Let us shed some light on video upload
I decided to write this post because more and more Dolphin users complain about non-processed and non-visible video files that they upload. This article will also find its place in the Trac.
Well, first of all, I would like to tell you about one very important hosting setting - it is the mod_security module. It causes uploads result in 403 error. But BoonEx still predicted such possible hindrance and put some instructions in the file flash - .htaccess. But these instructions will not work in some cases, especially if your server has mod_security2 installed. So, you need to contact your hosting provider and ask them disable mod_security for your hosting account.
The other problem is not visible right away unlike the previous one. This problem is caused by improper crons setup or inability to run ffmpeg.exe
1) the crons can be set up at any time after or during Dolphin installation, but only when they are set up and running, your video files will start to get processed. By default they will be processed every 5 minutes by 2 files a time. You can find how to set up your crons here.
2) the file ffmpeg.exe resides in the flash - modules - global - app folder and it needs to have writable permissions, that is 777 on Apache-module servers and 755 on CGI servers. This file should be also compatible with your operating system.
3) your hosting should allow executable files, otherwise you will not be able to run ffmpeg.exe
4) until your video files are not processed, you should not approve them in Administration - Modules - Videos. Approved videos will not be ever processed. So, you need to allow some time to pass by and then approve the videos. If you still did this before they got processed, you can change their statuses back to pending in the table RayVideoFiles. You even can refresh the contents of this table to see the current statuses of all uploaded files. It is amazing but the processed files will acquire the failed status (indicating that they were not yet approved). So if you see such statuses, you can approve those files. In the next versions BoonEx will make this process more human-friendly.
Thank you for your attention.
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1. Are you saying that Videos are only processed (by default) once every 5 minutes? This means it can take up to 5 minutes to process a video you upload.
2. Are you saying that only 2 Videos are processed every 5 minutes? Or that only 2 Videos are processed at a time until they are all processed on the 5 minute cycle?
3. How long does it take an average server to process 2 files?
4. How can the Newbies adjust see more
1. uploading and play .mov video file is fine, but video quality is very bad due to the very big compressed ratio,
say a 200mb .mov file to about 40mb .flv even set highest quality;
2. uploading .flv video file get much bigger .flv output file, such uploading 150mb .flv file get about 400mb .flv output file;
First, I'd like to thank "mydatery" for such good questions which I'd want to answer:
1) The cron "bx_videos" runs every 5 minutes; but when processing is not completed (for example there are 20 new videos, but only 2 are processed) it will process the other videos every time the main "cron.php" runs (by default every minute). So, basically if there are many videos, they will be processed every minute after the first 5 minutes have passed.
2) see more
I have questions related to this I hope you can answer One concerns my own post that I haven't gotten a reply to. It is at:
http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/#topic/Red-warning-triangle-in-Flash-Apps-Admin.htm
Red warning triangles appears in the Flash Apps admin. See post for full explanation.
There also seems to be a problem with video/audio sync in the Flash recorder, both in video comments and the main recorder. I tested this on the Boonex Live Demo and found the see more
I have requested some screen shots in your forum post's comments.
use this
/ramdisk/bin/php5 -c /home6/sitedir/public_html/php.ini -q /home6/sitedir/public_html/periodic/cron.php
jdoyle55 mentioned that it would be nice to allow videos from anywhere on the web. This opens up several issues.
1. From a legal standpoint, it could open a person up to DCMA issues or at least to the issue of a "Cease and Desist" order if the content posted was copyrighted. At least with Youtube, they monitor the copyright issues pretty heavily, and will remove any videos that don't see more
1. To disable mod_security COMPLETELY, add the following line to the .htaccess file:
SecFilterEngine Off
OR, to disable HTTP POST scanning only, use the following instead:
SecFilterScanPOST Off
2. Save the file and test your web application to check whether disabling mod_security has solved your problem.
have nice day
Can you please help us find another way to solve this problem without reverting back to the stone age by placing SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
in our main .htaccess see more