jVideoDirect's main page features 4 elements

advanced scroller
scroll by arrow buttons,  page buttons,  keyboard cursor,  mouse wheel and/or auto scroll.
 
ajax video listing
configurable feature listing using ajax.
 
feature listing by category
for example, Show Popular video, it will list out the most popular video in each category.

Upload
There are three options to choose from

  • uber uploader (required perl) (recommended)
  • flash uploader
  • standard php uploader

Grabber
Fetch users videos from other platforms. Supported platforms are depending on the availiability of grabber plugins. There are two modes to choose from

  • download to server
  • linkage only
  • Smart Mode

Video Conversion
jVideDirect uses BOTH Mencoder and FFmpeg

  • configurable quality
  • support large variety of format as input
  • flv as SD output, mp4 as HQ/HD output
  • support fallback. e.g. you choose Mencoder as preference. If conversion failed, ffmpeg is on

(if converters are not available, jVideoDirect also support "Fetch Link only" mode. Videos are embedded to the site. No upload or conversion take place. Best of video sites on shared hosting)

Video Quality
jVideoDirect can handle up to 2 video qualities namely SD and HQ/HD depending on your configuration in 4 different mode.

  • SD only
  • HQ/HD only
  • Both SD and HQ/HD
  • Smart mode (HQ/HD availability is determined by the quality of input video)

Players
Built-in with 3 players.

  • jwplayer, flowplayer and vcastr
    • adsolution (jwplayer)
    • viral (jwplayer)
    • change skin
    • related video
    • in-player playback for other platforms video
  • simple player
  • dynamic video playback screen size (catering 4:3, 16:9 videos and template layout)
New player can be added through our plugin system.

Streaming Server Support
Web Server
RTMP Server

Permalink
Identity of a user channel or group for easy sharing.

Short url
especically for direct access to channels, groups and videos (it can be very short).

Password Protection (for items marked private)
Items independent password created by user for sharing.

Remote Storage
Amazon S3 - take advantage of cost effective storage and bandwidth

User Panel
Comprehensive, easy to use control panel for users to manage their videos, playlists, favorites, channels and groups.

Integration

  • jomsocial
  • jomcomment
  • community builder
  • xmap
  • jcomment
  • sh404sef
  • Artio JoomSEF
  • alphaUserPoint

Developer plugin system
There are many areas that can be expanded. We developed a plugin system for developers to develop addons that beyond our imagination.

Security
jVideoDirect is written with security in mind. Don't want to mention the techy part here. The obvious one is the video name. We try not to show ID to site visitor and even View Source from browser cannot locate it's actual location.

Theme system
Multiple theme or custom theme.

Thumbnail Image
Optional: Rounded Corner Images

Categories
2 level categories - display in lightbox

Import
administrator can import videos from local server and remote server in batch (in both auto and manual mode).

Languages
Comply with Joomla language files handling.

Remark: This is a general idea of it's features. We cannot cover all here. The best way is to fasten your seat belt and experience it by yourself.