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Paul Styler wrote:Hi !
I think it will be very useful to add ability to generate gallery from uploaded videos - the same way that X3 do with images.

Yes, we will add this.

But I would like to emphasize the many pitfalls with self-hosted video:
1. You need to always encode in correct audio codec, H.264 video codec, and mp4 format to make sure your video will display in all browsers.
2. If your server has 2MB upload limit (which is normal on shared servers), then you will have to upload larger video files by FTP.
3. Imagevue can NOT create a preview image from your videos, so this would have to be done manually somehow.
4. Unlike Youtube/Vimeo, your video will be a single bitrate. Maybe not appropriate for small, or slow devices.
5. Unless your server is really fast, it is likely that your server does not serve videos very well.

Considering the above, I really don't see how anyone would need to do self-hosted video instead of using a professional service like Vimeo, who outputs multiple formats and multiple bitrates, at high speeds, depending on the device and connection. As mentioned, basic implementation will be added.

Paul Styler wrote:But You yes can create thumbs for video if on server ffmpeg is installed.
In other case - user can upload image for thumb generation.

yes and yes. Just hope you see that this requires a lot of planning, coding, conditions and documentation to make this a transparent process for all users.

Paul Styler wrote:So You do this ??

We will add video support very soon, that is easy. We won't add complex workarounds for FFMPEG yet though ... We can't just toss in a feature that requires visitors to have non-standard server extensions installed without further notice. Ffmpeg will be a future feature. Basic video integration you can expect in next release.

Basic self-hosted video support is now added to pending X3 release, to be launched within a week.

PS!
* Only mp4 format supported, encoded with H.264.
* Uses native browser html5 video player.
* Piggybacks the gallery module.
* Inherits some gallery module settings, but always displays in a vertical layout.
* X3 video implementation is Beta.

I uploaded a bunch of files and didn't notice a MP4 video was in it.
Very nice surprise to see the video displayed.

It would be awesome to have a video settings tab in the panel to force the size, layout and so on ...

Gautier

gaitt wrote:It would be awesome to have a video settings tab in the panel to force the size, layout and so on ...

Yep. For now, this is a very simple solution if you want to display uploaded videos in a vertical layout.

It's more complicated with layouts, because we can't create thumbnails from videos, so they need to be embedded directly. Will look into further options later ...