Using encoding.com for video encoding, and storage on S3? [#524882]

A client's site I'm working on is interested in using Encoding.com for off-site encoding of video files (instead of local FFMPEG), as well as final storage/serving of the files on Amazon S3. The videos would ultimately be connected to a node for each, owned by the user who uploaded it. Encoding.com is able to send its encoded files directly to S3 after completion. I wanted to see if this might be a possible scenario for Media Mover? Would an additional sub-module need to be created to accomplish this? If so, any hints as to what it might entail to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated :) Encoding.com has expressed interest (when my client spoke to them) in a solution for Drupal, so anything that might help clarify what it would take to accomplish would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance :)

Comments

Comment #1

godewebog CreditAttribution: godewebog commented 13 September 2009 at 23:26

Have anybody started to work on it? It would be a very useful and popular module.

Comment #2

arthurf CreditAttribution: arthurf commented 15 September 2009 at 04:31

You could probably do something like this. You basically just need to fill in the last function and you're good to go.

<?php

/**
 * Implementation of media_mover hook
 * @param $op is the operator to return
 * @param $action is which action is being called
 * @param $verb is the verb being run
 * @param $configuration is the specific configuration saved for the action for this configuration
 * @param $file is the file in use
 * @param $job is the full configuration data currently running
 */
function encoding_media_mover($op = null, $action = null, $configuration = null, &$file = array(), $job = null, $nid = null ) {
  switch ($op) {
    // give your module a distinct name
    case 'name':
      return "Media Mover Encoding.com";
    break;

    // defines the actions that this module does
    case 'actions':
      return array(
        'process' => array(
          1 => t('Send file to Encoding.com'),
        ),
      );
    break;

    // create edit configuration option set
    case 'config':
      return encoding_config($configuration);
    break;

    case 'process':
      return encoding_process($file, $configuration);
    break;
  }
}

/**
 * Creates the configuration form
 * @param $configuration
 * @return array
 */
function encoding_config($configuration) {
  // some drupal form elements here
  $form['encoding_user'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textfield',
    '#title' => t('Encoding.com user'),
    '#default_value' => $configuration['encoding_user'],
    '#description' => t('Enter your user'),
  );
  return $form;
}

/**
 * move the file to encoding.com
 * @param $file
 * @param $configuration
 */
function encoding_process($file, $configuration) {
  // get the path to the file to operate on. 
  $filepath = media_mover_api_config_current_file($file);
  
  // open connection to encoding.com
  
  // transfer file
  
  // tell encoding.com what to do with it
  
  // get the new file path back from encoding.com
  
  return $filepath;
}
?>

Comment #3

godewebog CreditAttribution: godewebog commented 21 September 2009 at 12:26

Thank you for the code! It is a good start point to implement encoding.com plugin for media_mover. I am working on such module. However it may take time because I have not a big expirience with encoding.com api and media_mover api. I will share this as soon as it is ready. So any help in it will be apprecated (may be somebody has implemented the task already?)