I'm working on a site for a social organization, their video.module (and video_image.module) is misbehaving very badly. I don't speak enough PHP to solve the problem so I am offering up a little chunk of cash to solve this issue. I can pay $70 bucks for what I hope would be an hour or so of time for a more seasoned pro to look it over and sharpshoot my problem. I have full intent to post the fix and possible code changes once its sorted out. Let me lay out the problem here.
Dev version of video.module, currently marked as "working" for Drupal 5.1:
http://drupal.org/node/120303
Here is the issue:
Attaching manual thumbnails (not with ffmpeg) gives no results. Creating nodes in all other aspects works flawlessly, metadata and video file uploads work fantastic, results are great except no thumbnails are created. After submitting the node there is no thumbnail visible, and no thumbnail uploaded to the files or files/images directories. Its my suspicion that the thumbnail file is not uploaded at all.
The other interesting detail is that I experience the same problem if I try to use the image_attach.module to stick on a thumbnail. I am unable to create new image thumbnails using that module as well, and I can see that there are no new files created on the server as well. However, I am able to choose from a list of thumbnails that have already been uploaded.
When using image_attach on all other nodes, I have no diffficulty.
The author of video.module says that this was a known bug, link below, this suggests that thumbnails are broken when re-editing video nodes but I think my issue is that thumbnails are not created at all. Fabio thinks its related: http://drupal.org/node/111723
I also have a thread open on the video.module project:
http://drupal.org/node/150863
If you have an idea what is up with this, or feel like you could solve it and want to make a little pocket change, then please get in touch. I have exhausted my knowledge with this but still need a solution. I am happy to give temporary access to the server while you look it over (Dreamhost, who knows, might be half the problem right there).
Comments
All other nodes OK
I neglected to mention that all other node types (story, page, image, etc) accept thumbnails and file uploads. There does not seem to be an issue with file size limitations or php.ini setup.
Done
Hey there, I use the video module too and that was bothering me. I have written a patch that will do the following:
1) Fix the problem you listed above
2) Add an option to delete the old thumbnail when a new one is uploaded.
I've never replied to a bounty before, how do we go about making the transaction. Would you like me to post this patch to the video team for confirmation and inclusion?
relocated
Lets take this discussion to the issue tracker: http://drupal.org/node/150863