The work on the new version of the video module continue.

I'm at a good point in the development and I think I will be ready to release the new version soon.

I attach here the current development version.

The code is still really unstable so.. do not use this on production. The update from previous versions still does not work.. so use this on a clean drupal install.

I'm currently working on a major rewrite of the video module. It was absolutely needed as the code was pretty ugly and buggy.

The rewrite tries to simplify the UI and the content submission process.

Attached you can find my latest version, is super development code but it's there only to let you have an idea of the path I'm following.

The only modules which I tested are: video, video_ffmpeg_helper, google video, weblink video, upload_video, url video, youtube video. Any other will not work.

The last version (at the time of this post) is attached below.

After my University exams this week I'm going to start working again on the video module.

The first thing I want to do is fixing the Video files randomly deleted bug. This is a really annoying bug which has been on the queue for a long time and it is time to fix it.

Then I will start working on creating a stable release for Drupal 5.0. Before doing so I would like to complete the handle remote hosted and uploaded/local videos differently feature.

This is critical for both users and developer: by handling video sources differently the video module code will be easier to understand and debug, moreover we will be able to hide unused video node creation fields making the end user interface extremely easier.

I also would like to implement some of the Youtube API. I'm really interested in the possibility to automatically get video images from Youtube. This would be really cool.

Ok.. check out my cvs log messages next days!

We just created a new Video Group on groups.drupal.org.

This groups aims to get ideas and coordinate efforts between the different people involved in the video content modules development. The goal is to provide drupal with an easy, powerful and extensible support for videos.

It has been asked a lot by the video module users, by mail or through video module project issue tracker, to backport the features which will be available in the next to be realized video module for Drupal 5.X.

The backport has been created for one of my consulting clients then is available. However I can't let this to became an official release of the video module for Drupal 4.7. Maintaining two branches with young code is an hard task I can't afford.

The attached archive contains a 4.7 drupal install with the features available for 5.0 backported.