In Search of Module for easy Video-Implementation

[wdberatung]

Well, I searched and tested and still can't find a module which helps my client to easily add videos (FLV) to the pages

We want to add ONE FLV-file to a page and define some parameters like autoplay etc.
We do not want lists of files in one page...


in the forge, I found the following modules:

1. http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/play Play  stopped working with CMSMS 1.7.1

2. http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/cmsml Media Library is one of these phantom modules which are listed but never published anything and by this just frustrate

3. http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/avplayer AVPlayer is a tool for something else, without any documentation at all

4. http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/flvplayer FLVPlayer is not updated and supported anymore and it seemed too difficult for my client, we could not figure out how to specify one special video to be played

5. http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/hva HostedVideoAlbums is too big and demands too much preparation for just inserting one video from time to time


So my question is: is there an easy way to integrate FLV-videos into a page, easy for the users?

Thanks in advance, Connie

[Dr.CSS]

What are you going to use to play them, are they going to be on every page or are they only going to be in certain pages or a special place in each page, etc. etc...

[wdberatung]

my client is very humble:

he just wants to integrate FLV files in posts from time to time (not so special in these multimedial times )

and for that we need a simple solution ;=)

[alexbuckland]

I would use HVA for this. Once youve set up a "Default" category and album, its as easy as just adding a video. It will even let you upload a video right from within the module. Then once you have uploaded, it generates the tag for you to copy and paste into your page or post. It doesn't really get any more simple than that. A great module to work with IMO 

[wdberatung]

Alex, thanks, I will check that out again (even that my client didn't want to use that module)

maybe I have to prepare it for him so that he will accept it... again unpaid work ;=(

Cheers, Connie

[mw]

AVPlayer  is quite well documented, everything you need to know is in the help.
It's about as simple as you could get, you could train monkeys to do it...

[cyberman]

Well, I searched and tested and still can't find a module which helps my client to easily add videos (FLV) to the pages

We want to add ONE FLV-file to a page and define some parameters like autoplay etc.
We do not want lists of files in one page...

Have you tried TinyMCE media plugin?

http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/Tin ... gins/media

[wdberatung]

@mw: thank you for the tipp, but I had some problems to understand the structure of the module

for me a player is a piece of software, which plays something
the object of the player is the video file, so the "player will play a file with the ID=1" or so...

do I understand you right that in AVplayer, a player is the definition to output the video file?
so for each videofile I have to define a new "player"?


I will test

@cyberman:

I will check for that module (I miss FCKEDITOR which has a built-in-flash-player as well)
That would be easy to use, when editing the content ... I will test as well

Thanks!

[mw]

You could have a "player" for MP3's and also have a "player" for FLV's then when you add a media file you choose it's parent as above.
If you do not wish to list the media files in a given category but simply show one video at a time  then use the "alias" tag to point directly to a given movie...
all the different options are in the help...

[wdberatung]

@mw,

thank you for clearing out this! I will try

Cheers, Connie

Update:
maybe I am stupid as a donkey, but I cannot get it to work the way I want to:
see here: http://www.webdeerns.de/klugemaedchen/index.php/module/avplayer

1) I found that the info how to set the localisation of the player in your help is wrong:

Upload to your site and place the path into the location field of the Player, ie: uploads/FLVPlayer/player_flv_maxi.swf

When I do that, no player is loaded, when I add a dash before "uploads", a player is getting loaded:
./uploads/FLVPlayer/player_flv_maxi.swf

2) I had to edit the template to get a video-player only instead a link to the flv and some empty "userDefined2"....

3) "more help in the FAQ:" the link brings me to the "CTLModuleMaker FAQ"

4) but what is most problematic, the mediafile is not loaded.
I uploaded the file using the upload functionality in the module
the URL of that uploaded file is:
http://www.webdeerns.de/klugemaedchen/u ... eskimo.flv

but: in the output source, I find flv=http://www.webdeerns.de/uploads/media/k ... eskimo.flv which is wrong, as the subdirectory where CMSMS sits, is not included in the output...  "$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/uploads" is wrong!!!!

I feel dumb as a donkey...

[mw]

@wdberatung
The reason you are having difficulty is because your website is in a sub directory called "klugemaedchen".
the module and templates assumes one has installed thier website in the root.
you will have to modify the templates to include  "klugemaedchen"
ie: "$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/klugemaedchen/uploads

[wdberatung]

MW,

this is exactly the problem.
Wouldn't it be better to have a default template with correct URL of the CMS Installation?
I think there is a variable available for the root of the CMSMS-installation

Like it is now, users are without help and info what to do ...

[mw]

Well excuse me that I didn't custom write this just for you,
I'm so sorry, I could have used {root_url} but I didn't, rest assured this will come up at the next staff meeting and I'm sure those responsible for this will be thoroughly chastised for thier utter lack of consideration for neophytes.
This module will of course be re-written to include this heinous oversight,even though it has been downloaded over two thousand times with no complaints.

As has been said before in this forum, CMSMS is not for beginners.
You have to own up and figure things out for yourselves,don't expect to be spoon fed and then
complain when something does not work because of your unique scenario.
Most of the programming community here give their valuable time because they enjoy being creative,
enjoy problem solving and enjoy helping others, attitudes like yours make this pursuit questionable.
you were freely offered many different solutions to your problem by the designers and programmers above, and yet you still complain it's not good enough because it wasn't a perfect one click install.
If you find something doesn't work for you, please write something better yourself and share it with us...

I would suggest reading the GNU license as a start:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

[calguy1000]

calguy1000 bows to mw...

Anyways, Connie has been banned (numerous times) already. Incredibly the reason we banned her were for attitudes as described above.  Each time we find her we ban her again.  obviously she just doesn't get the message.