HI all! I was wondering how I can stream videos off of my site? I have some mma class tutorial clips i wanna post on my drupal but am not aware how i can do it. I want it to where some one can click on the link then watch youtube style almost. Thank you in advance for any help!

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ref1mind’s picture

no help at all? wow lol...please can someone help me out? Thank you

justageek’s picture

What format are your videos? There are different methods for embedding Quicktime and Windows Media vs. playing Flash flv files, which is what Youtube uses. You would have to encode them in flash video format to do "youtube style", or set up your own youtube page and load them there, then just embed the html code for each one in a Drupal node. If you encode them yourself, you can upload them as file attachments, either one per node or multiple on a node. You would need to create your own node template that loads the video into a Flash video player, there are several free Flash video players available for download.

There is a video module system for Drupal 5 but it doesn't appear to be moving towards Drupal 6.

arh1’s picture

there are lots of ways to handle videos, depending on your resources and needs. do you want to host the videos yourself, or just "embed" videos from 3rd-party video hosts? start by looking at the contributed Media modules.

if you want to host your own videos, i've been very happy with the OpenPackage Video module. also check out Sean Effel's excellent tutorial on using FileField and the jQuery Media module.

if you just want to "embed" videos from a service like youtube, check out the Embedded Media module with CCK.

these are just a few starting points off the top of my head. good luck!

ref1mind’s picture

thank you so much for your help and input!
I am looking to host these files myself and the format i believe is .AVI

junedkazi’s picture

One can use flashvideo module to upload video files
http://drupal.org/project/flashvideo

The flashvideo module requires ffmpeg. Refer too
http://drupal.org/node/237072
on how to install ffmpeg

If you want to try out a demo or read futher instructions on
how to use this module refer to
http://www.travistidwell.com/flashvideo

There is one more module called as OpenPackage Video
http://drupal.org/project/op_video

Hope it help .

JUNED KAZI
http://junedkazi.blogspot.com/

ref1mind’s picture

right but my movie isnt flash and i can upload them myself with my hosting so how would i do that? the movie is avi format.

justageek’s picture

Just don't see many avi files any more on the web, I know you can easily embed flash or quicktime movies and not worry much about browser support, and probably wmv files, but avi I'd avoid, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi for info on .avi formats, it recommends newer 'containers' like quicktime.

ref1mind’s picture

ok i could live with i suppose so that leaves me no choice but to convert then.

so then what would you recommend for avi to flash? also would i lose quality?

mm167’s picture

1. looks u are a newbie and u dont know the details of video streaming.
2. we may give u suggestions, but we need to know more about your case.
3. are u talking LAN and internet video streaming? The solutions are not the same.
4. who will provide the videos? only you (i.e. the admin) or other member? do u need to provide a simple way for the conversion and upload? ....remember, there's no free lunch.
...

good day.

We go the drupal way. How about you?
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VM’s picture

Without a streaming service or server, you won't be streaming video anyway. I think your terminology here is confusing the others.
you want to serve video from your site.

Flash produces good quality and small file sizes. That will be the way you want to go to have more than a few users on your site using the videos. Otherwise you run the risk of running out of bandwidth and using too many server resources. These will be issues on a shared server where you are already competeing for those resouces.

junedkazi’s picture

That is the reason I suggested flashvideo because what ever your video format
flash video converts it into flash using ffmpeg .
Just check the flashvideo module and its documentation .

JUNED KAZI
http://junedkazi.blogspot.com/

mike stewart’s picture

another option is the media mover module to convert video. it uses ffmpeg to harvest, process, and store video. it is amazingly flexible. (aka complex). good for doing everything yourself.

you might also check out kaltura. good for relying on a service that can do various pieces for you.