I just watched your video at http://vimeo.com/4225441?pg=embed&sec=&hd=1 and followed it. When cron runs, or if I check the box to convert automatically, the little status box does not mention flashvideo at all nor are the videos are not converted. I can manually convert the videos just fine. Problem is, even after a manual converson the node does not see the video so this does not really help any. I went over to http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player-setup-wizard and was given the following code and a preview of it... which work just fine on their site:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/swfobject.js"></script> 
<div id="player">This text will be replaced</div> 
<script type="text/javascript">var so = new SWFObject('http://www.wgretc.org/files/Player.swf','mpl','470','320','9');so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');so.addParam('flashvars','&file=http://www.wgretc.org/files/Up.flv');so.write('player');</script>

I am at a loss for what to do now, but REALLY want to get this working...

Thanks,
Gene

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gliverman commented

By the way, my site runs on a VM build with http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/drupal6

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attheshow commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

If you're not seeing a conversion status message from FlashVideo (either success or failure) then something's definitely wrong. The module runs a drupal_set_message command after file conversion to let you know what happened during the conversion process.

Are you sure you have FlashVideo enabled for the content type that you're working with?

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gliverman commented

I think I do, but how can I verify it?

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attheshow commented

So if you go to admin/settings/flashvideo/ on your site, you'll see a listing at the bottom showing which content types the module is operating on (look under the "status" column).

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gliverman commented

I deleted the content type and started over... same results (verified that it was enabled for video_page, which is the new type). Is there something on the database side I can check?

Thanks for getting to this so fast!

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attheshow commented

Are you using a core theme? The only reason I can think of that you wouldn't get a message from FlashVideo is if you were using a theme that didn't display messages from Drupal. I'd try switching to Garland and see if you get a conversion message.

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gliverman commented

I am not using a core theme but I do get the messages. It is not just that I am not seeing the message, the videos are never being converted at all. Is there something I can look at in the database to see if the module is attempting conversion or working at all?

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attheshow commented
Priority: Critical » Normal

If you're seeing the messages, then that is the report that you're looking for. You're not going to find more useful information in the database. If the conversion is failing, you should be making note of the message displayed, because that is the FFMPEG command that the FlashVideo module attempted to run. If it's failing, then it's most likely a problem with your FFMPEG installation. Try running the command from the command line. If the video can't be generated from the command line, then FlashVideo won't be able to generate it either.

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attheshow commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

No activity for over a month. Closing issue.