There are a number of solutions available to get an FLV video solution where users upload an AVI movie directly within a node, the system converts it to FLV, and then displays it within the node. It seems that the best solutions are: Video, Embedded Media Field, FlashVideo, Media Mover and SWFTools, and OpenPackage. Unfortunately every solution I mentioned here has a few flaws.....
- Video
- The video module allows you to upload videos, but it doesn't convert them to FLV files. It doesn't seem to do a good job in integrating with CCK, and it seems that the majority of its code has migrated to Embedded Media Field.
- Embedded Media Field
- Although its a really slick module which integrates perfectly with CCK, it doesn't allow you to upload videos.
- FlashVideo
- It seems to do what I'm looking for, but I can never seem to get it to work. After following all the steps properly, after applying some user submitted patches, after hacking the code a bit and debugging, I could still never get it to work.
- Media Mover and SWFTools
- This is by far the most elegant solution to have users upload videos, convert them to FLVs and then display them. The idea is that the Media Mover module would convert the attached videos to FLV, adn then SWFTools would display the FLVs in a given media format. Both modules seem to suffer from bugs and issues.
- OpenPackage
- Sounds like a plausable solution, but it's a solution that I would have to pay for. Even after contributing a dollar and trying it out, I still couldn't get it to work properly.
So, that's my list of solutions and problems to go along with them. Although some of the solutions fit my needs, non of them execute. Do any of you have a solution? Or should I go implement a new module that does all this?