By cspalmisano on

I'm having some trouble getting the FlashVideo module to work. I completed Travis' tutorial but still cannot resolve the problem.

-I have FFMPEG installed at /usr/bin/ffmpeg
-I enabled FlashVideo for the Page node type
-I create a new page
-Upload the video file
-Add the [video] tag in the page body
-Submit the page
-Manually run a cron job
-Refresh the page and I get nothing. I don't even get the text that says "Video Currently Not Available"

I suspect the problem may lie in the FlashVideo settings.
1. For the Flash Player Name field is says: "The name of the Flash Player. Note: This player MUST reside in the output directory to work.". However, no flash player swf file is provided. Is this something I need to create?

2. Under FFMPEG settings "Output Directory" is left empty by default. Should I change this?

Is there something else I am missing?

Any help is most appreciated.

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Ateneo commented

no flash player swf file is provided. Is this something I need to create?

Hi cspalmisano!

Yes, download the player here http://www.jeroenwijering.com/upload/flash_flv_player.zip

This player (file .swf) must reside in the output directory to work.

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cspalmisano commented

That makes sense. This zip file contains a number of files in addition to flvplayer.swf, do I need to upload these as well?

Also, by default the FlashVideo module names the player "Player.swf". Should I
A. Change this to the default name of the flash player in the zip file "flvplayer.swf"
B. Rename flvplayer.swf to player.swf

Does it matter?

Thanks again for the help!

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newms commented

Did you get flashvideo to work? I have tried it out and have ffmpeg installed, but whenever I upload a video ffmpeg doesn't convert the video and the ffmpeg_data table is empty.

newms

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gillesbailleux
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Using wamp, the ffmpeg_data table is also empty.

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newms commented

I eventually got flashVideo to work, but I'm not sure what exactly I did to get it to work :(

newms

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newms commented

I eventually got flashVideo to work, but I'm not sure what exactly I did to get it to work :(

newms

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travist commented

I have updated this tutorial, and updated the FlashVideo module. The update is still in BETA, but should resolve some known issues. Please review my changes to the tutorial, especially the two pages....

  • Set up the php.ini file for the FlashVideo Module
  • Download the Flash Player

Please let me know if you have any problems. You are more than welcome to contact me using my contact form.

Thanks,

Travis.

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enboig commented

I am trying to use this just to show flv files (I will encode them locally); but I don't get where I should put the player. I have put it in /files folder (where the flv file is), but don't work.

If I don't plan to use ffmpeg where should I put it?

thanks

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travist commented

Try the latest update and let me know if this helps...

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weisswolfen commented

I have the same problem, I can't get this video playing. In my situation having done same as cspalmisano and checked in FFMPEG LOG CONVERSION DATA to be able to check which flv's are on the database.Still i have THE DREADED -VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE- I checked and the FLV is on the data base
in the FFMPEG_data.. sites/default/files/39_apple_store_fun.flv. But when I check the ..sites/default/files/..... on FTP the flv is not there. Why two different readings of the same file??
I also don't know where to find so called OUTPUT DIRECTORY. HELP HELP THANKS

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thomasmurphy commented

Or should I create it somewhere?

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tnt2000 commented

Hi everybody, I'm trying to display a list of latest flash videos. How can I do this? I've created a content type called 'flvideo' but I can't reach the videos by /flvideo link. I need help..