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To be fair, I'd prefer to select "Poor" instead of "Very Poor", however the Joomla site doesn't provide this option.

The idea behind this extension and concept is great, and is exactly what was needed for a client project. Unfortunately there are several issues and bugs which developers will have to work through. Make sure you read other reviews as well, and you will see a pattern.

1.) Administrator Console - deleting a video is buggy. It takes several tries, and the extension will crash during the process. You'll have to perform a console sync several times for it to "take".

2.) Deleting a video is buggy period. Basically videos go into some sort of limbo where they may exist in the database, but have been removed from the server.

3.) Uploading videos doesn't work well if you have some restrictions in place. For example, my client's site has a limit of 60 seconds for a video. If you upload a video that is longer than 60 seconds, the "Upload Progress" will reach 100% and just hang there. No error message or anything helpful for the end user. I still haven't been able to work through this one as the developer hasn't replied to support requests.

4.) Unresponsive support (this is more around WarpHD than the extension, but they go hand in hand.) My client had a billing issue and it took a month to resolve. I have sent in two separate support requests and have not received a reply on either of them.

If you're up for navigating through any issues you encounter without any help, feel free to give the platform a try.

I have been wrestling with JVideo for almost a year.

Getting through to support with JVideo and its WarpHD counterpart is impossible. It's as if there is nobody on the other end. I had to threaten legal action just to get billing invoices sent to me via email, which luckily started coming through.

I just cancelled my account with this service due to a repeated uploading error that never got a support response.

It seems that this company isn't managed very well, and that they are severely understaffed. If you are looking for a quality streaming video platform for your Joomla site, go with another service.

I would have rated Jvideo with 30 stars a few months ago. I was very happy with it's performance and the ability to immediately get information from their forum. Now that I've upgraded to Jvideo 1.5 and Community Builder 4, I'm having some issues for which I submitted a support ticket and maybe will get a response soon. It's been only 1 day, but it's the weekend so I'm guessing they'll respond Monday. It was so much better when we had the capability of immediately finding our own answers and sharing info in the forum. Kudos for creating a support ticket system, but removing the forum...terrible idea!!!!! Why limit your users ability to resolve issues? It just makes no sense to me and I'm no longer as satisfied as I once was. It's really a shame because I was absolutely in love with Jvideo overall. Still I must say thank you for a great extension and plugins.

I have been using this extension for about 3 Months. It has been buggy since the very beginning, but I put up with it because I really wanted to believe in this product.

I don't care that the videos have to be hosted on their servers, but when their servers malfunction (as they do on EVERY upload) the support staff are no where to be found. I have had about 24 videos stuck in the que for 3 weeks now. I simply asked that the files be deleted, since the delete button on their server console is completely useless and the delete button on the Joomla admin side will cause the extension to crash. But, several emails later and still no reply, I am forced to warn others in this forum before they invest several months and dollars on this worthless operation.

You can forget about uploading more than 2 videos at a time, because chances are that at least 1 if not both will have some kind of problem. Either the sizing will be wrong, the file gets corrupt or stuck, the video never shows up, the video quality will be horrible, the audio and video will be out of sync, etc.

As you will see on their own site, this is the extent of their support: "Email Us".

They even took down the user forums, which at least had some insight.

This is really the tip of the iceberg as to the problems with this extension. If you use this and pay them money, the joke's on you.

free with a limit of 2 videos, if you want to have more than two you have to pay them per moth

I'm impressed with both the component and the customer support from Warp. I had jVideo on my video site and then had an issue while upgrading versions. I emailed customer support and got a reply within minutes. I then explained the problem as best as I could, gave them temporary administrative access to my site and they went in and fixed everything! I really didn't do anything but report a problem and then they went above and beyond to fix everything within an hour of reporting it. This is an absolutely phenomenal support team and it's a phenomenal component, I couldn't be more impressed.

Installation went smoothly, I added a couple of menu items and was able to start uploading videos. Right away from the first videos we uploaded we noticed extremely high quality with really smooth streaming. We also like how it made thumbnails of our videos automatically at different points in the video. Our client had a lot of really high quality videos and was impressed with how they showed on the website. We have a really bad internet connection at our office and they still played smoothly.

Installation went smoothly. I had a couple of setup questions so I filled out their contact form and they got right back to me. I then uploaded some videos and they showed up pretty quickly. The player is really nice looking, and putting my logo on it went mostly pretty smooth once I got it all lined up.

I use the professional version of jvideo for one of my social networks, at first I was a little bit skeptical purchasing a subscription for a component that is still in beta. However there support has exceeded my expectations! Ive had a few run ins with some errors and flaws with the component, but my issues are always resolved same day. They actually work with you and listen to your questions/concerns.

Oh and the fact that you are not using any of your own server space to upload/publish videos is fantastic. In this economy, I think their service is extremely affordable vs. some dedicated servers offered today.

thank you infinovision!

This component is really impressing at first, or maybe not..
This is working very well of course since you use exclusively their server.

BUT:
you cannot add external videos with a simple click

you have 10gb bandwitch with the free version witch is like a joke when we talk about video streaming. Since you cannot add remote streaming, all videos will use those 10gb

we get like gb for 100$/month, witch is also like a joke since if you are willing to run a video site, 100gb is nothing too..

with this money you can rent a small dedicated server witch would do the same videos conversion but gives you a lot more bandwitch

I'm not the most tech savvy guy in the world. But I have used a lot of different resources for video over the years.

This is the best solution in so many ways for me and my companies. We have just about converted everything we do video-wise into this system, and it works great for us.

We also like the fact that as they see changes and updates that need to be made, they get it done.

Wow! great extension- i love the fact that you don't have to have flvtool2 and ffmpeg on your own server. However, I would like to see some different themes and the ability to customize the video settings. Keep up the good work!

I've used this product for 2 weeks, and I must say the video play back quality is great! It also provides you with ways to manage your own videos. But still there are too many bugs and disadvantages.

You have to upload video to their server, this may take 24 hours to have your video on your site. If you use too much bandwidth then you have to pay for it. Jvideo Player always stream from their streaming server even if you watch your video 2nd time, it doesn't cache on the PC. There are no STOP button on JVideo Player so your PC always streaming from the server even if you don't want to watch it anymore, PAUSE mode still stream as well. Can't play other videos besides from their own server, that means more bandwidth being used, and eventually you have to upgrade to pay account. You can't play video from other sources like YouTube, Google etc, that means to play video with other sources then you have to use a different Video Player (not Jvideo), that means inconsistant of Video Players on your website, one to watch YouTube, one to watch your own videos from their streaming server.

Anyway, I like the video quality, but uploading video to their Streaming Server takes time, sometimes upto 24 hrs to have it available on your website, that's just too long. Video only play in streaming mode, meaning using alot of bandwidth on the user's client side, and also using more streaming bandwidth, which will leads to pay account.

I 've tried all other video modules almost!! Only Jvideo can help me !!!!!!!!! Really thanks for Jvideo , Good job!!
Jvideo can provide one stop solution I only can say. Perfect!!! Easy and friendly functionalty!!!!
From HK programmer

When I decided to use this component I've encountered a few problem and I tought that this is too messy for a beginer to cope with.
But then I wrote a mail requesting support on my problems, with no great expectations, of course.And than these guys surprised me heavily.
I recieved a support email in less than 12 hours detailing and solving all my problems just like that.
Do I have to mention that all these problems eradicated from my wrong server settings (like cURL not enabled and such).
And for those who don't understand the concept behind this great initiative, just consider video quality and optional video branding(for a relatively low monthly fee) both features not available on usual video sharing sites.
To sum it up this is a great component with strong support and if configured right works like a spell.

very good and simple to implement tool. We required additional features to be added and negotiated a reasonable price to build the required features. this was done very quickly and professionally, most of the time waiting for me to test!

Thanks Paul and Matt, keep up the good work!

For those who want a video site, this is a MUST! One of the best extensions on Joomla! I am very very impressed with how well this works, the problem with some of the other ones is that they don't allow certain formats, but this one is just the one I need! Thanks for making this, I plan on making this the main video component for multiple sites! Does exactly what it says, I have had problems in the past, but once you sign up for your site, your all clear! Cheers Josh Lewis.

I really like this extension, i'm asking if they can give us a chance to store our own videos in our own servers, if Jvideos want to sell this product, better to fix an amount so we can buy it, i dont just like the way videos are store away from my site,Jvideos is quite good with a high quality resolution.

...in my opinion! Looks great, easy to use, support from Matt is brilliant. In terms of the size and quality of the video player, it blows the competition out of the water. It's still early days, so be mindful of the fact that many more features are due to be added. I'm looking forward to the next release 0.3.12 to see what new features there are. With regards to the pricing, it does cost a fair amount if you want the professional version, but the basic free package is more than adequate provided you don't want to upload hundreds of videos a month.

This component blows the competition away! It’s super easy to install and the quality of the videos is awesome! The custom branding really makes it integrate well into my website and the interface is great. Thanks JVideo!