By walterbyrd on

Can I have videos stored online on a NextCloud server, and display, and play the videos, as if they were on youtube?

What if I have the videos locally stored?

I would like the videos to have a big, clickable, display.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x, Drupal 8.x

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hershel’s picture

hershel commented

Nextcloud does not allow public access to files, but you could code something using the API to allow your Drupal site to display videos, yes. You can see a Nextcloud demo here: https://nextcloud.demo.civihosting.com/

Storing videos locally would not work.

Regarding the display, you can use one of various open source video players, most of which are customizable and adjustable. :)

Hershel
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Another option is to use WebDAV. The following steps require System Administrator, Site Builder, and Developer skills.

Steps

  1. Store video files into Nextcloud version 12+
  2. Access Nextcloud using WebDAV. Ideal is with a permanent mount on Linux server.
  3. Using Drupal appropriate module(s), such as media, access video files via the permanent WebDAV mount
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andrimont commented

Hello to all,

This question seems crucial as in Europe there is movement away from too commercial, too US controlled clouds that the very trustable NextCloud should use. I feel there is a natural junction between Drupal and NC e.g. in the workflow.