Thabo David Klass

<p>Over the past 10 years, the stunning rise of video on the internet as a way to communicate<br />
and disseminate ideas has made it a platform that EVERYONE has needed to get familiar with<br />
and master.  With this rise, came incredible tools like FFmpeg and video file formats like<br />
MP4, that has become the de facto video format on the web.  FFmpeg is a powerful open source<br />
video conversion, compression and streaming tool used by top services like YouTube and<br />
Facebook. Because of the current zeitgeist, it is important to use video on your site to<br />
interact with you visitors in ways that they can relate to and understand.  Communicating<br />
in a standard way using the MP4 video format and making sure those videos are small in size<br />
but good in quality is therefore absolutely imperative.</p>
<p>Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression combines WordPress with FFmpeg to easily convert<br />
files from the popular FLV and MOV file formats to the even more popular MP4 file format.<br />
Existing MP4 files can be radically compressed without any perceptible loss in video quality.<br />
In short, Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression is what any WordPress aficionado needs<br />
if they want to use FFmpeg.</p>
<p>This plugin ONLY works with FFmpeg.</p>
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Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

Easily convert video to MP4 and compress existing MP4 files to smaller sizes for WordPress media or to save locally for a variety of other uses.

videowhisper

<p>Launch a fully featured video on demand (VOD) platform with the Video Share VOD plugin. This turnkey solution for WordPress allows users to upload, manage, and publish videos effortlessly. From live streaming integration to advanced video management with FFmpeg support, this plugin offers everything needed to create a modern VOD service like Netflix or Hulu. Enhance your site with capabilities for playlists, ads, and video monetization, ensuring a rich viewing experience on any device.</p>
<p><a href="https://demo.videosharevod.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Video Site Demo</a></p>
<h4>Benefits</h4>
<ul>
<li>Comprehensive Video Management: Upload, import, and manage videos with powerful tools and user-friendly interfaces.</li>
<li>HTML5 and HLS Support: Ensures compatibility across all devices and browsers, including mobile platforms.</li>
<li>Ad Integration: Monetize your videos through HTML5 VAST support for ads, including Google DoubleClick and AdSense.</li>
<li>Custom Playlists and Taxonomies: Organize videos into playlists and categories, enhancing discoverability and user engagement.</li>
<li>Interactive Video Features: Allow viewers to rate and review videos, integrating with the Rate Star Review plugin for community feedback.</li>
<li>Monetization Options: Set up creator subscription models, pay-per-view, and ad-supported structures to generate revenue from your video content.</li>
<li>Advanced Video Processing: Utilize FFmpeg for video conversions, thumbnail generation, and video previews, ensuring high performance outputs.</li>
<li>Seamless Integration: Works with BuddyPress for social media capabilities, and other plugins like MicroPayments/FansPaysite for advanced monetization.</li>
<li>Customizable Access Control: Define who can view or upload content based on user roles or subscription levels, with detailed access lists.</li>
</ul>
<p>Special Requirements: This plugin requires FFmpeg access on the web host. Main features including generating video snapshots, preview clips, video watermarks, custom HTML5 video conversions, HLS segmentation are not possible without FFmpeg.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>adds video post type to WordPress site</li>
<li>shortcodes, pages with video site features: browse videos, upload, import</li>
<li>extracts thumbnail, generates feature image</li>
<li>generates thumbnail sized short video preview (play on mouse hover)</li>
<li>extracts info: duration, resolution, bitrate, file size</li>
<li>multiple playback methods</li>
<li>playlist taxonomy, listing of videos with rest of posts in categories, tags, searches</li>
<li>shortcodes for listing videos, displaying player, upload form, import form</li>
<li>HTML5 VAST (video ad serving template) support for video ads</li>
<li>HTML5 Google IMA support: DoubleClick & AdSense support</li>
<li>premium users that don’t see ads</li>
<li>mass video upload</li>
<li>mass video import (from server)</li>
<li>setup user types that can share videos</li>
<li>pending video / approval for user types that can’t publish directly</li>
<li>conversion queue for server load control</li>
<li>configure codecs and encoding options, formats, bitrate</li>
<li>BuddyPress activity for adding video</li>
<li>see more <a href="https://videosharevod.com/features/" title="Video Share VOD Features" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Share VOD Features</a> …</li>
</ul>
<h4>Listings</h4>
<ul>
<li>AJAX display and update of video list (does not reload site for filter, sort, next page)</li>
<li>video preview in list (play on hover)</li>
<li>Filter by category, tags, name search</li>
<li>Sort by date, views, recently viewed, random, rating, rating number, rate popularity</li>
<li>integrates <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/rate-star-review/" title="Rate Star Review - AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings" rel="ugc">Rate Star Review – AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>VOD Access Control : Membership, Sales</h4>
<ul>
<li>define global video access list (roles, user emails & ids)</li>
<li>role playlists: assign videos as accessible by certain roles</li>
<li>exception playlists: free, registered, unpublished</li>
<li>show preview and custom message when inaccessible</li>
<li>read more about <a href="https://videosharevod.com/features/video-on-demand/" title="Video On Demand" rel="nofollow ugc">Video On Demand</a> …</li>
<li>integrates <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-membership/" title="Paid Membership and Content" rel="ugc">MicroPayments – Content, Membership, Downloads</a> plugin to allow selling items</li>
</ul>
<h4>Players</h4>
<ul>
<li>HTML5 video conversion and playback support</li>
<li>HLS playback support</li>
<li>HD video support (player adapts to video size)</li>
<li>HTML5 native tag player</li>
<li>Video.js player with VAST support</li>
<li>MediaElement.js (WordPress default video player)</li>
<li>Strobe Flash player</li>
</ul>
<h4>PLupload / HTML5 Video Uploader</h4>
<ul>
<li>Drag & Drop</li>
<li>AJAX (no Submit, page reload required to upload more videos)</li>
<li>multi video support</li>
<li>status / progress bar for each upload</li>
<li>fallback to standard upload for older browsers</li>
<li>mobile video upload (iOS6+, Android 3+)</li>
<li>backend multi upload menu</li>
<li>read more about <a href="http:s//videosharevod.com/features/video-uploader/" title="Video Uploader" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Uploader</a> …</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugin Integrations</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://paidvideochat.com/" title="Paid Videochat Site Builder" rel="nofollow ugc">Paid Videochat</a> turnkey pay per minute cam site builder: publish streaming recordings, videos on room profile, teaser loop video</li>
<li><a href="https://broadcastlivevideo.com/" title="Broadcast Live Video Site Builder" rel="nofollow ugc">Broadcast Live Video</a> turnkey live streaming site builder: publish channel streaming archives</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-membership/" title="MicroPayments Content and Membership" rel="ugc">MicroPayments Content and Membership</a>: sell videos as WooCommerce products or with MyCred Sell Content</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/rate-star-review/" title="Rate Star Review - AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings" rel="ugc">Rate Star Review – AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings</a>: allow users to rate videos and leave reviews</li>
</ul>
<h4>Broadcast Live Video – HTML5 Live Streaming Plugin</h4>
<ul>
<li>integrates with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/videowhisper-live-streaming-integration/" title="Broadcast Live Video - HTML5 Live Streaming" rel="ugc">Broadcast Live Video – HTML5 Live Streaming</a> channels plugin</li>
<li>import archived video streams (previous broadcasts)</li>
<li>upload additional videos for each channel</li>
<li>list videos on channel page</li>
<li>channel button on video page (if channel exists)</li>
<li>read more about <a href="https://videosharevod.com/features/live-streaming/" title="Live Streaming" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Streaming</a> …</li>
<li>see <a href="https://broadcastlivevideo.com/" title="Broadcast Live Video Camera Script" rel="nofollow ugc">Broadcast Live Video</a> turnkey solution …</li>
</ul>
<h4>Webcam Recording Plugin</h4>
<ul>
<li>integrates with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-posts-webcam-recorder/" title="VideoWhisper Video Posts Webcam Recorder" rel="ugc">VideoWhisper Video Posts Webcam Recorder</a> for video recording</li>
<li>integrates with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-comments-webcam-recorder/" title="Video Comments Webcam Recorder
">VideoWhisper Video Comments Webcam Recorder</a> for video recording comments (including in BuddyPress activity)</li>
<li>recorder access shortcode “videowhisper_recorder” integrates VideoShareVOD sharing permissions</li>
<li>read more about <a href="https://www.videowhisper.com/?p=WordPress+Video+Recorder+Posts+Comments" title="Video Posts Webcam Recorder" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Posts Webcam Recorder</a> …</li>
</ul>
<h4>External Service Dependencies</h4>
<p>Google Interactive Media Ads libraries are required to load from Google domains when feature is enabled, to prevent “Error: IMA SDK is either not loaded from a google domain or is not a supported version.” .<br />
Service terms: https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/html5/client-side/terms</p>
<h4>Special Hosting Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>FFmpeg and HTML5 codecs are required to generate snapshots, preview clips and convert videos to HTML5 formats. Latest FFmpeg is recommended with video & audio codecs for HTML5 & video types you plan to upload.</li>
<li>Conversions require important resources like CPU time, memory, long process time (not available on budget shared hosting). These must be available and enabled for the account processes.</li>
<li>High upload size and script timeout limits on web host to allow uploading bigger files. Importing videos (uploaded with FTP or other tools) is recommended for very big files.</li>
<li>CloudFlare or similar services are not recommend due to upload limitations. Will usually break bigger uploads.</li>
<li>Optionally, to deliver videos as live streaming a server like Wowza SE is required that will provide access at a HLS address from video path.</li>
<li>Optionally, plugin can also generate static HLS segments, using extra disk space and initial processing resources. </li>
<li>read more about <a href="https://videosharevod.com/hosting/" title="Video Share VOD Hosting" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Share VOD Hosting</a> …<br />
Security Warning: Hosts that include FFmpeg access should also have specific security configuration in place. That can include CageFS and other restriction/isolation tools.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://videosharevod.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Site Plugin Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://videosharevod.com/features/quick-start-tutorial/" rel="nofollow ugc">Turnkey Video Site Installation Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="https://consult.videowhisper.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="https://videosharevod.com/hosting/" rel="nofollow ugc">Recommended Hosting</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li>videowhisper_videos playlist=”” perpage=”” perrow=”” – Video list.</li>
<li>videowhisper_upload playlist=”” category=”” owner=”” – Upload form.</li>
<li>videowhisper_player video=”0″ – Video player.</li>
<li>videowhisper_preview video=”0″ – Preview only.</li>
<li>videowhisper_player_html source=”” source_type=”” poster=”” width=”” height=”” – HTML file player.</li>
<li>videowhisper_embed_code source=”” source_type=”” poster=”” width=”” height=”” – Embed code HTML player.</li>
</ul>
<p>For more details see Video Share VOD – Documentation menu after installing plugin.</p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p><a href="https://demo.videosharevod.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Video Site Demo</a></p>


Video Share VOD – Turnkey Video Site Builder Script

Free and open source solution to build an online video community, this plugin ships with a tons of features, from video storing, video conversion, ability to add a watermark to video and much more.
Super compatible with HTML5 player with the ability to monetize with overlay ads or with an integrataed pay-per-view membershib
It also offer live broadcast but i did not try it out, since i only offer VOD 

Turnkey video community solution

Build your own VOD platform with Video Share VOD, featuring extensive video management, monetization, and HTML5 support.

Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression vs Video Share VOD – Turnkey Video Site Builder Script