Lifeay 7: playing video files

How to play video files in Liferay


Overview

This article explains how to play video files on Liferay portal from the Documents & Media, or in a custom fragment/widget. 


Configuration


1. Go to Server Administration -> External Services:


2. Scroll down to the Xuggler section and click the “Install” button to install the xuggler libraries:


3. Restart Liferay server.


4. Go to Server Administration -> External Services.


5. Make sure Xuggler is installed correctly, and enable it:

Verification


To verify the video playing feature navigate to Documents & Media, and upload a video file:


You should see a message about preview generation:

Wait until it’s finished, and that’s it - video can be viewed directly from Documents & Media:


Note: you can re-use this functionality in a custom widget/fragment - you need to generate a URL to the DL File Entry, and use it in a ‘video’ tag for playing the video file.



Enjoy 😏

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