Hello phpFox fans!

Great news for everyone today: phpFox released new Videos app which supports direct video uploading. You can find details below:

“phpFox makes it easy to share video from Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Mp4, Facebook or upload video directly from computers.”

Feature List

1 . Feed

Allow users to share videos to feed by using link or uploading files
Allow users to share videos to their walls or friend's walls
While sharing video, users can view file size limit
While sharing video, users can select privacy for it
User can drag and drop file while sharing video
Users can like, share, report the video feed

2 . Main Videos Page

Allow users to browse all videos and see some information for each video as: title, posted by, total view, etc
Users can search video, sort or filters by some criteria
Users can view videos in a specific category
Allow users to sponsor their videos
Allow users to sponsor video in feed
Moderators can use mass actions to manage videos as delete, approve, feature videos
Moderator can sponsor or feature a specific video
Users can view their own videos in My Videos page
Users can view their friends' videos in Friends' Videos page
Moderator can approve all pending videos in Pending Videos page

3 . Video Detail Page

Display all information of video as: title, description, category, total views
Play video directly in the detail page
Support social sharing via Addthis
Owner / Moderator can perform some actions as: edit, delete, sponsor in feed, sponsor/un-sponsor, feature/un-feature, approve
Users can perform some actions as: like, comment, share, report
Has Suggestion block to suggest videos which have the same category with the current one

4 . Share Video

Allow users to share video from other source as Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion and so on
Title and description of videos got from some sources can be parsed directly and put into the sharing form
Allow users to upload video from local server
Allow users to store videos on local server or S3. Support CDN in case store on local server
Allow users to drag and drop video in case uploading
Integrate with CKEditor to edit video's description
Allow users to add title, description, category of video

5 . Privacy Settings

Allow users to configure the default privacy for their new videos

6 . Back End - Dashboard and Site Statistics

View all videos as well as pending videos

7 . Back End - App Settings

Configure to use pagination or load more in search page (apply from 4.6.0)
Configure the number of videos will be shown on some blocks as Featured Videos, Sponsored Videos, Suggestion
Configure to show / hide videos which created in Page / Group into the All Video page of Video app (apply from 4.6.0)
Enable / disable providers as: upload video, Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo and so on
Configure Zencoder / S2 Account
Select video processing (S3 or local server)
Configure SEO meta keywords and SEO meta description
Configure FFMPEG

8 . Back End - User Group

Configure all settings for each user group

9 . Back End - Manage Categories

Can add, edit, delete, re-order caegories
When delete category, admin has some options to choose ++ Remove all items belong with this category ++ Select another category to move all items ++ Leave the items no category (items aren't required category)

10 . Migrate videos from phpFox V3 to this new app

11 . Migrate videos from the old Video app to this new one

12 . Use global time stamp instead of having its own

13 . Configure the responsive size, number of item in each block (apply from 4.6.0)

Notice:

This app is applied for Neutron Pro package only. Refer to https://www.phpfox.com/ to see all packages.
This app is currently compatible with phpFox 4.5.2 or later
If you install this app, it will replace the current video core app
Some feature will be applied from phpFox 4.6.0

Installation Guide

Please follow below steps to install new phpFox Video app:

Give 777 permission for folder /PF.Site/Apps/core-videos/.
Install the Video app from the store.
Clear cache on your site

To upload videos to your own server you'll need to configure FFMPEG. This is the last setting on Settings page in AdminCP. You can ask your hosting provider about FFMPEG path on your server, it may look like "/home/ffmpeg/ffmpeg". When you entered it, on FFMPEG Video Utilities page you'll see something similar: