Not sure I agree with this... The first instruction to chmod all files to 777 is plain wrong, and frankly a very bad idea for security reasons.

The correct answer is that the user that runs your webserver must have rights to create the subdirectory pwg_representative in each folder with movies, and also have full rights in the pwg_representative subdirectory.

I solved it by creating a script that recursively searches all my subfolders for any videos, and if found creates the subdirectory pwg_representative and chown's it to my webserver user (usually www-data).

This way I can retain strict access on all folders, but still allow VideoJS to 'do it's thing'.

But yes, I do agree, the documentation is somewhat lacking and there are a few bugs. Mostly related to php 7.2 I think.

And I really do appreciate the effort put in by the developer to enhance Piwigo with video capabilities.

Last edited by miblo69 (2019-11-24 13:40:33)

So.... I am definitely no coder either. But I put this together, and it works for me. The usual disclaimers apply...

#!/bin/bash
#MB 2019-08-01
# Script to convert an input videofile to an MP4 compatible file. Mainly used for Piwigo
# Also used in combination with 'find' like so:
# find ./ -iname '*.mov' -exec ./conv_to_mp4.bash {} \;
#



if [ "z" = "$1z" ] ; then
        echo No argument given
        exit
fi

in="$1"

qf=$(printf %s. "$in" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g")
in="${qf%.}"
out="${in%.*}.mp4"

if [ -f "$in" ] ; then
        echo "Input file $in"
        echo "Output file $out"
        if [ -f "$out" ] ; then
                echo Skipping file conversion: $out already exists.

        else
                echo Start Converting
                ffmpeg -v verbose -i "${in}" -f mp4 -vcodec libx264 -crf 20 -preset fast -acodec aac -pix_fmt yuv420p "${out}"
                echo Copy EXIF dates (if available) from input file to output file
                exiftool -overwrite_original -tagsFromFile "${in}" -AllDates "${out}"
        fi
        # Even if output file exists, check for and optionally create output directory
        if [[ `expr index "${in}" /` = "0" ]] ; then
                # If no slash in string, asume only filename is given. Thus, create the pwg_representative
                # directory in the current directory
                echo Making local directory
                if [ ! -d  pwg_representative ] ; then
                        mkdir pwg_representative
                fi
                sudo chown www-data.www-data pwg_representative
        else
                # Else assume path name is given
                if [ ! -d "${out%\/*}"/pwg_representative ] ; then
                        echo Making directory in path
                        mkdir "${out%\/*}"/pwg_representative
                else
                        echo Directory "${out%\/*}"/pwg_representative already exists
                fi
                sudo chown www-data.www-data "${out%\/*}"/pwg_representative
        fi


else
        echo File "$in" not found
fi

Whether chown www-data:www-data (note : colon instead of . dot) is correct or even works of course depends on system setup and what user the web server runs as. Blindly copying that may as well render your hierarchy useless.

For directory and file permissions and chmod see [Forum, post 180666 by erAck in topic 28678] Http Error 500.

Hello.
In the VideoJS plugin settings, on the "Synchronization" tab, when I click on the "Send" button, I get a white screen with text messages:

Warning: Undefined array key "vjs_sync" in /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/plugins/piwigo-videojs/admin/admin_sync.php on line 78 Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: array_merge(): Argument #1 must be of type array, bool given in /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/plugins/piwigo-videojs/admin/admin_sync.php:78 Stack trace: #0 /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/plugins/piwigo-videojs/admin/admin_sync.php(78): array_merge(false, Array) #1 /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/plugins/piwigo-videojs/admin/admin.php(68): include_once('/home/o/o91510p...') #2 /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/admin/plugin.php(53): include_once('/home/o/o91510p...') #3 /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/admin.php(345): include('/home/o/o91510p...') #4 {main} thrown in /home/o/o91510pi/o91510pi.beget.tech/public_html/piwigo/plugins/piwigo-videojs/admin/admin_sync.php on line 78

What does that mean? What do I need to do to make it work properly?

Last edited by Ewgeniy (2023-08-17 11:07:04)

Oh, I see your point, thank you for your reply. It's beyond me to make sense of this cosmos. )
I'll just leave it at that. Let it work without synchronization.

Last edited by Ewgeniy (2023-08-17 13:54:25)