Community Edition Server

What is it about?[top]

Your CE server can easily work with Drupal using Kaltura video extension for Drupal:

• Empowers Drupal websites with a full video experience
• Easy upload and import of videos, images and audio files from your computer, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr, record from webcam and more
• Total independence, content hosted and streamed on your KalturaCE server
• All metadata stored locally on your Drupal site - each media file is created as a Drupal Video Node
• CCK Field representation of rich media - to easily add rich media to existing content types
• Full integration with Drupal Views - including predefined views to ease integration
• Statistics collection – number of plays for each video collected and updated on the video node
• Drupal permissions integration – allows the administrator to decide who can view and who can edit content
• Drupal tags integration – metadata and tags from the Kaltura system are automatically included in the Drupal tags, and vice versa
• Drupal 6 and Drupal 5 compatible versions available
• Built-in online video editor - supports trimming videos, transitions, effects, soundtracks, remixing, reordering clips, overlays and collaborative editing

Can I see it in action?[top]

Take a look at the Kaltura Drupal demo site, where you can add content, and play around with the module.

 

How do I install the Drupal module?[top]

• Install Drupal –
  this could be either on the same server where KalturaCE is running or on a server that has access to KalturaCE (inside the same LAN)
• Install the Kaltura module for Drupal -
  

  Download the Kaltura module for Drupal from http://drupal.org/project/kaltura and place it in the modules directory of Drupal. The Kaltura module depends on the following modules for full functionality, you can download and add them as well:

  • CCK - http://drupal.org/project/cck
  • Views - http://drupal.org/project/views
  • JQuery Update - http://drupal.org/project/jquery_update
• Conduct the following configuration steps –
  • Open the file kaltura_settings.php located in the Kaltura module under kaltura_client directory
  • Find the line:
    define('KalturaSettings_SERVER_URL', "http://www.kaltura.com");
  • Replace the URL (http://www.kaltura.com) to the full URL of your KalturaCE installation (with the “KalturaCE” suffix).
    For example, if your Kaltura CE server host is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx The line would be:
    define('KalturaSettings_SERVER_URL', "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/kalturaCE ");
  • Add a file named crossdomain.xml to your server root directory. If your domain is domain.com. This file should be accessible in http://domain.com/crossdomain.xml inside this file should be the following content, where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is replaced by your KalturaCE server IP:
    

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
    "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
    <cross-domain-policy>
      <site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="master-only"/>
      <allow-access-from domain="localhost"/>
      <allow-access-from domain="127.0.0.1"/>
      <allow-access-from domain="*.kaltura.com"/>
       <allow-access-from domain=" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx "/>
      <allow-http-request-headers-from domain="127.0.0.1" headers="*"/>
      <allow-http-request-headers-from domain="localhost" headers="*"/>
      <allow-http-request-headers-from domain="*.kaltura.com" headers="*"/>
        <allow-http-request-headers-from domain=" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx " headers="*"/>
    </cross-domain-policy>

• Activate your module
  • Browse to your Drupal Kaltura module activation form:
    
    Click on the "Click here if you already have a partner ID" link
    You will reach the following page:
    
  • Fill in the following details then click "Complete installation":
    • Partner ID - 1 (this is a generic Partner ID since this is on your own server)
    • Email - the email you provided during your KalturaCE registration
    • Password- the password you provided during your KalturaCE registration

Once installed, what can I do with the Kaltura Drupal module?[top]

The Kaltura Drupal video module provides you with the full capabilities of Kaltura’s open source video platform – designed specifically for Drupal. You can watch our Drupal module tutorial to learn how to create content, upload videos, remix content and more.