How to embed mp4 videoclips from files in the gallery?

[debugnetiq1]

In older Phoca Gallery the format below was working
<object
style="width: 800px; height: 600px;"
type="video/mp4">
<param value="/images/phocagallery/myvideoclip.mp4" name="movie"/>
<param value="high" name="quality"/>
<param value="transparent" name="wmode"/>
<param value="#010101" name="bgcolor"/>
<param value="false" name="autoplay"/>
<param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/>
<param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/>
</object>

Probably was relying on AllVideos Reloaded plugin

Now in Joomla 3+ there is no such plugin but there is AllVideo
For instance I can insert video in an article with the markup below and works fine:
<video controls="controls" width="300" height="150">
<source src="images/phocagallery/myvideoclip.mp4" type="video/mp4" /></video>

This markup format does not seem not work with Phoca Gallery
The question is what are the necessary plugins and the format for the videoclips to work?

Phoca Gallery 4.4.3

Thank you in advance

[Benno]

Hi,
see: https://www.phoca.cz/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 56#p183156

Hello, yes, at the moment it is not planned to upload videos to Phoca Gallery. It's not that easy with videos, that's why services like YouTube or Vimeo are so popular.

Jan

Kind regards,
Benno

[debugnetiq1]

Hi. However this was working fine with older Phoca versions on older pre-3 Joomla. No need for youtube, straight .mp4. There is even an article https://www.phoca.cz/documentation/77-p ... eo-gallery

So the question is what is needed for this super cool ,functionality to work again?

[Benno]

Hi,

So the question is what is needed for this super cool ,functionality to work againÉ

There is even an article https://www.phoca.cz/documentation/77-p ... eo-gallery

Tested on:

Joomla 1.5.14
Phoca Gallery 2.5.5
AllVideos reloaded 1.2.6

Kind regards,
Benno

[debugnetiq1]

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. In fact false alarm. It works fine with the Highslide JS detail view. Not with the default (Magnific image only)

[debugnetiq1]

I think it can be marked as resolved

[Benno]

Ok.

Kind regards,
Benno

[debugnetiq1]

Ok now embedding works but there is a strange glitch. In a nutshell probably related to the plugins Phoca is using pt render video. I have two video-clips using same parameters except the rate : one of them plays fine, the other does not. Both are playing fine if embedded in a content item (JW AllVideo plugin - can see for both the "video controls" element with "inspect" in the rendered HTML). But regardless of having enabled or disabled this JW AllVideo plugin Phoca renders the video-clips except the one mentioned above. Is Phoca using its own plugins? Why it rendrrs one but not the other

It is Joomla 3.9.21 w/ Phoca 4.4.3 and the only video-related plugin is JW AllVideo (but it makes no difference i.e. does not seem to be what Phoca is using)

1'st videoclip that renders fine (let's call it video-clip-ok)
In Phoca (image youtube video box)
<object style="width: 800px; height: 600px;"
type="video/mp4">
<param value="/images/phocagallery/video-clips/video-clip-ok.mp4" name="movie"/>
<param value="high" name="quality"/>
<param value="transparent" name="wmode"/>
<param value="#010101" name="bgcolor"/>
<param value="false" name="autoplay"/>
<param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/>
<param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/>
</object>

ffmpeg ffprobe returns this for video-clip-ok.mp4
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'video-clip-ok.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
creation_time : 2021-07-30T23:24:11.000000Z
encoder : Lavf51.12.1
Duration: 00:02:31.19, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1445 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 720x576 [SAR 1:1 DAR 5:4], 1312 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 2997 tbn (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2021-07-30T23:24:53.000000Z
handler_name : VideoHandler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2021-07-30T23:24:53.000000Z
handler_name : SoundHandler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]


The other one that does not remnder (let's call it video-clip-bad)

In phoca youtube video-box
<object style="width: 800px; height: 600px;"
type="video/mp4">
<param value="/images/phocagallery/video-clips/video-clip-bad.mp4" name="movie"/>
<param value="high" name="quality"/>
<param value="transparent" name="wmode"/>
<param value="#010101" name="bgcolor"/>
<param value="false" name="autoplay"/>
<param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/>
<param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/>
</object>

ffprobe returns

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'video-clip-bad.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
creation_time : 2021-07-31T03:00:28.000000Z
encoder : Lavf51.12.1
Duration: 00:03:32.95, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 792 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 720x576 [SAR 1:1 DAR 5:4], 790 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 2997 tbn (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2021-07-31T03:00:48.000000Z
handler_name : VideoHandler
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]

Essentially the player window appears but is empty, Doing an "inspect" on the player window for the 2 cases can see that the for video-clip-bad the "video-controls" in the rendered html is missing so no wonder nothing plays:
<body><video controls="" autoplay="" name="media"><source src="http://my-site.net/images/phocagallery/ ... ip-bad.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video></body>

What's the logic in Phoca to generate the HTML video-controls element?

As a side note if I change the type to video/avi getting an error "This plugin is not supported" in the player window when I click on the item.

Any idea what happens and what's wrong?

[Jan]

Hi,

what do you mean with: "What's the logic in Phoca to generate the HTML video-controls element?"

Phoca Gallery does not support displaying videos, only external YouTube videos.

As Benno wrote, there was a customization guide for Joomla 1.5 which is obsolete for more than 10 years, maybe 15 years.

Jan