Title says it all. I don't want to upload a video. It's already on the server. How do I add THAT rather than have to upload everything? Only 3 videos are needed, and they're already ftp'd to the server.

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Jorrit commented

Have you looked at the FileField Sources module? It should support selecting existing files.

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Seneschall commented

Not sure if it's filefield sources doing this or not, but I'm getting "The file used in the video field may not be referenced." The file gets renamed to file_0.avi for whatever reason, too. I made sure it's CHMOD'ed & CHOWN'ed correctly.

Seneschall’s picture

Seneschall commented

Converted it to mp4 and now it doesn't even show up in the list of media.

Jorrit’s picture

Jorrit commented

Are you still experiencing this issue?

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Jorrit commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)
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bunnicula commented
Issue summary: View changes

the Video module doesn't seem to integrate with Filefield Sources. "Video Upload" is its own widget.

Currently, it seems, If the user wants the same video on more than one page with the Video module, she has to upload that same video multiple times. Am I mistaken?

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brycefisherfleig commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (works as designed)

AFAIK, Video doesn't integrate with FileField sources module explicitly, although I'm not entirely sure how that module works.

Here's one way you could reuse the same video in multiple places on your site:

  • Create a custom taxonomy, for example "Videos"
  • Add a new video field to the Videos taxonomy
  • Add a taxonomy term reference field for "Videos" terms on the nodes (or other entities) that should ultimately be seen by your users.
  • Either right a custom field formatter or write a theme preprocess function that renders the video field from the Videos taxonomy term inside the node template.

Sorry, but as far as I know, there's not an easier way to do this.