// $Id$

REQUIREMENTS
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Required :
  CCK Module.
  Filefield Module.



INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIDEO.MODULE
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- See : http://video.heidisoft.com/content/welcome-video-module-documentation


MIGRATE INSTRUCTIONS TO VIDEO.MODULE
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- See : http://drupal.org/node/713482


FFMPEG CONFIGURATIONS
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This helper module facilitates uploading new videos using the video module. It
features a batch processing queue for videos to be transcoded and automatic
thumbnail generation.

Install instructions
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1. Activate the auto conversion and auto thumbnails when cerating content
2. Setup it's advanced options to meet your needs
3. Move (or symlink) video_render.php and video_scheduler.php into your Drupal root
4. Check permissions of the files and folders (/tmp/video and files/* must be writa
ble by the webserver or the user executling the cron job)
5. You now have two options to execute the video_scheduler.php script:

  5.1 Schedule the execution of video_scheduler.php using unix cron

    The crontab should look something like this:

    # m     h       dom     mon     dow     user            command
    */20     *       *       *       *       www-data        cd /absolute/path/to/drupal/ ; php video_scheduler.php http://www.example.com/path_to_drupal

    This will execute the video_scheduler every 20 minutes.

    Note that the video_scheduler doesn't produce any output and cannot be called
    from the web. It will, however, put some information in the watchdog.



Troubleshooting
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Configuring and installing ffmpeg in a web server environment might be pretty difficult.
In order to help you troubleshoot the transcoding process the ffmpeg helper puts debugging
informations on the drupal logs. I strongly suggest to have a look at them if you are experiencing
 problems with transcoding.

The ffmpeg puts in the drupal logs the commands it was trying to execute. You might try
to rerun them on a command shell in order understand what went wrong.

or contact a Drupal developer