Add support for remote video

paulsheldrake → changed the visibility of the branch 3417063-add-support-remote-video to hidden.

This should be ready to go.

Thank you!

I can confirm it works with a short URL like https://vertikal.dk/sites/default/files/keys.mp4

On URLs longer than 245 chars it breaks. Because the name of the video is supposed to fit in 255 chars.

In the MediaRemoteVideoFormatter.php I changed

public static function deriveMediaDefaultNameFromUrl($url) {
    $pattern = static::getUrlRegexPattern();
    if (preg_match($pattern, $url)) {
      return t('Video from @url', [
        '@url' => $url,
      ]);
    }
    return parent::deriveMediaDefaultNameFromUrl($url);
  }

to

public static function deriveMediaDefaultNameFromUrl($url) {
    $pattern = static::getUrlRegexPattern();
    if (preg_match($pattern, $url)) {
      return t('Video from @url', [
        '@url' => substr($url, 0, 200),
      ]);
    }
    return parent::deriveMediaDefaultNameFromUrl($url);
  }

to make it work.

I also had to relax getUrlRegexPattern() in order to make videos like
http://mywonderfulNAS.myds.me:8764/share.cgi/Homevideo%20U-Matic/1061.mp...
almost work.

In the MediaRemoteVideoFormatter.php I changed

public static function getUrlRegexPattern() {
    return '/^https?.*?\.mp4/';
  }

to

public static function getUrlRegexPattern() {
    return '/^http?.*/';
  }

The player is still adamant that "No video with supported format and MIME type found" - but this is probably not related to this module or this formatter.

At least the player will get the correct url this way.

Having the video(url) show up in the media library added no benefits to my project, I found.

So I ended up with a simpler solution than installing, patching, tweaking and setting up the Media Remote module:

function mymodule_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
  if (!empty($variables['node']->get('field_video')->value)) {
    $video_link = $variables['node']->get('field_video')->value;
    $variables['content']['field_video'] = [
      '#type' => 'inline_template',
      '#title' => 'Video',
      '#template' => '<video controls><source src="{{ url }}" type="video/mp4"></video>',
      '#context' => ['url' => $video_link],
    ];
}

If you have a text field called video in a node, and you type in a remote video url, when editing the node, a video player will appear when viewing the node, instead of the text.

Video urls should be https://. Otherwise your browser might not play the video and might give you a strange error message

I hope someone will save some hours.