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==Video Codecs== | ==Video Codecs== | ||
Are there particular codecs/containers required for the streaming/seeking to work (H264 in MP4 container)? | Are there particular codecs/containers required for the streaming/seeking to work (H264 in MP4 container)? | ||
| + | EPrints performs the following tasks when generating "thumbnails" for videos: | ||
| + | *generate an image thumbnail | ||
| + | *transcode video to ogg container | ||
==Video Document Integration== | ==Video Document Integration== | ||
Should the video player be integrated as a document "preview" or as a part of the eprint_render? | Should the video player be integrated as a document "preview" or as a part of the eprint_render? | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 7 October 2016
This page is in development and will eventually contain information about supporting Video documents in EPrints.
Contents
Related Pages
- https://wiki.eprints.org/w/How_to_customise_thumbnails
- https://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:EPrints/Plugin/Convert/Thumbnails
- https://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:bin/epadmin#redo_mime_type
- https://wiki.eprints.org/w/API:bin/epadmin#redo_thumbnails
Video Players
Depositors can upload video documents. Since EPrints 3.3, there is a lightbox/flowplayer in EPrints, under /lib/static/.
Server Settings
The following file should contain a path to ffmpeg and ffprobe:
/opt/eprints3/lib/syscfg.d/executables.pl
ffmpeg should be installed on the server.
Video Codecs
Are there particular codecs/containers required for the streaming/seeking to work (H264 in MP4 container)? EPrints performs the following tasks when generating "thumbnails" for videos:
- generate an image thumbnail
- transcode video to ogg container
Video Document Integration
Should the video player be integrated as a document "preview" or as a part of the eprint_render?
