This component is very well made and their Forum covers just about everything the user needs to know. Editing mainpage.php and frontpage.php may be necesary to achieve a desired look.

It is obvious the developer spent quite a lot of time making this component. I bought the Pro version and for $40 it was a steal, even for 1 template that I wanted, not to mention all of the extra features. It organizes all categories and videos with class and style. Permissions can easily be set to allow any group of users to see specific videos. It really does it all.

I see some negative comments in this reviews section and for many other great components. Most seem to come from people who expect a component to be installed and work exactly like they want. Joomla is written in PHP and anyone that wants to take advantage of components should have a decent base of understanding so they can edit and make an extension customized. If someone wants something custom done to this component they can always hire help. I would imagine an hour or two of labor would customize the component to work as desired.

I read negative comments posted here, then, I thought of all the work that was done to package this extension as well as all of the work to create so many themes and skins. Obviously, some people think their raging 2 cents worth is really valid without a glimpse of understanding what they got for free or $40. Try to walk in the Developer's shoes for one minute and see what was created to be installed on countless servers running countless customized PHP versions. As far as a batch conversion goes, it has this, but you may be better off using a commercial or free flv converter so that you can convert large files to flv on your PC, then upload the video and add the video in the backend.

Yet, even the free version does wonders.

There are always the critics who only want to say something bad and never comment on anything good. This component may not be perfect right out of the box, but it is perfect otherwise when it comes to a quality video player.

Great work Seyret.

Kent