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Video File Field

This is the field where you enter the video file information. The Video module currently supports these file types:

  • .mov, .wmv, .rm, .flv, .swf, .dir, .dcr
    • 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".

  • 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.

Multi-file Dowload Help

If enabled, this group holds all the settings for multi-file downloads. Multi-file downloads allows you to have a list of any number of files on the download page. These files are usually scanned from a folder. This allows the listing of multiple sizes and video types for visitors to choose from, you can even zip the files up.

  • Disable multi-file downloads
    • This checkbox will disable multi-file downloads for this video. This means the download tab and link will send visitors straight to download the same video as is set to play. Use this option if you only have one version of your video.

  • Multi-file download folder
    • Allows you to specify a folder on the local server containing the files you wish to show up on the download tab. This folder should be relative to the drupal root directory, so if the absolute path is "C:\inetpub\drupal\videos\projectfolder\" or "/usr/htdocs/drupal/videos/projectfolder/" then you would enter "videos/projectfolder/".

  • Show files in "play" folder
    • This option will list all the files in the same folder is the "play" file listed in the "Video File" field above. You can use this option in addition to the download folder to list the videos in both folders.