Configure Zencoder for Video Module - Drupal 6

Last updated on
30 April 2025

This module will need to have public IP to your development server, once you submit a job then Zencoder with postback some info to you once conversion is completed, then only autothumbnail and status update in the database will happen. If your developments machine doenst have publish IP go to video/plugins/video_zencoder/inludes/zencoder.inc file and go to line 149

149 :  //    $url = $base_url . '/postback/jobs';
150    $url = 'http://url/of/drupal/site/postback/jobs';  //this url must be accessible from the public location.

What is Zencoder?

Web-based encoding software as a service, designed to quickly convert any video into web and mobile compatible formats.

Who is it for?

Web sites and applications that accept uploaded videos, and need to encode them to standard formats.

Why use it?

Building, maintaining, and scaling your own encoding solution is painful and expensive. Just ask our customers.

Features : zencoder.com/features/
How to configure Zencoder with the Video Module.

Go to Admin->Site Configurations->video->transcoders

Select Zencoder as your transcoder and type your email address to start using it.

Once you save your site configurations, you will receive a email with all the details, including how to login to this and how to manage a job. Once you create your Zencoder for Drupal account now you will need to change permissions of your Amazon S3 bucket (Hope you already have configured Amazon S3 settings, if not do it now.)

You need to grant Write access to aws@zencoder.com so we can upload the processed file. The easiest way to do this is to use a S3 client, like S3Fox or S3Hub. Please note that it is the S3 bucket and not the S3 folders, which are part of the key, that need Write permissions

Now you can change the output configurations as you wish and now your ready to create videos with Zencoder support. You must set up and run cron properly to work, this.

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