In this video we will create a content type to use for our videos.

Add Content Type

  • Go to “Structure => Content types => Add content type” (admin/structure/types)
  • Name: Video
  • (Save and add fields)
  • Add new field
    • Label: Video
    • Name: video
    • Field: Video
    • Widget: Video Upload
  • (Save)
  • Upload Destination of original file Public files (We want to choose public files because Zencoder is going to pull them from the server.)
  • Upload destination of converted files (This time we'll choose Amazon S3 because that's where we want the videos to be served from.)
  • Upload destination of thumbnails (You can serve your thumbnails from either server. It's up to you, but I’ll choose Amazon S3.)
  • Enable auto video conversion (This will cause all videos to be queued for conversion automatically.)
  • Thumbnail format (Select either JPEG or PNG for your thumbnail format, I’ll choose PNG.)
  • Video thumbnails
    • Automatically extract thumbnails from video (with fallback to manual upload) (This is what I'm going to choose. It will act identical to the way you choose thumbnails on YouTube. You will see a selection of thumbnails to choose from, automatically extracted from your video. (You can set the number of available thumbnails at admin/config/media/video/transcoders.) If it cannot extract thumbnails, you will be prompted to upload a custom thumbnail.)
    • Manually upload a thumbnail (You will be prompted to upload an image to use as the thumbnail for each video you upload.)
    • Don't create thumbnail (Will not create a thumbnail for the video.)
  • Default video thumbnail (This is the thumbnail that will be used for all videos, including those that are not able to have thumbnails extracted. When you create a video you will be able to upload a custom thumbnail, or use this default.)
  • Preview thumbnail style (When you have thumbnails automatically extracted, this is the image style used to display your available thumbnail options when you create a video. This does not affect how the video is shown to the end user, only what you see when you create a video.)
  • Presets (You can choose presets to use for this video and override the default presets. I’m not going to do that though.)
  • (Save field settings)
  • (Save settings)