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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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  2. FILE TYPE INFORMATIONS

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  5. Video.module for Drupal 4.7 supports multiple video formats.

  6. 

  7. .mov, .wmv, .asf, .rm, .3gp, .mp4, .swf, .dir, .dcr

  8.   These files type are supported out the box.

  9.   To play these file types you need to enter in the path to the file.

  10.   If your video is on the same webserver as drupal, you can use a path relative

  11.   to the drupal directory, like "downloads/video.mov".

  12.   If your video is on another server you can enter the URI to the video

  13.   like "http://www.example.com/videos/my-video.mov".

  14.   The .mp4 and .3gp extentions use the Quicktime player.

  15.   The .dir and .dcr extentions use the Director player.

  16. 

  17.   If you need to add additional object parameters to swf or dir videos you

  18.   can enable the "Allow adding of parameters to object HTML" option. Then

  19.   in the video creation page you will be able to specify the parameters.

  20. 

  21. YouTube.com support

  22.   You can host videos on youtube.com and put them on your site.

  23.   To do this, after you upload the video on youtube.com enter

  24.   the video ID into the "Video File" field. If the URI youtube.com gives

  25.   you for the video is "http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=XM4QYXPf-s8"

  26.   you would enter "XM4QYXPf-s8".

  27. 

  28. Google Video support

  29.   You can host videos on video.google.com and put them on your site.

  30.   To do this, after you upload the video on Google video enter get the

  31.   the embed code. In this code you will find an attribute like

  32.   src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1591729516923874694" .

  33.   You will need the -1591729516923874694 like number just after docId= .

  34.   Then use "google:-1591729516923874694" as video file value.

  35. 

  36. .flv

  37.   Video.module for drupal 4.7 now support Macromedia Flash FLV Videos

  38.   using FlowPlayer version 1.10 or above ( http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/ ).

  39.   To use .flv files simply download Flowplayer and put the file

  40.   called "FlowPlayer.swf" or "Player.swf" into your Drupal folder.

  41.   Then set the Flash player file name to use on the Flash settings in video module configuration page.

  42. 

  43. .ogg

  44.  Ogg Theora videos, video.module uses the java applet cortado to display Ogg Theora files,

  45.  you can find the latest version of cortado at http://www.flumotion.net//jar/cortado/

  46.  get http://www.flumotion.net//jar/cortado/cortado-ovt-stripped-0.2.0.jar

  47.  and put it into your Drupal folder as cortado.jar

  48.  [

  49.    NOTE, at the time of writing, cortado.jar had a bug that caused it to fail with drupal.

  50.    you can get a patched version of cortado.jar that works from http://v2v.cc/~j/cortado.jar

  51.    and the bug related to this issue: https://core.fluendo.com/flumotion/trac/ticket/387

  52.  ]