AutoView Presenter

Activities ::: mod_autoview
Maintained by Me !Tim Williams
Lecture capture system, supporting synchronised slides and subtitles with a web editing interface.
Latest release:
32 sites
12 downloads
13 fans
Current versions available: 4

AutoView presenter is a Lecture Capture module which allows you to put video on-line with synchronised slides and subtitles. A simple web based editing interface is used to configure the video/slide/subtitle sources and to set the slide trigger times.

This release introduces some major changes. All legacy plugin support, excepting Flash has been dropped, video sources configured to use legacy plugins will no longer be displayed, although they will continue to show in the editor as "Legacy Videos". Flash videos will continue to work as before. Support for HLS and DASH streaming has been incorporated, videos in these formats can be uploaded to the Course Files Area Repository using the Repository File Manager block (we recommend you upload as a single zip file and unzip on the server).

A basic content migration tool has been incorporated into the admin interface, which can be used to convert legacy video formats into HTML5 compatible videos, it is recommended to use this tool if you do not already have HTML5 video sources.

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  • Anthony Borrow
    Tue, 29 Nov 2011, 9:57 PM
    The zip file for 1.9 contains lang folders for both en and en_utf8. I've asked Tim to clean up the lang folder before approving. Peace - Anthony
  • MD shot of me from his iphone4
    Tue, 5 Feb 2013, 10:42 AM
    Hi,
    this entry is currently unapproved.
    Should we keep it here as currently being worked on, delete it or consider putting it into the "Others" category if it still doesn't conform to plugin standards?
  • Me !
    Fri, 8 Feb 2013, 4:55 PM
    I think Anthony's comment is over a year old (why doesn't the date show?). This issue was addressed in the version I put up last October, I messaged Anthony at the time ans scheduled for re-approval but it would seem that he didn't get around to checking out the download. Note, this module supports both Moodle 1.9 and 2.x from the same download, the earlier 2.x release was a temporary port which didn't include the abstraction layer code which allowed the module to work on 1.9, this was the reason for Anthony's original comment.
  • MD shot of me from his iphone4
    Mon, 18 Feb 2013, 10:38 AM
    Hi Tim,
    MDL-31636 is under way to improve those dates being displayed smile.

    I've encountered issues that prevent me from using this plugin upon installation and adding to a course (this doesn't break moodle however smile ):
    - "The Repository File Manager block has not been installed. This is required to use AutoView in Moodle 2.x with internal file storage."
    - "The Course File Area repository has not been installed. This is required to use AutoView in Moodle 2.x with internal file storage."

    We'll need to append these to the dependencies to version.php in a way like so:
    $plugin->dependencies = array('block_repo_filemanager' => ANY_VERSION, 'repository_coursefilearea' => xxxxxxxxxx );

    This will streamline installation.

    ps: i did note the use of $CFG within version.php causing some notices here too.
  • vinoth kannan
    Thu, 19 Dec 2013, 11:51 AM
    I get this error
    "The Course File Area repository has not been installed. This is required to use AutoView in Moodle 2.x with internal file storage."
    and also a warning
    Warning : No suitable XSL parser has been found. Please update your PHP installation with XSL support enabled. Please see the ReadMe file in the autoview module directory for more information on how to do this.
  • Me !
    Fri, 20 Dec 2013, 5:29 PM
    Hi Vinoth,

    As the messages you are seeing state, you'll need some extras installed to get AutoView to work. You'll find the Course File Area Repository and the associated Repository File Manager block in the Plugins directory here, please install in the normal way.

    The XSL parser will require you to upgrade your server software. XSL parsers are normally part of a standard PHP install, it's unusual for them to be missing these days, however if you read the readme file you'll find some instructions to help you inget this fixed.
  • vinoth kannan
    Mon, 23 Dec 2013, 6:42 PM
    Hi Tim,
    Thank you very much. You saved my day. Got your message and i made some corrections in server file and XSL parser is enabled and it is working fine.
    I got an doubt can we restrict some videos only to be viewed and not to be downloaded by the users using autoview is there any options available.
    I dont know where to post it on forum so only i am posting it here.
    Thank you very much for your support.
  • Gareth J Barnard
    Mon, 20 Jan 2014, 10:40 PM
    Hi Tim,

    Please could you read this thread https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=252370 and see if there is a real issue with the plugin.

    Cheers,

    Gareth
  • vinoth kannan
    Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 11:34 AM
    Hi Tim,
    I run the cron job and it is showing the following error. We use Moodle 2.4.2
    Processing module function autoview_cron ...!!! Error writing to database !!!
    !! SQLState: 42000

    Error Code: 102

    Message: [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax near '`'.


    DELETE FROM mdl_autoview_keys WHERE `time` < 1392263615
    [array (
    )]
    Error code: dmlwriteexception !!
    !! Stack trace: * line 429 of \lib\dml\moodle_database.php: dml_write_exception thrown
    * line 260 of \lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php: call to moodle_database->query_end()
    * line 367 of \lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php: call to sqlsrv_native_moodle_database->query_end()
    * line 1153 of \lib\dml\sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php: call to sqlsrv_native_moodle_database->do_query()
    * line 146 of \mod\autoview\lib.php: call to sqlsrv_native_moodle_database->delete_records_select()
    * line 259 of \lib\cronlib.php: call to autoview_cron()
    * line 88 of \admin\cron.php: call to cron_run()
    !!

    Thanks in Advance

    Vinoth
  • vinoth kannan
    Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 1:58 PM
    Hi Tim,
    Please see this post https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=254187 for detailed view about the error while running cron through web interface.
    Thanks in Advance
    Vinoth
  • Jarosław Maciejewski
    Fri, 8 May 2015, 7:08 AM
    I don't see lang strings for your module. Please add them to AMOS
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