Working with Videos Question

[Chris!]

Hello,

I would like to create a photopost section which contains multimedia files.

Unfortunately, I'm on a shared server, so I'm unable to jack up my php settings to allow for large file uploads.

I've FTP'd the movie file on to my server and into a file, is there a way for me manually get it into photopost so I can in essence bypass the php limitations?

I was hoping I might be able to create a thumbnail and have it linked to the video.

I would prefer to keep the videos in photopost as I'd like to restrict viewing to certain usergroups only.

Thanks for your help.

-Chris

[Chris!]

Any ideas?

[Chuck S]

You can bulk upload your video's up to your uploads directory and then on upload screen check the box to skip upload and process files in your uploads directory. That will allow you to process those files. You can upload on the bulk screen an optional thumbnail to represent a video.

[Chris!]

Thanks for your response Chuck.

I did get the video into the gallery by following your instructions.

Unfortunately, for some reason it won't play though. I've tried playing it inline and via a download and it won't work. I get a windows error message number "error message C00D11B1"

When I tried playing the original uploaded file which is on the server but not in the gallery it would play fine. Would this be a .htaccess issue of some kind? I've tried everything I can think of and I can't get the videos to stream when I click on the gallery thumbnail.

The format I used is .wmv

Any ideas?

-Chris

[Chuck S]

Can you post me a link to a .wmv file I can download and I can try in my gallery?

[Chris!]

This is the one outside the gallery.

http://checkmate-boats.com/bigred.wmv

[Chuck S]

I dont seem to have any issues

http://www.reeftalk.com/gallery/show.../1340/ppuser/1

It loads and plays fine for me. You have the latest players installed right or if it says to download plugin your doing that?

[Chris!]

I have everything updated as far as I'm aware.

For whatever reason, if I play the file off the server from outside the gallery it works fine. But the same file won't play when loaded inside the gallery.

I have even tried manually moving the same file back into the gallery and into the folder and I just get the error message.

I'm wondering if the problem is a authentication issue of some type and that's why it won't play inside the gallery but will outside of it.

-Chris

[Chuck S]

Could be a browser issue

I am using Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7 and see the embedded video without fail.

[Chris!]

I'm using IE 7.0.

On my site, it won't play inline, or as a download.

[Chuck S]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...vice/0106.mspx

seems to be an issue with your microsoft media player download the latest and install and see if this helps

[Chris!]

Actually the specific error that I get seems to point to some kind of error on the server end.

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Why do I get error C00D11B1 when I try to stream content?
Error message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file."

Windows Media Player can't open the file on the streaming media server. Review the content provider's system requirements to make sure that your computer is configured correctly for streaming. If it is configured correctly, try to determine where the problem resides by doing the following:

• The file may be temporarily unavailable. For example, the streaming media server can't accept new Player connections or it can't stream the file to you because not enough bandwidth is available for all Player connections. Try to play the file again later.

• The file may be missing. Try playing another file on the content provider's Web site. If you can stream other files from the Web site, notify the content provider.

• The streaming media server may not be configured correctly. If you can't steam any files from the Web site, try playing files on another content provider's Web site (such as WindowsMedia.com Media Guide). If you can stream files from other Web sites, notify the content provider.

<snip>

[Chris!]

Chuck,

I just tried loading the video on to my sister site which runs on a different server and it works.

I'm running 5.6.2 on both sites.

[Chuck S]

Yes so it is that specific server.

[Chris!]

Any idea what setting it might be?

I'm hoping I can tweak whatever it is and get it working.

The one that has the issue is a shared server.

The other is a VPS which is the one that works.

[Chris!]

Chuck,

I contacted my host and they checked things out for me.

They discovered a .htaccess file that is in the data folder is causing the issue.

I don't ever recall uploading it and I checked my other site and there isn't a similar file in it's database folder.

Is this .htaccess file needed?

Or can I just remove it?

Details of file..

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://([a-z0-9-]+\.)*checkmate-boats.com* [NC]
RewriteRule /* http://%{HTTP_HOST}/photopost/index.php [R,L]

[Chuck S]

You probally created it from the admin area internet protection options

[Chris!]

Chuck,

Any suggestions on what to do?

If I remove this, will people be able to hotlink to my images?

If I leave it, is there a way to reconfigure it so that the videos will play?

[Chuck S]

If you remove it they need can hotlink them. Try other htaccess code in that box. I think the code our using is highly restrictive. Try this code

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g|png|bmp)$ - [F]

[Chris!]

Thanks Chuck.