Thabo David Klass

<p>The  role of video as the premier mode of communication and information transmission in the year 2019 has now become uncontested. Video informs all aspects of our lives, from how we communicate with our loved ones to how radio stations stream content to their ‘listeners’. The monumental task for content providers today is to provide video in a manner in which it is accessible to everyone – not providing video is totally out of the question.</p>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gek1h29pyNU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<p>A large part of this is of course driven by the all internet-based media distribution platforms that have sprouted up since 2005. Video has become so instrumental and so effective that it has even triggered the biggest learning cycle in human history. So, the important test for content providers is fundamentally related to access – global access. Pertaining to internet infrastructure, different places in the world are at different stages of development – all those people have to have access to the same content. Providing video at resolutions that deal with these scenarios can be what separates a content providers from their competition.</p>
<p>The MP4 video format and FFmpeg have matured tremendously over the past 15 years. MP4 has become the de facto video format on the web and FFmpeg is the goto transcoding tool for some of the biggest video distribution platforms in the world. Just because of the lay of the land in 2019, it is important to use video on your site to interact with your visitors in ways that they can relate to and understand. Communicating in a standard way using the MP4 video format and making sure those videos can be provided in sizes and rates that respond to individual users’ needs and circumstances is imperative.</p>
<p>WordPress is now running on 30% of all websites – in a way, it has become a kind of web operating system. This means that it has become unavoidable and thinking about creating new products and dedicated implementations of existing products for WordPress is imperative.</p>
<p>The combination of better video transcoding technology, standard (popular) video containers, cloud storage services and a web dominated by a very powerful WordPress was fertile soil to create Spreebie Transcoder.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Resizing</strong> – Spreebie Transcoder resizes video to lesser resolutions. For example, a 360p video will get 240p and 144p copies.</li>
<li><strong>Compression</strong> – Spreebie Transcoder has adjustable settings to determine the quality of video and the speed at which transcoding happens. This results in compression to varying degrees depending on what settings have been chosen.</li>
<li><strong>Google Cloud Storage</strong> – If you choose to, transcoded video can be stored on Google Cloud Storage as a backup.</li>
<li><strong>Folders</strong> – Spreebie Transcoder supports WP Real Media Library that brings folder functionality to WordPress media.</li>
<li><strong>Support and Manual</strong> – Spreebie Transcoder provides a support tab through which users can request support from Spreebie representatives. A comprehensive manual is also provided to help users with most of the questions they may have.</li>
</ol>
<p>This plugin requires FFmpeg to work.</p>
<p>THIRD PARTY PRODUCT AND SERVICE NOTE: When storing already transcoded video on the cloud with this plugin, a third party service called Google Cloud Storage (https://cloud.google.com/storage/) is used for storage. A number of open-source PHP libraries from various sources are packaged within Spreebie Transcoder in the folder “vendor” in order to facilitate Google Cloud Storage functionality. Google Cloud Storage in this plugin ONLY works for cloud storage – the rest of the plugin can function without it.</p>
<p>Another third party product which is not included with this plugin but is its centre is FFmpeg is (https://www.ffmpeg.org/) – this is used to perform all the video analysis and transcoding. Without FFmpeg, this plugin cannot function.</p>
<p>The last third party product that can be used in tandem with this plugin but is not included with it is WP Real Media Library (https://matthias-web.com/wordpress/real-media-library/). This can be used to organise your transcoded media into folders. Spreebie Transcoder does not need WP Real Media Library to function.</p>


Spreebie Transcoder – Resize, Compress and Store Video

SPREEBIE TRANSCODER is a WordPress plugin that resizes, compresses and stores MP4 video via FFmpeg and Google Cloud Storage.

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 (8.x) with VAST support</li>
<li>MediaElement.js (WordPress default video 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.

Spreebie Transcoder – Resize, Compress and Store Video vs Video Share VOD – Turnkey Video Site Builder Script