README.md

A Video Platform

AVideo is a generic term that means absolutely nothing, or anything video. Since it doesn't mean anything the brand simply is identifiable with a Platform that does Audio and Video or simply "A Video Platform".

AVideo Platform is distributed as SaaS at AVideo.com, as an Enterprise Version, and as an Open-Source Project.

AN AVideo Platform Instance

When we say a clone or copy of AVideo we mean an instance of AVideo Platform Enterprise or Open-Source and every instance of the AVideo Platform can be indexed as a network in the World Wide Broadcast Network Platform System.

AVideo trademark is FREE to use

AVideo is a registered trademark owned by WWBN (World Wide Broadcast Network, Inc.) and is freely distributable with any Enterprise or Open-Source AVideo Platform products provided by WWBN, and its permitted use is granted with GNU-GPL, CDDL open source licenses. Open-Source License can be viewed in this link.

• Word Mark: AVIDEO
• Translations: "AVideo" has no meaning in any foreign language.
• Goods and Services: IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer search engine software for searching online video content. FIRST USE: 20030602. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20040112
• Standard Characters: Claimed
• Mark Drawing Code: (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
• Trademark Search Facility Classification Code: LETS-1 A A single letter, multiples of a single letter or in combination with a design
• Serial Number: 77450549
• Registration Number: 3625659

About the re-brand.

In some plugins, forks, versions, modules, APIs, documentation, file names, there may be or have been reference to youphptube, youphp.tube, searchtube, adtube, showtube, searchmercials. WWBN owns Searchmercials, SearchTube, AdTube, ShowTube, AVideo, WWBN among other trademarks. All other trademarks and similarity to any referred to in any files, documents, wikis, plugins, code, modules, apis, integrations, technologies, links belong to their respective owners.

AVideo Platform Open-Source Project

A Video Platform open-source project has over 900 developers, and over 4000 AVideo Platform instances world wide. Some of the largest brands in the world use the AVideo Platform to manage and distribute their media assets. Because of the remarkable flexibility of the platform, each of our customers uses our platform in a slightly different way, to address their particular needs and deliver solid targeted value to their organization.

The AVideo Platform Plugin Design allows you to get exactly the solution that addresses your needs today, while ensuring that your Broadcast Network implementation can grow and expand with you as your needs evolve.

Create Your Own Broadcast Network With AVideo Platform

AVideo Platform Open-Source Solution enables you to create your own video sharing site. Join the AVideo Developer Community and get platform innovation details, bug fixes, and contribute the continued evolution of AVideo Platform.

Along with this re-brand come a slew of value added benefits for all AVideo Platform instances.

• Each AVideo Platform clone is considered a broadcast network
• Each broadcast network is indexed in our World Wide Broadcast Network Platform System
• Each broadcast network can use our ad network
• Each broadcast network can use our Open Systems TV platform (Coming Soon)

And more to come in 2020. Our mission is to take your video sharing site to "The Next Level" Internet TV.

WWBN offers relevant and practical solutions, as well as valuable innovative technology, designed to increase the efficiency of advertising and broadcasting operations and maximize revenue opportunities for our customers and partners.

WHERE WE DELIVER

PROFITABLE STRATEGIES - We provide companies with new business models that evolve around the delivery of video and other digital assets complementing their existing business offerings and adding to their revenues. These new ways of doing business include Turnkey application-integration with capabilities for managing, auditing, and disseminating digital content.

To learn more about AVideo Platform visit the AVideo Platform Official Site.

To see a demo select one below.

• AVideo Platform Flix Demo
  • We provide you a AVideo Flix Style site sample. On this site you can subscribe (with real money on PayPal). this subscription will allow you to watch our private videos. There is an user that you can use to see how it works. user: test and pass: test.
• AVideo Platform Gallery Demo
  • We've provided a sample Video Gallery site, which is also our tutorials site. On this sample you can login, subscribe, like, dislike and comment. but you can not upload videos.
• AVideo Platform Full-Access Demo
  • We provide you a Demo site sample with full access to the admin account. You will need an admin password to upload and manage videos, it is by default. user: admin and pass: 123. Also there is a non admin user and password (Only for comments). user: test and pass: test.

Notice:

We highly recommend you keep your instance of AVideo Platform updated to the latest release. If you have updated your instance to version 8.0, your old plugins will not work, just download them again and you should be fine.

First thing...

I would humbly like to thank God for giving me the necessary knowledge, motivation, resources and idea to be able to execute this project. Without God's permission this would never be possible.

For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Apostle Paul in Romans 11:36

This Software must be used for Good, never Evil. It is expressly forbidden to use AVideo Platform Open-Source to build porn sites, violence, racism, terrorism, or anything else that affects human integrity or denigrates the image of anyone.

Now you can read the rest...

Important Information

Streamer can be installed on any Server, including Windows, but the encoder and Livestream should work fine on any Linux distribution. However we recommend Ubuntu 16+ without any kind of control panel. The problem with cPanel, Plesk, Webmin, VestaCP, etc. It's because we need full root access to install some libs, and maybe compile them. Another important point is that to make Livestream work, we need to compile Nginx and the control panels often prevent us from running the commands forcing the installation available only on your panel.

I don´t want to read I just want you to show me how to install!!

Ok, check this out! https://tutorials.avideo.com/video/streamer-and-encoder

For text-based tutorials and the manual, look here: https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/wiki/Admin-manual

There, you can find some hints for troubleshooting as well.

AVideo Platform Mobile APP

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=platform.avideo.com

AVideo Platform Certified

Need Help With Installation or Plugins? Feel free to ask us for help from the AVideo Platform Certified developers.

Daniel Neto

AVideo - Streamer

AVideo! is an video-sharing website, It is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. With AVideo you can create your own video sharing site, AVideo will help you import and encode videos from other sites like Youtube, Vimeo, etc. and you can share directly on your website. In addition, you can use Facebook or Google login to register users on your site. The service was created in march 2017.

AVideo - Encoder

Go get it here

Why do I need the Encoder?

You may want to install the encoder for a few reasons, such as, if you have a faster server than the public encoder server (which is likely to be the case), or if you'd like a private way of encoding your videos.

But, the installation is mandatory if you are using a private network. The public encoder will not have access to send the videos to your streamer site.

If your server does not have a public IP or uses an IP on some of these bands:

• 10.0.0.0/8
• 127.0.0.0/8 (Localhost)
• 172.16.0.0/12
• 192.168.0.0/16

Surely you need to install an encoder

Server Requirements

In order for you to be able to run AVideo Platform, there are certain tools that need to be installed on your server. Don't worry, they are all FREE. To have a look at complete list of required tools, click the link below.

• PHP 5.6+
• MySQL 5.0+
• Apache web server 2.x (with mod_rewrite enabled)

In the upcoming version (already in the code on the master branch)

• Better support for Nginx and Microsofts IIS (experimental)

Version 5.6

• Google analytics per user

Version 5.5

• Bugfixes & improvements
• Introduce new video-types (linkVideo and linkAudio)
• LiveLinks-Plugin

Version 5.4

• Wavesurfer-visualisation for audio
• Add dynamic /help-page (also useful for admins)
• Embeded videos from youtube are in a native player now (allow plugins for it)
• New options in advancedcustomised-plugin (minify js, disable add + share-button, disable the above player)
• Backend-work and tons of fixes for it
• Better translations (de,es,us,tr)
• Import videos from filesystem

Version 5.3

• User now can Verify Emails and Choose the Channel Name

Version 5.2

• Subscribers now can choose to not be notified from new videos (Need the Notification Plugin)

Version 5.01

• Category now can have a parent category (enables subcategories)
• Direct upload and various plugins supports audio
• Type for categories

Version 5.0

• Allow Download and disable youtubeupload on configuration menu
• Category Description
• Category Next Video Order

Version 4.9

• Increase SMTP fields space to be able to store largers passwords

Version 4.8

• Add preferred videos that will randomly appear on first page

Version 4.7

• Add Channels Browser
• Add User about field, to be used in their channels

Version 4.6

• Improve comments system.
• like/dislike comments
• reply comments

Version 4.5

• Set Upload permition for specific users

Version 4.4

• Next video set-able
• Play List Sortable

Version 4.3

In this version registered users need the AVideo administrator to grant them permission to transmit streams

Version 4.2

In this version you can embed Youtube and Vimeo Links

What is new on this version 4.0?

Since version 4.x+ we separate the streamer website from the encoder website, so that we can distribute the application on different servers.

• The Streamer site, is the main front end and has as main function to attend the visitors of the site, through a layout based on the youtube experience, you can host the streamer site in any common internet host can host it (Windows or Linux).
• The Encoder site, will be better than the original encoder, the new encoder will be in charge of managing a media encoding queue. You can Donwload the encoder here: https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo-Encoder. but to install it you will need ssh access to your server, usually only VPS servers give you that kind of access, that code uses commands that use the Linux shell and consume more CPU.
• I will have to install the encoder and the streamer? No. We will be providing a public encoder, we will build the encoder in such a way that several streamers can use the same encoder. We are also providing source code for this, so you can install it internally and manage your own encoding priority.

Older version

If you want the old version with Streamer and Encoder together (Version 3.4.1) download it here