This might seem like an incredibly easy question to answer, but as a first-time Drupalist, with this being the first feature I tried to add to our site, I ended up experimenting with several different module combinations and ripped out all of the hair I had left before I finally got the videos playing.

To actually get the video files to play in Drupal, I followed this tutorial from Drupal Therapy: http://drupaltherapy.com/node/50, which uses the FileField and jQuery Media modules, running the videos in the free JW Mediaplayer http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/.

The JW Mediaplayer is probably the best bet in terms of a player, and its customizability was ideal for streaming video online as well as creating an off-line video gallery that could play in the Fog Alarm Building.

Once you have videos playing with jQuery Media and FileField, you'll probably want to get rid of the annoying FileField icon that appears just below the video. There are several posts in the Drupal forums about how to do this with PHP code, but it's simplest to just add the following code into your CSS file:.filefield-icon {display:none;}

Drupal, Fog Alarm Building, video

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