Closed (duplicate)
Project:
Video
Version:
6.x-4.1-rc6
Component:
User interface
Priority:
Normal
Category:
Support request
Assigned:
Unassigned
Reporter:
Created:
12 Oct 2010 at 18:54 UTC
Updated:
26 Oct 2011 at 07:21 UTC
I'm implementing a site for users that may not be the most computer literate. When creating content that contains a video field, there are two options that they probably won't understand and be overwhelmed by…
Dimensions for Video Transcoding
Dimensions for Video Player
The transcoding help text says that "This will create your player with these dimensions." Does that mean that the video player select box is ignored?
What would be sensible defaults for the dimension select boxes? Having a default list of over 25 preset dimensions doesn't help my users. In my testing, it was easy to create a player that didn't show controls because the player dimensions were too small.
Is there a way to hide the dimensions select boxes and just automatically use the dimensions of the uploaded video? I could hide the select boxes using FormFilter, but I'm not sure what would happen with the video and player dimensions that would be displayed. Also, every video for that content type won't be the same size.
I didn't see anything in the documentation that would help:
Configure video module:
http://video.heidisoft.com/documentation/configuring-video-module
Create content with video field:
http://video.heidisoft.com/documentation/create-video-content-type
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video module field edit.png | 103.18 KB | dkingofpa |
Comments
Comment #1
ailgm commentedI agree. This would be very helpful, particularly if the dimensions were calculated to provide sufficient room for the player controls plus the video to be shown.
Comment #2
hypertext200It is very difficult to deal with dimensions of the video, cause we should keep in mind about the aspect rations and exact dimensions match for transcoding. Currently when you upload a video you can see we are populating suggested matched aspect ratios and dimensions for video conversion.
Comment #3
ailgm commentedWell, no. sorry but I don't see the suggested populating occurring. I'm using 6.x-4.2-beta2, and the dimensions after upload are just defaulting to the default video resolution/player dimensions set under "Video Advanced Settings" for the CCK field.
Comment #4
hypertext200Please check the log. If system cannot detect the widthXheight u can see the issue there and you can re-compile the FFMPEG package with proper configs
Comment #5
Jorrit commentedThis feature has been requested at #984668: Option to encode at exact resolution of the source video. Please subscribe to that feature request.