Media Center page: Video type not supported

jnardi - January 3, 2008 - 14:42
Project:Social Forum Call for Action
Version:5.x-.1.x-dev
Component:Code
Category:feature request
Priority:critical
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:postponed (maintainer needs more info)
Description

Many video types seem not to be working/supported.

Please list the supported video types and don't accept the others (also external links seem not to be working)

List max 5 videos and put a "more videos" link.

"Add video" link as well

#1

Benjamin Melançon - January 4, 2008 - 17:16
Status:active» postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Thiago wrote:

Hi friends.
From which video services videos can be linked to appear in wsf2008.net?

I've tested

http://www.dailymotion.com
http://www.quantumshift.tv/
http://www.esnips.com
http://www.indybay.org
http://www.multiply.com

and none of them worked.

If you can do the research of getting us the embed codes for all the video service you would like, we can add the capability to embed them.

#2

Benjamin Melançon - January 4, 2008 - 21:55
Category:bug report» feature request

Unless you can describe what's at issue with current handling, this is a feature request.

"Add video" link as well

Due to the required action space context, this (and similar requests like it) take a little more thought. That thought is now over here: http://drupal.org/node/206445

#3

Benjamin Melançon - January 7, 2008 - 17:43

Please test the services you want to use, and report what is the issue exactly? Include:

  • URL of the page you tried to add a video to
  • URL or copy of the file of the video you tried to add, and how you filled out the form

Only YouTube and Google take video IDs but we can auto-create embed codes for any service that offers embedded videos.

As described at "More information" on the node/add/video page:
http://www.wsf2008.net/eng/video/help#videofile

The Video module currently supports these file types:

.mov, .wmv, .rm, .flv, .swf, .dir, .dcr
To play these file types you need to enter in the path to the file. If your video is on the same webserver as drupal, you can use a path relative to the drupal directory, like "downloads/video.mov". If your video is on another server you can enter the URI to the video like "http://www.example.com/videos/my-video.mov".

YouTube.com support
You can host videos on youtube.com and put them on your site. To do this, after you upload the video on youtube.com enter the video ID into the "Video File" field. If the URI youtube.com gives you for the video is "http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=XM4QYXPf-s8" you would enter "XM4QYXPf-s8".

Google Video support
You can host videos on video.google.com and put them on your site. To do this, after you upload the video on Google video enter get the the embed code. In this code you will find an attribute like src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1591729516923874694" . You will need the -1591729516923874694 like number just after docId= . Then use "google:-1591729516923874694" as video file value.

#4

pierregrg - January 8, 2008 - 21:27

here is one case

http://dev.wsf2008.net/fr/node/1825- video type not supported ......

when editing it i see ÊZgZxX48P4&rel=1

what can we do concretely ??

have a page list all the video on the site and screen them and send a message to all problematic video we can' t play and
tell them

your video is not playing properly

The Video module currently supports these file types+ you tube

.mov, .wmv, .rm, .flv, .swf, .dir, .dcr
To play these file types you need to enter in the path to the file. If your video is on the same webserver as drupal, you can use a path relative to the drupal directory, like "downloads/video.mov". If your video is on another server you can enter the URI to the video like "http://www.example.com/videos/my-video.mov".

#5

Benjamin Melançon - January 9, 2008 - 14:54

Pierre, you provided a bad link: &rel=1

See the &rel=1 ? That's not part of the video ID.

I've saved the node without that - just the 4EZgZxX48P4 - and it works now: http://www.wsf2008.net/eng/node/1825

 
 

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