modules/video/FILE_TYPES.txt

$Id: FILE_TYPES.txt,v 1.8.2.2 2008/02/11 06:00:21 fax8 Exp $

FILE TYPE INFORMATIONS
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Video.module for Drupal 4.7 supports multiple video formats.

.mov, .wmv, .asf, .rm, .3gp, .mp4, .swf, .dir, .dcr
  These files type are supported out the box.
  To play these file types you need to enter in the path to the file.
  If your video is on the same webserver as drupal, you can use a path relative
  to the drupal directory, like "downloads/video.mov".
  If your video is on another server you can enter the URI to the video
  like "http://www.example.com/videos/my-video.mov".
  The .mp4 and .3gp extentions use the Quicktime player.
  The .dir and .dcr extentions use the Director player.

  If you need to add additional object parameters to swf or dir videos you
  can enable the "Allow adding of parameters to object HTML" option. Then
  in the video creation page you will be able to specify the parameters.

YouTube.com support
  You can host videos on youtube.com and put them on your site.
  To do this, after you upload the video on youtube.com enter
  the video ID into the "Video File" field. If the URI youtube.com gives
  you for the video is "http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=XM4QYXPf-s8"
  you would enter "XM4QYXPf-s8".

Google Video support
  You can host videos on video.google.com and put them on your site.
  To do this, after you upload the video on Google video enter get the
  the embed code. In this code you will find an attribute like
  src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1591729516923874694" .
  You will need the -1591729516923874694 like number just after docId= .
  Then use "google:-1591729516923874694" as video file value.

.flv
  Video.module for drupal 4.7 now support Macromedia Flash FLV Videos
  using FlowPlayer version 1.10 or above ( http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/ ).
  To use .flv files simply download Flowplayer and put the file
  called "FlowPlayer.swf" or "Player.swf" into your Drupal folder.
  Then set the Flash player file name to use on the Flash settings in video module configuration page.

.ogg
 Ogg Theora videos, video.module uses the java applet cortado to display Ogg Theora files,
 you can find the latest version of cortado at http://www.flumotion.net//jar/cortado/
 get http://www.flumotion.net//jar/cortado/cortado-ovt-stripped-0.2.0.jar
 and put it into your Drupal folder as cortado.jar
 [
   NOTE, at the time of writing, cortado.jar had a bug that caused it to fail with drupal.
   you can get a patched version of cortado.jar that works from http://v2v.cc/~j/cortado.jar
   and the bug related to this issue: https://core.fluendo.com/flumotion/trac/ticket/387
 ]
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3	FILE TYPE INFORMATIONS
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5
6	Video.module for Drupal 4.7 supports multiple video formats.
7
8	.mov, .wmv, .asf, .rm, .3gp, .mp4, .swf, .dir, .dcr
9	These files type are supported out the box.
10	To play these file types you need to enter in the path to the file.
11	If your video is on the same webserver as drupal, you can use a path relative
12	to the drupal directory, like "downloads/video.mov".
13	If your video is on another server you can enter the URI to the video
14	like "http://www.example.com/videos/my-video.mov".
15	The .mp4 and .3gp extentions use the Quicktime player.
16	The .dir and .dcr extentions use the Director player.
17
18	If you need to add additional object parameters to swf or dir videos you
19	can enable the "Allow adding of parameters to object HTML" option. Then
20	in the video creation page you will be able to specify the parameters.
21
22	YouTube.com support
23	You can host videos on youtube.com and put them on your site.
24	To do this, after you upload the video on youtube.com enter
25	the video ID into the "Video File" field. If the URI youtube.com gives
26	you for the video is "http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=XM4QYXPf-s8"
27	you would enter "XM4QYXPf-s8".
28
29	Google Video support
30	You can host videos on video.google.com and put them on your site.
31	To do this, after you upload the video on Google video enter get the
32	the embed code. In this code you will find an attribute like
33	src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1591729516923874694" .
34	You will need the -1591729516923874694 like number just after docId= .
35	Then use "google:-1591729516923874694" as video file value.
36
37	.flv
38	Video.module for drupal 4.7 now support Macromedia Flash FLV Videos
39	using FlowPlayer version 1.10 or above ( http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/ ).
40	To use .flv files simply download Flowplayer and put the file
41	called "FlowPlayer.swf" or "Player.swf" into your Drupal folder.
42	Then set the Flash player file name to use on the Flash settings in video module configuration page.
43
44	.ogg
45	Ogg Theora videos, video.module uses the java applet cortado to display Ogg Theora files,
46	you can find the latest version of cortado at http://www.flumotion.net//jar/cortado/
47	get http://www.flumotion.net//jar/cortado/cortado-ovt-stripped-0.2.0.jar
48	and put it into your Drupal folder as cortado.jar
49	[
50	NOTE, at the time of writing, cortado.jar had a bug that caused it to fail with drupal.
51	you can get a patched version of cortado.jar that works from http://v2v.cc/~j/cortado.jar
52	and the bug related to this issue: https://core.fluendo.com/flumotion/trac/ticket/387
53	]