It’s not the size of the mp4. I had this same problem repeatedly with videojs 2.9. I never did get it to work. After spending hours on it, and researching the forms & github, I decided to revert back to videojs 2.8b. That works fine.

Deactivate videojs, then delete it, in the plugins admin panel.  Go to GitHub and either get the zip file for the 2.8b release, or clone it if you know how to do that.  Move the zip to your ../galleries/plugins folder. It should then appear in the plugins admin panel with the option to install it.

Sorry that is the best solution I could find. Maybe someone smarter than I will have a better idea!

Well infact mp4 files works well in videojs, which cloned from github ( git://github.com/xbgmsharp/piwigo-videojs.git)

Here is my setup:

In LocalFiles Editor: local/config/config.inc.php

/* https://github.com/xbgmsharp/piwigo-vid … -configure */
$conf['upload_form_all_types'] = true;
$conf['sync_chars_regex'] = '/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_. ]+$/';
$conf['show_exif'] = true;
$conf['show_exif_fields'] = array(
  'Make',
  'Model',
  'ExifVersion',
  'Software',
  'DateTimeOriginal',
  'FNumber',
  'ExposureBiasValue',
  'FILE;FileSize',
  'ExposureTime',
  'Flash',
  'ISOSpeedRatings',
  'FocalLength',
  'FocalLengthIn35mmFilm',
  'WhiteBalance',
  'ExposureMode',
  'MeteringMode',
  'ExposureProgram',
  'LightSource',
  'Contrast',
  'Saturation',
  'Sharpness',
  'bitrate',
  'channel',
  'date_creation',
  'display_aspect_ratio',
  'duration',
  'filesize',
  'format',
  'formatprofile',
  'codecid',
  'frame_rate',
  'latitude',
  'longitude',
  'make',
  'model',
  'playtime_seconds',
  'sampling_rate',
  'type',
  'resolution',
  'rotation',
  );

1. I place my photos in a another larger disk partition, so I make soft link to the piwigo/galleries, but not copy.
2. The best way of  synchronisation is the "Quick local synchronisation" entered from Home->mainmenu-> administration

Here is my final solution for mov file (by my iphone):

1. Rename mov to mp4 file directly.
   I don't to transcode mov to mp4, because it will lose all the gps data. so I just keep it for one day.

2. "Quick local synchronisation" , by now it is not enough, you will find all the mp4(mov)  photo is just a video logo.

3. In plugin Photos->the Batch Manager, select the mp4 files(renamed from mov) , and from the "Action" button, select "Videos":
   Be sure to select "Poster->add film effect", otherwise you wont play it.
   Also, for me, set "Poster-> Create a poster at position in second" to 1, default is 4, but some of my mov are less than 4 seconds and will cause error.

by now, all my videos including mov mp4 works.

btw don't set player to video.js v7, doesn't work. videojs.v6/v5 works well.

About 504 gateway time-out, just use `top` to check if the exiftool precession is finished.

Last edited by Foto (2019-05-16 13:47:36)

Hello,

VideoJS 2.9b available on GitHub works correctly with Piwigo 12.2.0 and the native browser player option.

For configuring it, the following wiki page might help you get mediaInfo recognised.

Replacing the .MOV extension with .MP4 is not recommended because they are different containers and some players are unable to read 'wrong' MP4 files. The Piwigo iOS app converts automatically .MOV files to .MP4 before uploading them.

All the best,
Eddy

Hi Raj,

Have you checked that mediaInfo is executable by www (or any user?) in your home folder? As for FFmpeg, you can easily install a static build on your server (no compilation needed). Make it executable and set its path in LocalFile Editor as described in the wiki page I mentioned. That should work.

All the best,
Eddy

Hi Raj,

HEVC video files are still not supported by most servers so the MP4/H.264 format remains the most appropriate choice for the moment. This also applies to new formats of images. We must be patient.

All the best,
Eddy

Hi Raj,

The permissions look fine and you installed FFmpeg. Great!

Among the error messages, some tell that exiftool is not installed. It is extremely easy to install. You download the latest version from here. Upload the .tar file to your Piwigo server as you did with FFmpeg. Then, you extract the tar with 'tar -xvf Image-ExifTool-12.30.tar' and then enter the absolute path in your VideoJS configuration.

As for mediainfo, it cannot be executed without the library file libmediainto.so.0. Here is how I installed it on my virtual server:

- Download the all-in-one package source code v21.09 from the official web site
- Upload the archive to the server in /home directory   
- Upgrade instance so that it is powerful enough to compile mediainfo
- tar -xvf MediaInfo_CLI_21.09_GNU_FromSource.tar
- cd MediaInfo_CLI_GNU_FromSource
- ./CLI_Compile.sh
- Copy /tmp/MediaInfo_CLI_GNU_FromSource/MediaInfo/Project/GNU/CLI/mediainfo to /home folder   
- Add 'Execute' rights to mediainfo file (755)
- Enter the path to mediainfo in the VideoJS configuration
- Revert to a cheaper (less powerful) server

Hope this helps.

HI Eddy,
I just installed exiftool and now it looks like I am getting somewhere!
See screenshot below :-)

PS: Does not look like mediainfo will work without that PATH defined somewhere....and I do not know where to define it :-(
Do you know?