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General remarks
Release 4.7 aims to resolve several issues around using FFmpeg with the video module. Some major changes have been postponed to version 5, keep an eye on the project page for a release announcement in the near future.
When you intend to use FFmpeg to transcode videos, make sure your FFmpeg installation handles all the file formats before installing the module. Linux distributions using precompiled binaries, such as Ubuntu, usually do not provide the best compile options and it is advised to compile FFmpeg yourself.
The following guides will help you to get a good FFmpeg installation:
- Ubuntu: FFmpeg compilation guide
- Ubuntu: guide to enhance your FFmpeg installation using precompiled packages
- Gentoo: make sure to setup the right USE flags before installing
- Windows: Windows packages
Backwards incompatible changes since 6.x-4.6:
None
Bugfixes since 6.x-4.6:
- #1373934 by Jorrit: Replace files that are moved to S3 with an empty file instead of removing them to prevent FileField "FileField was trying to display the file" errors
- #1312288 by Jorrit: Fixed VideoJS display of videos stored on S3
- #1312288 by Jorrit: Fixed thumbnail not being updated after Zencoder finished uploading.
- #1362724 by Jorrit, bkat: Fixed filemime property not set in some cases, causing problems with VideoJS
Enhancements since 6.x-4.6:
- #1141966 by Jorrit: Added a warning to the Players screen when S3 private files are used and SWF Tools is enabled.
- #975836 by Jorrit: Added Description and List field to videoftp widget
- #1378876 by Jorrit: Allow deleting the default thumbnail
- #1356048 by Jorrit: Clean up JS and CSS
- #1356046 by Jorrit: Moved many functions from video.module to video_widget.inc or other files that contain the sole references to these functions
- #1070698 by Jorrit: Execute FFmpeg commands in a separate tmp directory, cleanup of FFmpeg and preset code
- #1354728 by Jorrit: Added an explanation that empty thumbnails can be caused by broken videos that report a bad video duration value.
- #1321862 by Jorrit: Update watchdog calls in ffmpeg transcoder: watchdog calls are now more informative, the layout has been improved and debug messages can be disabled in the Transcoder settings
- #1362504 by Jorrit: add debugging in case no extension can be determined
- #1362504 by Jorrit: Added additional checks to _video_aspect_ratio()
New features since 6.x-4.6:
None
Documentation changes since 6.x-4.6:
None
Other changes since 6.x-4.6:
None
Known errors
None