izap_videos is a full featured videos plugin for elgg. It can handle YouTube videos upload, On server upload if you have dedicated resources to process videos and off server videos (YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, Blip, CollegeHumor, 5min etc.).

1. It supports YouTube uploads if you do not have dedicated resources to host/process uploaded videos by your users.
2. It supports Youtube, Vimeo, Veoh, Metacafe, Blip, CollegeHumor, 5min.
3. It also supports Off server videos. Where you can convert video files to flv at your own server. It needs ffmpeg compiled on your server. Supported formats are subject of what your ffmpeg compilation supports.
4. More sharing options (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace).
5. A new customizable flash player. You can change forground and background colors of the flash player according to your need.
6. Embeddable video code to post videos on other sites which are uploaded on elgg's platform.
7. Categories support.
8. River support.
9. Groups integration.
10. Now you can enable on server and off server in parallel mode.
11. Make your videos favorite.

Recommend izap-videos if you really like what we did.

Release notes:

This is only compatible for elgg1.8. We will keep supporting elgg 1.7 development. But we won't add

Most stable elgg 1.7 compatible revesion:

http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/release/687747/developer/izap/izap_videos-39b-revision-133-for-elgg-16x-17x-31jan2011

Here are installation instruction:

## Installation instructions

1. Download compressed ball and uncompress.
2. Move uncompressed folder under "mod" directory and rename to "izap-videos".
3. Go to plugin installation panel from admin panel. And browse "izap videos". Make sure it is placed below izap-elgg-bridge.
4. Click on activate. And you are done.

Note: It is important to register your API key at http://www.pluginlotto.com and put register key in plugin settings of izap-elgg-bridge. This will allow you to have access of offserver videos. If you already registered, Than you can use the existing API for that particular domain where you are installing izap-videos.

We have moved all development of izap-vidoes on github. You can find us at http://github.com/izap/izap-videos

Download izap-elgg-bridge 2.0 at http://www.pluginlotto.com/store/product/tarun/7280/izapelggbridge-20

Open discussion thread: http://www.pluginlotto.com/forum/discussion/tarun/7281/izapvideos-40/