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
NOTE: FFmpeg version 1.1.1 has been tested. It can be downloaded here
NOTE: remove the --enable-x11grab
flag on the ffmpeg configure.
Downloads
Release Notes and Downloads
Configuration
The Islandora Video Solution pack can be configured at http://path.to.your.site/admin/islandora/solution_pack_config/video, and includes the following options:
Viewers
If players have been correctly installed on the server, you will be able to select which one to use 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_pack_config/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.
Development
If you would like to contribute to this module, please check out our helpful Documentation for Developers info, as well as our Developers section on the Islandora.ca site.
The Video Solution Pack includes an ingest/purge load test that is disabled and unusable by default. This particular solution pack was chosen for load testing due to the resource-heavy process of creating video derivatives and ingesting several potentially-massive files. To enable and use it:
- Make sure that the Testing module is enabled and that all prerequisites for derivative creation are satisfied for the Video Solution Pack.
- Edit the islandora_video.info file in this folder, removing the ; and whitespace before the line
files[] = tests/islandora_video_load_test.test
- Create a folder in the
tests/fixtures/
called load
, and place as many videos in that folder as you would like to ingest. These files all must fit within the size specified by your php.ini file's maximum post size, and they must have a file extension supported by the Video Solution Pack, otherwise they will not be picked up by the load test. - Clear the Drupal cache.
The video load test should now be available to use by navigating tohttp://path.to.your.site/admin/config/development/testing
, checking 'Video Load Test' in the Islandora Video section, and then clicking 'Run tests'. The test will compare the original file to the file ingested into Fedora to see if they match.
NOTE: THIS WILL NOT WORK ON OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THE PHP GLOB_BRACE FLAG (E.G. SOLARIS).