video 6.x-4.6-beta1

General remarks

Release 4.6 is a refactoring of S3 and Zencoder code in order to make the core more reliable and to support saving ffmpeg converted files to S3.

Please try this beta version on a test site and report errors in the issue tracker. Do not apply this update to a production site without making a backup!

When you intend to use ffmpeg to transcode videos, make sure your ffmpeg installation handles all the file formats before installing the module. Linux distributions using precompiled binaries, such as Ubuntu, usually do not provide the best compile options and it is advised to compile ffmpeg yourself.

The following guides will help you to get a good ffmpeg installation:

• Ubuntu: ffmpeg compilation guide
• Ubuntu: guide to enhance your ffmpeg installation using precompiled packages
• Gentoo: make sure to setup the right USE flags before installing
• Windows: Windows packages

Backwards incompatible changes since 6.x-4.5:

None

Bugfixes since 6.x-4.5:

1. #1037038 by Jorrit: Fix "S3::inputFile(): Unable to open input file" error when uploading files to S3 when using ffmpeg transcoding
2. #1033144 by Jorrit: Remove access check from the Zencoder postback URL
3. #964496 by Jorrit: Fixed removing converted files and thumbnails from S3 on video delete
4. #1141966 by Jorrit: Fixed Zencoder transcoding when using private S3 files by adding ACL to grant Zencoder read permissions
5. #1303938 by Jorrit: Fixed Flash fallback URL when using Zencoder and S3
6. Fix CloudFront integration when used with Zencoder or private S3 file transfers
7. #1310878 by Jorrit: Removed FileField Sources support from videoftp. It was not working, please use FileField together with the Upload Field widget.
8. #1340464 by carsonblack: Remove object count from Amazon S3 administrative screen because of performance issues.

Enhancements since 6.x-4.5:

1. Improve administration of Zencoder and S3
2. #1154032 by Jorrit: Removed Drupal log error message "We could not determine the height and width of the video"

New features since 6.x-4.5:

1. Added support for storing ffmpeg converted files to Amazon S3
2. #1332340 by Jorrit: Added support for the Imagefield Extended module.

Documentation changes since 6.x-4.5:

None

Other changes since 6.x-4.5:

None

Known errors

None