video 6.x-4.4

Note: Release 6.x-4.3 was created with an old version of the code by accident. Release 4.4 is what should have been release 4.3.

General remarks

When you intend to use ffmpeg to transcode videos, make sure your ffmpeg installation handles all the file formats before installing the module. Linux distributions using precompiled binaries, such as Ubuntu, usually do not provide the best compile options and it is advised to compile ffmpeg yourself.

The following guides will help you to get a good ffmpeg installation:

• Ubuntu: ffmpeg compilation guide
• Ubuntu: guide to enhance your ffmpeg installation using precompiled packages
• Gentoo: make sure to setup the right USE flags before installing
• Windows: Windows packages

Backwards incompatible changes since 6.x-4.2:

None

Bugfixes since 6.x-4.2:

1. #1319022 by Jorrit: Updated default preset to Flash instead of no default preset
2. #1318986 by Jorrit: Fixed removing vid_* variables when uninstalling
3. #1204530 by Jorrit: Fixed built-in HTML5 player standards conformance
4. #865956 by nathan.zhu: Fixed dimensions value in video_files table being empty when using Save button instead of Upload button.
5. #1011118 by Jorrit: Fixed saving dimensions and player dimensions for Video FTP fields
6. #967702 by ericpai, Jorrit: Remove manually uploaded thumbnails from the files table when deleting the video.
7. #1190246 by crispymix: Video dimensions instead of player dimensions were used to render a VideoJS player.

Enhancements since 6.x-4.2:

1. #1099744 by Jorrit: Added autoplay support to the built-in HTML5 player
2. #1210986 by mvc: log an error when generated thumbnail image is empty.

New features since 6.x-4.2:

None

Documentation changes since 6.x-4.2:

1. Update README.txt and INSTALL.txt and translate them to Markdown format.

Other changes since 6.x-4.2:

None

Known errors

Issues regarding Zencoder and S3 have not been addressed in this release. One of the upcoming Video 6.x-4 releases will be dedicated to these submodules.