Video upload via FTP - But how to link to the video? Newbee problems.
First, I'm rather new to Drupal. And - my englisch should be better.
Nevertheless, I've a small problem.
I want to host some videos on my webspace. Unfortunately I have no access to the php-configuration. Therefore I can't adjust the upload_max_filesize. The filesize of the videos is much bigger and I've uploaded them via FTP. But I have absoluty no idea how to link them to a videoplayer module. Modules like FileField for CCK only give access to an upload form. But in my case I need a file browser to display the file folder and to choose the video.
I just experiment with FlashVideo and jQueryMedia. For a complete newbee it's challenge enough. The only succsess I had, was to upload a dummy video and to change the entries in the database manually. Not very elegant I think.
Has anyone a tip for a module? Any idea is welcome!
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investigate emfield.module
Personally, I'm counting on
Personally, I'm counting on this module for my site:
http://drupal.org/project/video_upload
Although I haven't actually tried it yet.
It has the advantage that none of the video files or the streaming
uses your own server resources.
Before I started working with Drupal I was totally ignorant about how
much resources it takes when hosting video media. Unless it is just
a handful of short videos on a small personal site, I think you'd need
a dedicated server to host them yourself. Not sure though.
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I used video_upload on a band site where fans of the band can upload their videos to the band site. It is a nice module. However, if don't want the videos stored on youtube then it won't fit the bill.
You are correct, uploading, converting, hosting videos requires a good deal of hardware. Likely more than a single dedicated server.