraters could possibly find a market and explore their 10 site package.