Minimum Requirement
If Mencoder, Ffmpeg, Flvtool2, Ffmpeg-php and/or Perl are NOT available from the above list, jVideoDirect also support "Fetch Link only" mode. Videos are embedded to the site. No upload or conversion take place. It's best for video sites on shared hosting.
Requirement for Optimal Features
jVideoDirect is a video sharing gallery extension for Joomla. It operates on Linux based server that has below software installed for enjoyment of full features.
| PHP | 5.0.0 or higher | http://www.php.net |
| cURL LIBRARY | 7.9.0 or higher | http://php.net/curl |
| PERL | 5.8.8 or higher | http://perl.com |
| MENCODER | MPlayer 1.0 RC2 or higher | http://www.mplayerhq.hu |
| FFMPEG | 0.4.9_pre1 or higher | http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu |
| FLVTOOL2 | 1.06 or higher | http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2 |
| FFMPEG-PHP | 0.05 or higher | http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net |
| GD | 2.0 or higher (the version of GD bundled with PHP should be fine) |
http://www.boutell.com/gd |
| FREETYPE | 2.2.0 or higher | http://www.freetype.org |
Remark: Latest version of above softwares are always recommended.