Videos5
Description
Stream your videos to your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or browser.
Videos5 allows you to stream your MPEG-4 (H.264 only) videos using any HTML5-compliant browser that supports H.264: Safari (on computers and mobile devices) or Chrome (no Firefox / Opera).
To be available for streaming in this app, your video files needs to be MPEG-4 files, with the video stream encoded using the H.264 codec. You'll also want the audio stream to use a codec that your browser supports (most likely AAC). For each file that isn't compatible, Videos5 will allow you to create a new version that can be streamed on all devices.
Custom thumbnails
If your Movies share contain folder.jpg and filename.tbn files (image files used by XBMC for thumbnails), those will be used to display thumbnails for folders and video files. More details about thumbnails can be found on the XBMC wiki.
If you already use XBMC, and indexed all the videos on your Movies share in it, you can export your library using Settings > Video > Library > Export video library. Then indicate you want to export 'separate' files, instead of a 'single file' export, and that you want to export thumbnails and fanart. This will generate filename.tbn files for all your movies, and folder.jpg for all your TV Shows folders.
If you don't use XBMC, you can manually create filename.tbn files (in JPG or PNG format) for your movies, and place folder.jpg files (in JPG or PNG format) in your folders.
You can also use applications that can catalog your videos, and export thumbnails in the proper format. Media Companion and Media Reader are such applications.
Custom Videos Paths
If you store your videos somewhere else than the default /var/hda/files/movies, you'll need to change that path in the Videos5 settings. Execute those two commands, from a terminal:
mysql -uvideos5 -pvideos5 -e "update settings set value='/path/to/your/videos' where name = 'paths'" videos5
/usr/bin/php /var/hda/web-apps/videos5/html/index.php find
If you want to scan multiple directories, separate each by \n in the above mysql command:
mysql -uvideos5 -pvideos5 -e "update settings set value='/path/to/your/videos\n/other_path/to/your/other_videos' where name = 'paths'" videos5
Custom Videos Encoding Options
You can change the default options used to encode videos in the same way you can change paths: by changing a MySQL entry.
See /usr/bin/HandBrakeCLI --help, or HandBrake CLIGuide for available options.
mysql -uvideos5 -pvideos5 -e "update settings set value='/bin/nice /usr/bin/HandBrakeCLI -L -i \$input -o \$output -e x264 -q 20.0 -a 1 -E faac -B 160 -6 dpl2 -R 48 -D 0.0 -f mp4 -X 720 -Y 480 --loose-anamorphic -m -x cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:subme=6' where name = 'encode_command'" videos5
