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Is there a module or something out there where I could have users to post videos in a gallery themselves?

If not.. do you know where or which other CMS (CMSMS is still my favorite so far) can do that?

I would normally turn to Drupal and the Media Mover module.

Though Joomla also has an interesting Seyret mod too.

There are other PHP scripts as well though I can't recall any integrated with CMS MS !?

A server with FFMPEG is also important if you plan on transcoding the video to a standard FLV format, or any other format for that matter.

Media Mover has hooks for storing on Amazon's S3 cloud which can be handy too.

I have experience with this if you wish to discuss further?

Good luck

Thanks for your reply Snafu.

I did test Drupal and really suffered tremendously and didn't like Joomla neither..(I am still a 100% CMSMS fan lol) and read somewhere I should try their flashvideo plugin. I'll definitely look into the Media Mover module you mentioned

My host do provide FFMPEG so at least this is the first baby step...
If you don't mind, I'll definitely have more questions later....when I decide which CMS I'm gonna go with.

I wish there's a module CMSMS offer can do something like this 

hehe, ya I can appreciate why CMSMS would be your 1st choice!  It's also my 1st choice until the requirements prove another CMS 'should' be easier or someone requests a specific setup.

This thread makes reference to using the flvplayer module and the uploads module so if your users already have their video in FLV format that may be an option within existing CMSMS modules.

There's the 'play' module (haven't looked at it, don't know how it works).

and the flvplayer module, which is more complex, but does work.

Thanks for your reply!

Do you know if the flvplayer module works with users uploading their own video and convert to FLV OR maybe it works with youtube's?

thanks again!

Really there are, at least, 3 different ways to handle video:

1.  Embed existing web video in to your site from another site like YouTube etc.
2.  Upload and present existing FLV video using Play or FLVPlayer modules and
3.  Upload existing video formats, convert to FLV and present FLV video which uses script(s) and FFmpeg to convert and then a module from #2 to present.

Your/your clients needs would probably dictate which is required but for me the ideal solution would allow for all 3 options!!  Maybe even more options allowing for all kinds of rich media?!

Something like Media Mover allows for even further options like harvesting, converting, thumbnail generation, storage and hooks to players for presenting the video...in all very integrated though not necessarily 'easy' to initially setup.

This thread has sparked my interest in video solution/options within CMSMS as there are already modules for most of this, really just missing a ffmpeg hook and maybe something to bring all the pieces together.

I hope to try and bang around some options and would love input from others that have tried/have interest!?

FWIW, maybe there are already so many options that it just isn't necessary here!?!  For example, a quick Google reveal tons of existing PHP scripts and entire apps to recreate "Tube" like sites, most of which I'm slowly testing