Video file size

jon fuller

Joined: 2009-10-14
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 11:54

Hi guys, I have just installed G2.3 and all looks great.

I want to host a lot of video, and in most cases pretty large videos files. I've chosen to go with flash.

I did a test video that came out at 20meg (1000x650 pixel) and that uploaded and played perfectly. see:

http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=9688

I then started the process of encoding some larger / longer vids to FL4 and have uploaded the first one. but with this larger video (313 meg) I don't get the embeded player, it only gives the option to download the file. Although the file size is much larger, the video size is smaller (720x576)

Is this something I can fix? Is it simply the size causing this?

Have quite a large drive on the server which I had intended to pretty much fill with large videos of this type.

Thanks in advance,

regards

Jon Fuller

 
suprsidr
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Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 12:40

I hope you mean f4v or flv and not FL4.
Install the MIME Maintenance module Gallery Admin -> Plugins -> Extra Data -> MIME Maintenance
Then head to MIME Maintenance in admin Gallery Admin -> Extra Data -> MIME Types
and add the f4v extension to the video/x-flv mime type.

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jon fuller

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Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 13:09

Yes, sorry, my typo, it's an F4V.

All that is already done, as I said, the smaller (20meg) F4V file runs perfectly in the embeded player, did you try the link? It's this much larger (313meg) file that doesn't show the player, just a download link. could it be a limitation in the player? maybe there's a max file size for the player that I've exceeded?

Here's a link to the one that only gives the download option, without a player present:

http://boatmad.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=16082

rgs

Jon

 
suprsidr
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Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 13:34

I'll bet the video has no dimensions, Edit Video -> Dimensions add height/width
Ffmpeg may be having trouble with the large file size and cannot determine the dimensions and the stock flashvideo module will not display a video without dimensions.
My flashvideo update tries to gleam the dimensions from the stream automatically. And also adds some admin options for player color, button visibility and autoStart.

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jon fuller

Joined: 2009-10-14
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 13:53

I had that problem to start with on the first (20meg) F4V, but the player appeared, and ran audio, but no image. sussed that one out, set the size then it was fine.

This larger one is different. when I choose edit video, I only get the one tab . 'General', and not the second tab "Movie Size'. So can't set that.

Doesn't seem to like it at all.

Just half way through uploading another F4V, this one is under 300meg (291) will see how that pans out.

 
suprsidr
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Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 14:00

For any file that size use add from local server and ftp the file to your legal upload directory.

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jon fuller

Joined: 2009-10-14
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2009-10-14 14:06
suprsidr wrote:
For any file that size use add from local server and ftp the file to your legal upload directory.

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Yes, that's the way I'm doing it. using filezilla to upload them.