Configuration:
Almost all features of video starter kit is controlled from Configuration section in Admin. You must configure all features after installing video starter kit in order to work it properly.
| Properties | Values | Detail Information |
|---|---|---|
Video Uploading Options (vsk ver 3.5) |
i: Site Videos (default) |
There are three options available in video starter kit ver 3.5 or later. You can choose i: site videos (allow only website videos to be uploaded). ii: embed videos (allow only embeded videos to be uploaded). iii: Both website & embed videos. (allow both website and embed videos to be uploaded). |
Video Publishing |
i Direct Publishing |
In direct publishing, video will be published, encoded just after video uploading. It will be good if no of concurrent video uploading is small. |
ii: Sheduled Published |
In Sheduled publishing, video uploaded will be queued as unpublished video and later all unpublished videos will be published, encoded in sequential mode one by one. This approach maintain scalability of servers while uploading and encoding large number of videos at a time. Good for small or large no of video uploading. | |
Video Approval Type |
i: Automatic |
By setting automatic option, all videos after publishing will be approved and visible to public automatically. |
ii: Manual |
By setting manual option, video must be reviewed and mark as reviewed before showing it to public. | |
OutputType: |
i: Flash FLV |
By setting this option, video publishing script generate output video as flash flv format. |
ii: H264 encoded MP4 |
By setting this option, video will be encoded in mp4 format using H264 codec. Any video encoded with h264 format can play on flash players. | |
Video Uploading Type |
i: Single Server |
By setting single server, all videos will be store on single server. You can any type change its status to multiple server. |
ii: Multiple Server |
By setting Multiple server, all videos will be transfer to another server via ftp information provided by owner. If no ftp information available then again video starter kit will use single server settings to store videos on local server. | |
FLV Video Url |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
You can set complete url for folder where flv videos will be store on remote servers. For local server, leave it blank. url will be like http://www.server3.com/videos/flv |
Original Video Url |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
You can set complete url for folder where original videos will be store on remote servers. http://www.server3.com/videos/default |
Thumbs Video Url |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
You can set complete url for folder where original videos will be store on remote servers. http://www.server3.com/videos/thumbs |
FTP Url for FLV Video |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
You can set ftp url for transfering flv videos to another server. It will work if multiple server option is on. ftp://www.server3.com/videos/flv/ |
FTP Url for Original Video |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
You can set ftp url for transfering flv videos to another server. It will work if multiple server option is on. ftp://www.server3.com/videos/default/ |
FTP Url for Thumbs Video |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
You can set ftp url for transfering flv videos to another server. It will work if multiple server option is on. ftp://www.server3.com/videos/thumbs/ |
FTP Username |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
FTP username, used for authentication. |
FTP Password |
Optional -> Empty for local server. |
FTP password, used for authentication. |
Video Thumb Type |
i: Multiple |
It will set thumb display on video listings. Setting multiple will set multiple thumbs preview. |
ii: Single |
Setting single will display single thumb without any preview of video on video listing. |
|
Video Encoder |
i FFMPEG |
Encoder that will be used for publishing videos. Video starter kit uses ffmpeg, later we will add some more tools as option for publishing videos. |
Rating Type |
i Image |
This will set how to display video rating with each video item in galleries. Setting image will display rating as rating star image. |
ii Digit |
This will set rating of each video as digit with each video item in galleries. |
|
Video Formats |
.wmv,.mpg,.avi,.mp4,.flv |
Here you can set video formats that will be allowed on video starter kit. Every video will be validate at time of video uploading whether it meet with this requirement. Failure will result in "invalid video format". |
Video Max Size |
in MBs e.g 10 |
Set maximum allowable video size in MB. Exceeding this limit will be result in failure as "video limit exceed" |
Abuse Report Count |
digits |
Set how many abuse report reported by different users against any video that will be blocked automatically. |
Video Play |
i: Automatic |
Setting automatic option will allow each video to be played automatically by flash player. |
ii: Manual |
Setting manual will allow flash player not to play videos automatically until user click on play button. |
|
Delete Original Video |
yes | no |
This will allow video starter kit to delete original video after video completely published and their information saved in database. |
Admin Email |
mail address |
This will be used by video starter kit to send mails to members. |
Video Width |
default 320 |
Set width of video to be encoded. Must be set as multiple of two in order to get proper result. |
Video Height |
default 240 |
Set height of video to be encoded. Must be set as multiple of two. |
Video Bitrate |
default 360 |
Set video bitrate for encoded video. |
Audio Bitrate |
default 32 |
Set audio bitrate for encoded video. |
Audio SamplingRate |
default 22050 |
Set audio sampling rate for encoded video. |
Thumb Width |
default 150 |
Set thumb width for grabbing thumb. must be set as multiple of two. |
Thumb Height |
default 150 |
Set thumb height for grabbing thumb. must be set as multiple of two. |
Url Rewrite On |
yes | no |
This will set friendly url rewriting, by disabling it all urls will be set as classic urls. We recommend not to disable this option. |
Video Padding On |
yes | no |
This option enable video padding in case of widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) vidoe. By enabling it wide screen videos will be encoded to normal video (4:3 aspect ratio) by adding padding on top and bottom of video in order to avoid any stretching of video. |