upload and manage video without ffmpeg

[tunelight]

This might be a silly question, but how would I go about uploading a
video file if my web space doesnt support ffmpeg?

thank you,

best
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[guy]

Today, it seems that ffmpeg is only used to build a still image from a
movie (somebody could correct me if I'm wrong).
Ffmpeg is useful if you want to display a "poster frame" of the movie
and link it to the movie file.

Anyway, there is no restriction for the *upload* of any kind of
resources in RS, including movies.

If you want to play your movies in the "view" mode of RS, you have to
create a file type3.php in your plugin directory:
plugins/players/type3.php
(considering that in your RS installation, movies have the filetype
"3" which is the default value).

So, every movie will be handled by type3.php.
Have a look to this post for further explainations: "Playing movies
with the Quicktime plugin".


tunelight a écrit :

[Dan Huby]

That's all correct. There's no restriction on file type upload. FFMpeg
is just for automatic thumbnail creation.

Version 1.3 also supports FLV playback - just upload an FLV file and
the player will appear. This is meant for the scenario where the video
file itself is too large to upload, so the FLV is an online preview.