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Brightcove Video Connect for Drupal 8 - Part 3: Video & Playlist Management

Senior Systems Engineer
May 27, 2016

Part 1: Architecture summary

Part 2: Installation & Configuration

Part 3: Video & Playlist Management

Part 4: Including Videos & Playlists in Drupal content

In this multi-part blog series, we are covering the various aspects of the new Brightcove Video Connect module for Drupal 8. Part 1 consisted of an Architecture summary and discussed the Technical approach used during the development of the module. Part 2 detailed the Installation & Configuration steps required to get the module up and running properly. This third part illustrates the management of Videos & Playlists and discusses some of the changes compared to the Drupal 7 version of the module.

 

Video listing

Once videos have been “imported” from Brightcove or uploaded through Drupal, a listing becomes available in an intuitive interface (with a similar layout to Brightcove’s own Studio interface) located in a tab right next to Drupal’s main Content tab:

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The new listing pages allow you to manage videos in a streamlined manner - something that wasn’t possible in the previous Drupal 7 versions as the video listings were limited and only accessible through an overlay while Attaching a video to a node.

 

Video upload and edit

When uploading a new video (or editing an existing one), a major improvement over previous Drupal versions is that the upload/edit screen is no longer presented in an overlay - but in the same layer as the other configuration screens:

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As can be seen above, tags now include an autocomplete feature. The Related Link URL now also includes autocomplete, letting you search for Drupal nodes:

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The video upload section has been improved by allowing a wider variety of audio and video container formats, and both the video and image source files can now be replaced with new files on existing assets:

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The Availability section has also been improved with a new calendar dropdown:

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Finally, not only can videos be uploaded and edited in an efficient manner, but also deleted (deleting Brightcove videos wasn’t possible in the previous Drupal 7 versions):

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Playlist listing

A listing similar to the Brightcove Video is also available for Playlists:

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Smart Playlist edit

Tags are also autocompleting in the Smart Playlist edit screen as can be seen below:

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Manual Playlist edit

Manual Playlists also feature an autocompleting field - this time for the individual videos to be included in the playlist:

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Part 4 of this multi-part blog series will demonstrate how to include Brightcove Videos & Playlists in Drupal content.

Part 1: Architecture summary

Part 2: Installation & Configuration

Part 4: Including Videos & Playlists in Drupal content

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Jan is responsible for managing hosted customer environments, development workflows, devops processes and the overall IT infrastructure at Pronovix. With 20+ years of experience as a systems engineer including 10+ years in project management, he is well equipped to handle challenges of various sizes in any of the lifecycle phases.

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