Ok. I'm relatively comfortable that the Gallery is working correctly.  I copied over FortVir albums for members here.  I believe the conversion was successful, but you might want to look to make sure.  Unfortunately, because the member names were different between FortVir and here, all the albums are general instead of personal.  You can still use them, just bear in mind that others can post in a general album as well.  Also, all the files show that I uploaded them.  I probably can change the ownership and upload name by editing the database if someone wants.  PM me if you want me to give it a shot.  I would greatly appreciate it if you would edit your posts that have links to a video at FortVir.  More on how to embed your album videos below.

As usual, videos play better if they are WMV, but MOVs play as well.  You can also upload your video to a hosting site like Vimeo and embed it in your album (as well as in posts).  If you are a Firefox user and are having problems viewing the videos, go get the Media Connectivity add-on 0.9.1.  This opens the files in an external media player that you can choose for each type of media.

USING GALLERY

You may post videos, pictures and music into an album in the Gallery.  You may use the CCUser.Net general album, or create your own personal album.  If you create a personal album, you may password protect it but you will have to give others the password so they can view your media.  Almost all types of video (including Matroska .mkv) can be embedded. 

When you are adding your media file, there will be three codes available for you to use:  BB code, html, and direct URL.  BB code may be used here in a forum post to embed a player in the post.  Just copy the BB code and paste it in your post.  Always add "type=av" without the quotes between the brackets after your media's file number if the software doesn't do it for you.  Click the ? (help) from more options.  To embed video hosted on YouTube and other media sites into your album, just copy the URL to your video from your browser address bar and paste it into the Embed URL input box below the Description text input box. To embed YouTube and other sites in a post, just copy the URL to your video from the browser address window and paste it directly into your post.  Do not use the Insert Hyperlink or Insert Flash icons on the WYSIWIG toolbar.  If your video is high definition, the software will play it that way in the post.

Enjoy.  And let me know if you have problems.

Lucky old you, my album is empty. Perhaps there's a cryptic message there somewhere?

Dave

Folks, I ran the converter and it copied over those videos and pictures it could.  If something didn't come over, I can't go back and get it without destroying all the others that copied successfully.  I have no assurance that the converter will run successfully a second time.  I also cannot make a private album for you.  Only you can do that.  The albums with your names are general albums.  That's the best I can do, sorry. 

If you have the original of the uploaded video, you can reupload it into your general album or into a new private album.  If you don't have the original, PM me for further actions.

WRT the videos playing, make sure you have the latest versions of Windows Media Player, Quicktime and Flash.  The software on the server just streams the videos in those formats, the player on your computer is what actually plays the video.  For some reason I cannot fathom, Quicktime formats (MOV, MP4, etc.) must fully download before you can begin playing them.  At least, that is how it is working on my computer.  So, be patient because, for large videos, you will be looking at a black square for a while until the video downloads.  There are other media players that may work better than WMP or QT (like Media Player Classic).  You might try them to see if they work without crashing.  You'll need to make them the default player so WMP or QT don't start up when you try to play the video.

Granpa,
I'm an early riser and a late-to-bed'r so you are likely to see me around anytime.

I am testing on your video.  The software doesn't like it for some reason, although I can download it and it plays fine.  Was it really an MOV when you encoded it?  Or, perhaps was it an MP4.  Your file name implies it was an AVI but with an MOV extension.  What software did you use to encode it?

Folks,
I'd like to focus the site on the using of camcorders rather than on the acquisition of a camcorder or accessories.  Something like Nikongear.com.  That site embeds Gallery 2 into a portal arrangement with SMF.  I can do that here with either of the gallery scripts if y'all are inclined.  Personally, I like viewing your video productions and merging all of that into CCU.net was one reason for closing FortVir.

I have done some housekeeping in the Gallery.  All the videos transferred over should now be attributed to the owner instead of me.  I have gone into the Video Showcase and tried to update the links in the posts there to the correct videos in your albums.  Where I could not find a video, I have put "Video No Longer Available" in the posts.  If that isn't correct, please edit the post to put a correct link to your video in your album.

If a video you have linked to in a post did not transfer over for some reason, please upload it again to your album and fix the links.  When linking to a video or still in the Gallery, please use the BBC embed code and add "type=av" (without quotes) inside the brackets after id=??.  If you want the video titled, add caption="Whatever Your Title Is" inside the brackets after id=??.  You can always click on the ? to be reminded of the options.

Video files that employ the Quicktime player (e.g., MOV or MP4) will play if given enough time for the video to completely download.  However, there will be no controls on the embedded player.  The video can be started and stopped by double clicking on the player.  This is a universal problem for Quicktime and I have yet to find a solution although I am still looking.  The problem is with the QT player on your computer and not the site or the browser you are using.

The maximum file size is 120MB, which is what it was before.  You will have to adjust the bitrate on the video (frame size doesn't make much difference) downward until you get under 120MB. Try a bitrate of 256 Kbps. If you can't get good quality with WMV, try MP4, but make sure the video has an .MP4 extension and not MOV.