Overview
The Islandora Video Solution Pack is used to ingest digital videos into Fedora. It supports creation of derivatives in various different video formats, and requires the server-side installation of accompanying codecs to enable this functionality. It can also be configured to stream the video to a player window on-site using JWPlayer.
Dependencies
- Core Collection Solution Pack
- The Islandora JWPlayer library (and the Libraries API module) are all required to play videos in a video object's 'View' tab
- ffmpeg is required if MKV and MP4 derivatives are to be created on the same server as Islandora
- ffmpeg2Theora is required if OGG and thumbnail derivatives are to be created on the same server as Islandora
Downloads
Release Notes and Downloads
Configuration
The Islandora Video Solution pack can be configured at http://path.to.your.site/admin/islandora/islandora_video, and includes the following options:
Viewers
If JWPlayer has been correctly installed on the server, an option to select it as a viewer will appear here.
- Keep original file after ingest? - Check this option to retain files uploaded to a video collection as a datastream appended to the video object
Paths to ffmpeg/Theora executables
For derivative creation, the Video Solution Pack needs to know the location of the binaries that perform conversion. On Unix-based systems, this can often be done by running:
whereis ffmpeg ffmpeg2theora
and checking for binary package files located in folders called 'bin' (such as /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, etc.)
Content Models, Prescribed Datastreams and Forms
The Video Solution Pack comes with the following objects in http://path.to.your.site/admin/islandora/solution_packs:
- Islandora Video Content Model (islandora:sp_videoCModel)
- Video Collection (islandora:video_collection)
A collection created using the Video Solution Pack's content model will have the following datastreams:
RELS-EXT | Default Fedora relationship metadata |
MODS | MODS metadata record created during ingest |
DC | Dublin Core record |
OBJ | The original video file ingested |
MP4 | MP4 derivative created during ingest by ffmpeg and used by JWPlayer if no suitable video exists |
OGG | OGG audio-only derivative created by ffmpeg2theora |
MKV | MKV derivative created during ingest by ffmpeg |
TN | Thumbnail image pulled from a frame of the video by ffmpeg2theora |
The Video Solution Pack comes with the Video MODS Form.