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When uploading video files do I need to enable anything for the files to play?

Is it possible for me to use a thumbnail image in place of the video icon? if so how do I do that?

Is the only video format thats supported FLV? Are there any other formats supported?

Basically I want to set up my site similar to this.
http://www.sebastian-schminke.de/#/cont ... eel_v5.flv

Thanks

wr_uk wrote:When uploading video files do I need to enable anything for the files to play?

Not really ... but keep in mind that you can only upload FLV video files. Also, your server may not support very large uploads through the admin uploader, in which case you must use FTP to upload large-size videos.

wr_uk wrote:Is it possible for me to use a thumbnail image in place of the video icon? if so how do I do that?

Yes. Simply create your thumbnails by using the same filename as the FLV video. For example, if you have uploaded a video file myvideo.flv, then you can upload a thumbnail image tn_myvideo.jpg.

wr_uk wrote:Is the only video format thats supported FLV? Are there any other formats supported?

Unfortunately FLV is the only format that flash can play natively. You can use other formats, but they would need to open in new windows or popup windows, and would use the visitors local mediaplayer (which in some case is not set up correctly to play videos from the web).

wr_uk wrote:Basically I want to set up my site similar to this.
http://www.sebastian-schminke.de/#/cont ... eel_v5.flv

That should not be a problem ...

wr_uk wrote: Is it possible for me to use a thumbnail image in place of the video icon? if so how do I do that?

You can also upload any image as a "cover" and then in the file list click the [_] Change Thumbnail icon which appears when you hover on FLV file and choose any thumbnail from the folder (if there are any). You can delete the "cover" image after.