I'm using using uwe hermann's patched version of video.module for 4.6, here: http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/sandbox/uwe/

Problem: cannot get .mov files to display/play in video nodes, although drupal recognizes the existence of the file, since it autofills the file size when I preview. The node simply shows up with blank content. This is the case in Firefox1.5/Mac, Safari/Mac and Omniweb/Mac, all of which can otherwise play QT files successfully. The directory the video is in is chmodded 777.

Question 1:Any suggestions, no matter how simple? I'm a n00b and surely missing something obvious.

Question 2:In ?q=admin/settings/video it asks for the
Location of Flash player skin:
and has an autofill value of
modules/video/FLVPlayer_Skin.swf

and

Filename of Flash loader:
and has an autofill value of
Player.swf

I'm a bit confused - the video.module folder doesn't include a FLVPlayer_Skin.swf file, and the drupal root directory doesn't include a Player.swf file. I can't find them anywhere in my installation, so can't point the admin settings to them. Where do I find these files & where to upload them, or what am I doing incorrectly? Thanks much!

Comments

kgp22’s picture

Exactly THE SAME problem I have.
I just wish someone would just integrate an existing flash video player with Drupal.

REQUEST: FLV player integration with DRUPAL

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Video_Player

The player, as you might have read can be integrated with Wordpress, Typo3 and Textpattern

Adrian Freed’s picture

I seem to remember there was a problem with the license for FLV

canen’s picture

From FILE_TYPES.txt for the video module from CVS.

.flv
Video.module for drupal 4.7 now support Macromedia Flash FLV Videos
using FlowPlayer ( http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/ ).
To use .flv files simply download Flowplayer and put the file
called "Player.swf" into your Drupal folder.

I haven't tried it yet and the name of the file is FlowPlayer.swf, not Player.swf. I don't know about the FLVPlayer_Skin.swf option though. I'll let you know if I come up with something.

Update:
The FLVPlayer_Skin.swf file can be found here http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/video/?hideat... . Don't know how legal it is.

radiofranky’s picture

:)

radiofranky’s picture

4.6 patched video.module doesn't have thumbnail option.
does anyone knows how to add one?

fax8’s picture

This is becouse the patch as been created before the new feature of thumbnails.
In order to enable thumbnailing on 4.6 a backporting patch need to be done.

Fabio

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fax8’s picture

Did you correctly set video X and Y size fields?

Fabio

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radiofranky’s picture

with thumbnail option included? Also did anyone got "video upload" working? Thanks