Scrollshow Effect: Background Video

The are the steps for using the Scrollshow Background Video Effect:

Step 1: Create Your Video

Make certain that your video format is supported by FFmpeg - or you will need to find some alternative method for generating the necessary jpeg files for the Scrollshow Background Video Effect.
Here is a list of the available video codecs used in FFmpeg.

Step 2: Install FFmpeg & ImageMagick

1. Download and install the free ffmpeg software for your platform or use the preferred method (i.e. apt-get, yum, etc.) for your development server.
2. Download and install the free ImageMagick software for your platform or use the preferred method (i.e. apt-get, yum, etc.) for your development server.

Make certain that the FFmpeg and ImageMagick installs are properly added to your path - specifically, you'll need the ffmpeg and convert commands.

Step 3: Run the Conversion Script

1. Open a terminal/shell capable of running a Bash script
2. Navigate to your file directory (the default location for this with a stock install is your /sites/default/files/scrollshow/video directory - you'll probably need to create the "scrollshow" and "video" directories)
3. Run the conversion script with the video file as the only argument, for example: ../../../../all/modules/scrollshow/scripts/generate_images_from_video.sh myvideofile.mp4.
4. If this works, you should see two new directories call "lo-res" and "hi-res"

Step 4: Configure the "Background video" effect

TODO!