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1 | .. MediaGoblin Documentation |
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8af91cea | 3 | Written in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 by MediaGoblin contributors |
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5 | To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all | |
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10 | You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain | |
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12 | <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. | |
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14 | .. _media-types-chapter: |
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16 | ==================== | |
d34757dc | 17 | Media Types |
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18 | ==================== |
19 | ||
20 | In the future, there will be all sorts of media types you can enable, | |
ffbf9c8b | 21 | but in the meanwhile there are six additional media types: video, audio, |
9650aa39 | 22 | raw image, ASCII art, STL/3D models, PDF and Document. |
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23 | |
24 | First, you should probably read ":doc:`configuration`" to make sure | |
9650aa39 | 25 | you know how to modify the MediaGoblin config file. |
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27 | Enabling Media Types |
28 | ==================== | |
29 | ||
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30 | .. note:: |
31 | Media types are now plugins | |
32 | ||
f5e48d9e | 33 | Media types are enabled in your MediaGoblin configuration file. |
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35 | Most media types require **additional dependencies** that you will have to install. You |
36 | will find descriptions on how to satisfy the requirements of each media type | |
37 | below. | |
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91bee92e | 39 | To enable a media type, add the the media type under the ``[plugins]`` section |
f5e48d9e | 40 | in you ``mediagoblin.ini``. For example, if your system supported image |
91bee92e | 41 | and video media types, then it would look like this:: |
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43 | [plugins] |
44 | [[mediagoblin.media_types.image]] | |
45 | [[mediagoblin.media_types.video]] | |
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47 | Note that after enabling new media types, you must run dbupdate. If you have |
48 | deployed MediaGoblin as an unprivileged user as described in | |
49 | ":doc:`production-deployments`", you'll first need to switch to this account:: | |
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51 | sudo su mediagoblin --shell=/bin/bash |
52 | $ cd /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin | |
53 | ||
54 | Now run dbupdate:: | |
55 | ||
56 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate | |
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57 | |
58 | If you are running an active site, depending on your server | |
59 | configuration, you may need to stop it first (and it's certainly a | |
60 | good idea to restart it after the update). | |
61 | ||
62 | ||
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63 | How does MediaGoblin decide which media type to use for a file? |
64 | =============================================================== | |
65 | ||
66 | MediaGoblin has two methods for finding the right media type for an uploaded | |
67 | file. One is based on the file extension of the uploaded file; every media type | |
68 | maintains a list of supported file extensions. The second is based on a sniffing | |
69 | handler, where every media type may inspect the uploaded file and tell if it | |
70 | will accept it. | |
71 | ||
72 | The file-extension-based approach is used before the sniffing-based approach, | |
73 | if the file-extension-based approach finds a match, the sniffing-based approach | |
74 | will be skipped as it uses far more processing power. | |
75 | ||
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76 | Configuring Media Types |
77 | ======================= | |
78 | ||
79 | Each media type has a ``config_spec.ini`` file with configurable | |
80 | options and comments explaining their intended side effect. For | |
81 | instance the ``video`` media type configuration can be found in | |
82 | ``mediagoblin/media_types/video/config_spec.ini``. | |
83 | ||
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3a1fb089 | 85 | Audio |
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86 | ===== |
87 | ||
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88 | To enable audio, install the GStreamer and python-gstreamer bindings (as well |
89 | as whatever GStreamer plugins you want, good/bad/ugly): | |
9bc2fc6c | 90 | |
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91 | .. code-block:: bash |
92 | ||
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93 | # Debian and co. |
94 | sudo apt install python3-gst-1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-{base,bad,good,ugly} \ | |
95 | gstreamer1.0-libav | |
5ef7ab08 | 96 | |
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97 | # Fedora and co. |
98 | sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{base,bad-free,good,ugly-free} | |
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100 | Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.audio]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your |
101 | ``mediagoblin.ini`` and update MediaGoblin:: | |
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3a1fb089 | 103 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
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105 | Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). You should now be able to upload |
106 | and listen to audio files! | |
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108 | On production deployments, you will need to increase Nginx's |
109 | ``client_max_body_size`` to allow larger files to be uploaded, or you'll get a | |
110 | "413 Request Entity Too Large" error. See ":ref:`webserver-config`". | |
111 | ||
112 | Production deployments will also need a separate process to transcode media in | |
113 | the background. See ":ref:`systemd-service-files`" and | |
114 | ":ref:`separate-celery`" sections of this manual. | |
115 | ||
116 | .. note:: | |
117 | ||
118 | MediaGoblin previously generated spectrograms for uploaded audio. This | |
119 | feature has been removed due to incompatibility with Python 3. We may | |
120 | consider re-adding this feature in the future. | |
121 | ||
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3a1fb089 | 123 | Video |
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124 | ===== |
125 | ||
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126 | To enable video, first install GStreamer and the python-gstreamer |
127 | bindings (as well as whatever GStreamer extensions you want, | |
128 | good/bad/ugly): | |
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130 | .. code-block:: bash |
131 | ||
132 | # Debian and co. | |
133 | sudo apt install python3-gi gstreamer1.0-tools gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 \ | |
134 | gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-{good,bad,ugly} \ | |
135 | gstreamer1.0-libav python3-gst-1.0 | |
d34757dc | 136 | |
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139 | We unfortunately do not have working installation instructions for Fedora and |
140 | co. Some incomplete information is available on the `Hacking Howto wiki page <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/HackingHowto#Fedora_.2F_RedHat.28.3F.29_.2F_CentOS>`_ | |
141 | ||
142 | Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.video]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in | |
143 | your ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin. | |
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3a1fb089 | 145 | Run:: |
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147 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
148 | ||
149 | Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). Now you should be able to submit | |
150 | videos, and MediaGoblin should transcode them. | |
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152 | On production deployments, you will need to increase Nginx's |
153 | ``client_max_body_size`` to allow larger files to be uploaded, or you'll get a | |
154 | "413 Request Entity Too Large" error. See ":ref:`webserver-config`". | |
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156 | Production deployments will also need a separate process to transcode media in |
157 | the background. To set that up, check out the ":doc:`deploying`" and | |
158 | ":doc:`production-deployments`" sections of this manual. | |
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159 | |
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161 | Raw image |
162 | ========= | |
163 | ||
3a1fb089 | 164 | To enable raw image you need to install pyexiv2:: |
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166 | # Debian and co. |
167 | sudo apt install python3-pyexiv2 | |
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168 | |
169 | Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.raw_image]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` | |
f5e48d9e | 170 | section in your ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin. |
ffbf9c8b | 171 | |
3a1fb089 | 172 | Run:: |
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3a1fb089 | 174 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
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176 | Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). Now you should be able to submit |
177 | raw images, and MediaGoblin should extract the JPEG preview from them. | |
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178 | |
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9650aa39 | 180 | ASCII art |
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181 | ========= |
182 | ||
9650aa39 | 183 | To enable ASCII art support, first install the |
efd69313 | 184 | `chardet <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/chardet>`_ |
3a1fb089 | 185 | library, which is necessary for creating thumbnails of ASCII art:: |
3a8b18f8 | 186 | |
3a1fb089 | 187 | $ ./bin/easy_install chardet |
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188 | |
189 | ||
f5e48d9e | 190 | Next, modify your ``mediagoblin.ini``. In the ``[plugins]`` section, add |
91bee92e | 191 | ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.ascii]]``. |
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3a1fb089 | 193 | Run:: |
3fe3b222 | 194 | |
3a1fb089 | 195 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
5ef7ab08 | 196 | |
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197 | Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). Now any .txt file you uploaded |
198 | will be processed as ASCII art! | |
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199 | |
200 | ||
9650aa39 | 201 | STL / 3D model support |
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202 | ====================== |
203 | ||
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204 | To enable the "STL" 3D model support plugin, first make sure you have |
205 | a recent `Blender <http://blender.org>`_ installed and available on | |
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206 | your execution path. This feature has been tested with Blender 2.63. |
207 | It may work on some earlier versions, but that is not guaranteed (and | |
208 | is surely not to work prior to Blender 2.5X). | |
209 | ||
91bee92e | 210 | Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.stl]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your |
f5e48d9e | 211 | ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin. |
5ef7ab08 | 212 | |
3a1fb089 | 213 | Run:: |
3a8b18f8 | 214 | |
3a1fb089 | 215 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
3fe3b222 | 216 | |
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217 | Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). You should now be able to upload |
218 | .obj and .stl files and MediaGoblin will be able to present them to your wide | |
219 | audience of admirers! | |
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221 | |
222 | PDF and Document | |
223 | ================ | |
224 | ||
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225 | To enable the "PDF and Document" support plugin, you need: |
226 | ||
9650aa39 | 227 | 1. pdftocairo and pdfinfo for PDF only support. |
376dcbb4 | 228 | |
9650aa39 | 229 | 2. unoconv with headless support to support converting LibreOffice supported |
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230 | documents as well, such as doc/ppt/xls/odf/odg/odp and more. |
231 | For the full list see mediagoblin/media_types/pdf/processing.py, | |
232 | unoconv_supported. | |
233 | ||
234 | All executables must be on your execution path. | |
a80ebf3b | 235 | |
3a1fb089 | 236 | To install this on Fedora:: |
a80ebf3b | 237 | |
3a1fb089 | 238 | sudo dnf install poppler-utils unoconv libreoffice-headless |
a80ebf3b | 239 | |
9650aa39 | 240 | Note: You can leave out unoconv and libreoffice-headless if you want only PDF |
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241 | support. This will result in a much smaller list of dependencies. |
242 | ||
3a1fb089 | 243 | pdf.js relies on git submodules, so be sure you have fetched them:: |
a80ebf3b | 244 | |
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245 | $ git submodule init |
246 | $ git submodule update | |
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247 | |
248 | This feature has been tested on Fedora with: | |
249 | poppler-utils-0.20.2-9.fc18.x86_64 | |
250 | unoconv-0.5-2.fc18.noarch | |
251 | libreoffice-headless-3.6.5.2-8.fc18.x86_64 | |
252 | ||
253 | It may work on some earlier versions, but that is not guaranteed. | |
254 | ||
91bee92e | 255 | Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.pdf]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your |
f5e48d9e | 256 | ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin. |
a80ebf3b | 257 | |
3a1fb089 | 258 | Run:: |
a80ebf3b | 259 | |
3a1fb089 | 260 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
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261 | |
262 | ||
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263 | Blog (HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL) |
264 | ========================== | |
265 | ||
266 | MediaGoblin has a blog media type, which you might notice by looking | |
267 | through the docs! However, it is *highly experimental*. We have not | |
268 | security reviewed this, and it acts in a way that is not like normal | |
9650aa39 | 269 | blogs (the blog posts are themselves media types!). |
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271 | So you can play with this, but it is not necessarily recommended yet |
272 | for production use! :) |