Dear friends,

after following George's guidelines, I managed to solve most of my installation's problems.

I had to make changes in the .htaccess files in the wiki directory and the apache2.conf file to allow CGI operation and excecution.
By looking at the apache error log, I also found quite some references to deprecated functions "split" which I changed to "explode" to avoid errors.
I also found an error which prevented adding a new tag or transcript and isntead of showing the relevant "forms" when clicked, it showed an endless "loading ..." text. The error is:

[Sun Dec 02 09:15:53 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined method MV_EditPageAjax::
extractMetaDataFromArticle() in /var/www/mediawiki-1.16.0/extensions/MetavidWiki/includes/MV_MetavidInterface/MV_EditPageAjax.php on line 182, referer: http://localhost/wiki/index.php/Stream:Last-test
 
I tested by commenting out line 182 in MV_EditPageAjax.php and now the new tag an new transcript links work, however I would like to ask for your help on this issue since obviously my solution is not the proper one.

With your help, I am progressing really well, since I need to fully understand metavid's functionality in order to contribute to it's update.

Kind Regards
Ioannis




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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:34:17 -0500
> From: "George Chriss" <gchriss@openmeetings.org>
> To: "metavid-l@lists.wikimedia.org" <metavid-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc: ioannis ioannis <ioannisc@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MetaVid-l] Updated: Requst for info about metavid
> installation?
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> On Fri, November 30, 2012 8:23 am, ioannis ioannis wrote:
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > please let me update you on my project's status so far after the
> > information and files you provided.
> >
> > I installed mediawiki 1.16, semantic mediawiki 1.3 and metavid1.0r47961
> > (thanks to Michael for the zipped files) successfully on ubuntu 10.04lts.
> > The older version of ubuntu was used so as to have the correct versions of
> > mysql, php, etc.
>
> As an alternative to passing around zip files the following should work:
> svn checkout
> http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/MetavidWiki@47961
> Note that '@47961' specifies the revision number.
>
> ...likewise for mwEmbed (required but distributed separately):
> svn checkout
> http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/branches/new-upload/phase3/js2/mwEmbed@51518
>
> ...then remove .svn directories for filesystem manageability:
> find . -name ".svn" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \; -prune -print
>
>
> > Now in my wiki's Special:Version page the s/w listed is exactly the same
> > as the one shown in metavid.org site, therefore I consider the two setups
> > to be identical.
> >
> > I successfully managed to add a new stream (test_stream) from a local file
> > (.ogv) on my "server" from Special:MV_Add_Stream
>
> ...now would be a good time to update your .htaccess files. A suggested
> template for the base www directory (w/ short URLs enabled):
>
> AddType video/ogg ogg
> AddType video/ogg ogv
> AddType audio/ogg oga
> AddType application/rss+xml rss
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)$ /w/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]
> RewriteRule ^wiki/*$ /w/index.php [L,QSA]
>
> Note that index.html in the base directory is a simple META redirect to
> 'http://site.org/w'. Also, .htaccess syntax is really, really picky and
> sometimes requires lots of trial-and-error.
>
> ...and likewise for the directory serving the actual media files:
>
> AddType video/ogg ogg
> AddType video/ogg ogv
> AddType audio/ogg oga
> AddType application/rss+xml rss
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.
> RewriteRule \.ogg ../cgi-bin/oggz-chop.cgi [L]
>
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.
> RewriteRule \.ogv ../cgi-bin/oggz-chop.cgi [L]
>
>
> > The stream can be seen in my "server's" Special:MV_List_Streams.
> >
> > So far so good, but after this step there are some issues for which I
> > again ask for your kind assistance.
> >
> > When I attempt to edit the stream (Stream:Test_stream), I get a page which
> > shows the video embedded as expected and I can play the video as well.
>
> You will also need to build/test oggz-chop for seeking ability.
> In detail: http://blog.openmeetings.org/2010/11/downtime/
>
>
> > However the following links are not operational:
> >
> > Edit Time - upper right corner above the video windowDownload Options -
> > lower left corner under the video windowEmbed Video - lower left corner
> > under the video windowNew tag or Annotation - lower right corner of wiki
> > creenNew transcript - lower right corner of wiki screen
> >
> > Therefore, I am unable to edit or tag the video in the timeline, as shown
> > in the example video in youtube where Michael presents metavid's features.
>
> Once mwEmbed is in place include the following in './w/skins/mvpcf.php'
> just after '<?php $this->html('headscripts') ?>' (or, in an appropriate
> place such that it shows up within the HTML <head> section):
>
> <script src="/w/js2/mwEmbed/mv_embed.js" type="text/javascript" > </script>
>
> mwEmbed #51518 seems to be the most-recent working version w/ MetaVidWiki
> #51560; MetaVidWiki itself needs substantial work to become compatible
> with the newest versions of mwEmbed.
>
>
> > Your help in assisting me on how to resolve these issues would be of great
> > value at this point.
>
> Good luck! Keep us posted.
>
> Cheers,
> George
>
>
> > Kind regards
> > Ioannis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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