By jon_hello on

Hi there,
I am looking for some advice with building a drupal based website.

Basically I would like to create a site where :
- Users can updload videos
- Users can watch videos uploaded

The site would be flash based and therefore I wonder what is the best way to do.

A couple of problems I see :
- What is the best way to handle videos? (using the video module or doing something like flunkarnold.com presented at the DrupalCon)
- Is it possible to connect flash to play these videos from Drupal? I'd like a quite "cool" interface showing sort of a movie gallery in flash.

I look at flixya.com (not for the site but for the type of functionalities) and wonder what they picked to do this..

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Jonathan

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ajwwong’s picture

ajwwong commented

http://www.tunaspecial.com/?p=162

Albert
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jon_hello’s picture

jon_hello commented

my question was if this was the right way to do ?

Also I'd like a flash UI to browse the videos, sort of a grid with snapshots of the videos... that s where I sort of feel blocked..

Regards,
/J

lias’s picture

lias commented

Upload your videos to YouTube, enable the embed filter module and your users can add videos to your site without consuming your resources. The embed filter also handles files from iFilm and NowPublic.

http://drupal.org/project/embedfilter

Lsabug

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jorre commented

unfortunately, since microsoft released an internet explorer update, the tag causes a box around embedded flash content and needs to be clicked on first, before it can be played...

stupid IE...

vm’s picture

vm commented

correct once to activate the area, and once to play the file.

patrickharris’s picture

patrickharris commented

you can use javascript to overcome that problem.

vm’s picture

vm commented

and that script would be ? for the javascript disabled among us ? namely me ? : )

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patrickharris commented

are Unobtrusive Flash Objects (UFO) and SWFObject. An extra benefit is that people with javascript turned off will see a message along the lines of "you need javascript turned on to use this application". You can also choose to use Adobe's express install feature, where users can choose to upgrade their flash player if necessary.

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travist commented

Hey,

I just created a new module that does what you are asking for... It is called the FlashVideo module.

You can download it at www.drupal.org/project/flashvideo.

I have also written a complete multimedia tutorial on how to use this module to do what you are asking at www.travistidwell.com/flashvideo.

Hope this helps,

Travis T

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dharamgollapudi commented

Subscribing......

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jmlavarenne commented

me too