Administration Manual

Target group: Administrators

Requirements

This extension uses the FFmpeg solution and the PHP-FFmpeg library. You need to prepare your server for the usage and must install the necessary packages. A complete guide and further information can be found here:

Source: FFmpeg
Source: PHP-FFmpeg

Installation

Add via composer.json:

composer require "passionweb/webm"

Configuration

Extension manager configuration

You can set parameters for the conversion in the extension configuration.

# cat=basic; type=boolean; label=Convert video on save action in backend (default=convert with task/Symfony command)
convertOnSave = 0

Every video will be added to the queue and will be processed with the corresponding task/Symfony command by default. If you want to convert the video with saving it you can enable that with this option. The video will not be added to the queue.

# cat=basic; type=string; label=Supported mime types (comma separated)
mimeTypes = video/mp4,video/ogg,video/x-m4v,application/ogg

You can decide the mime types which will be considered by the convertion.

# cat=basic; type=int+; label=Max file size of original video to convert (videos which are larger wil be ignored)
maxVideoFileSize = 0

You can set a maximum file size of the original video to convert to avoid a possible server overload. If this value is greater than 0 videos which are larger than the entered value wil be ignored during convertion.

# cat=basic; type=int+; label=Save queue items in this folder/storage
storagePid = 0

You can set a specific folder/storage where queue items will be stored by entering the corresponding page uid.

Web server configuration

This extension uses the FFmpeg solution and the PHP-FFmpeg library. You need to prepare your server for the usage and must install the necessary packages. A complete guide and further information can be found here:

Source: FFmpeg
Source: PHP-FFmpeg