As video is the media getting more and more important this session will show and describes the basic things drupal can do with video:
- The Video-Workflow: the steps necessary to get a video to a website. Basics, Videoformats & Codecs: some facts you should I keep in mind. Methods to deliver your video (Streaming, Progressive Download or just Download).
- Display-Methods: depending on the target device you need to keep aware to use the right code & content
- Most Wanted Modules: the most important Modules for embedding 3rd party content from portals like vimeo, youtube etc.
- Video Player-Modules: modules for displaying your video-content
and a integration-example: display a video in a thickbox with views & colorbox. - Advanced Modules: More advanced tasks like upload to 3rd parties, using cloud & streaming-services, automatic thumbnail creation and video encoding. Pro´s & Con´s of these ones.
- Video-Distributions and Frameworks: a sneak peak at current drupal distributions focussed on video like MediaMosa (mediamosa.org), Kaltura (Kaltura.org & Kaltura.com), Brightcove (Brightcove.com) or the newest player around, Videola (videola.tv).