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How to Install
AVideo/YouPHPTube on
Ubuntu 18.04 Server
 Last Updated: November 20th, 2020  Xiao Guoan (Admin)  26
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This tutorial is going to show you how to run your own

video-sharing website with AVideo (formerly YouPHPTube)
on Ubuntu 18.04. AVideo is an open-source, self-hosted
alternative to video-sharing websites like YouTube, Vimeo,
etc. With AVideo, users can upload videos to your server and
share it with the Internet.

AVideo Features

Unlimited and simultaneous live streams and you can

have unlimited users connected to each live stream.
Import and encode videos from other sites directly
from the Internet
Bulk encoding from local video directory
Make private videos
Totally integrated function with Youtube, syncing your
videos with Youtube
Transcode multiple formats of multimedia files to
MP4, WebM and MP3 file
Support Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Responsive site layout. AVideo looks incredible on any
device. (You can choose YouTube or Netfilx style
layout.)
User channels and user playlists
Subscribe to channels you like
You can monitor the performance of your videos with
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Extend site functionalities with plugins.

SEO Optimized
iOS and Android apps available

AVideo Server Requirements

First, you should know that a single-core CPU is not viable

for a video sharing website, because the encoding process
will use a lot of CPU resource.

Then choose the server specs in accordance with the number

of users your site have.

If you just want to use it to share your own videos, you

need a server with at least 2 CPU cores and 4GB
RAM. You can buy a powerful VPS (virtual private
server) from Contabo with very little cost.
If you expect you site to have dozens of users, then
you can consider the Contabo extra large VPS, which
has 10 CPU cores, 60GB RAM, 1Gbit/s port speed,
1.6TB disk space, unlimited traffic but costs just 26.99
Euros/month.
When your site grows beyond that, you should buy a
dedicated server.

Software Requirements for Installing

AVideo on Ubuntu 18.04

AVideo requires PHP and MySQL/MariaDB. To follow this

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tutorial, you should have already set up a LAMP stack or

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LEMP stack. If you prefer to use Apache web server, then

install LAMP stack.

How to Install LAMP (Apache, MariaDB, PHP) stack

on Ubuntu 18.04

If you prefer to use Nginx web server, then install LEMP

stack.

How to Install LEMP (Nginx, MariaDB, PHP) stack

on Ubuntu 18.04

Note: AVideo support with Nginx is only

experimental. Your site may have issues if you use
Nginx.

You also need a domain name. I registered my domain name

at NameCheap because the price is low and they give whois
privacy protection free for life.

AVideo is comprised of two parts.

The main part is the front end stream server, which

allows users to watch existing videos.
The other part is the encoder, which allows users to
upload their videos.

The public encoder uses the domain name

https://encoder1.avideo.com . If you don’t want
users to leave your site when uploading videos, you need to
set up your private encoder. I will show you how in this
article. Without further ado, let’s get started.

Step 1: Download AVideo on Ubuntu

18.04 Server

Log into your Ubuntu 18.04 server via SSH. Then go to the
web root directory.

cd /var/www/ 
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Clone the AVideo streamer repository from Github.

sudo apt install git

sudo git clone https://github.com/WWB
N/AVideo.git

Then go into the directory.

cd AVideo/

Clone the AVideo encoder repository from Github.

sudo git clone https://github.com/WWB

N/AVideo-Encoder.git

It will be saved as AVideo-Encoder . We rename it to

upload , so users can have a better idea of what this URL is
for when uploading videos.

sudo mv AVideo-Encoder upload

Next, we need to make www-data (the web server user) as

the owner of the web root.

sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/ww

w/AVideo/ -R

Step 2: Install Dependencies

AVideo uses FFmpeg to encode videos. We can easily install

FFmpeg from the default Ubuntu repository.

sudo apt install ffmpeg

To read and write meta information in multimedia files, we

need to install the libimage-exiftool-perl package.
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sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-pe

rl

You also need to install some common PHP extensions.

sudo apt install php7.2-cli php7.2-co

mmon php7.2-json php7.2-opcache php7.
2-readline php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php
7.2-xml

To fetch videos from other sites, we need to install YouTube-

DL. Though it’s included in the Ubuntu repository, but it’s
outdated. We will install YouTube-DL from the Python
Package Index, which always contains the latest version of
YouTube-DL.

sudo apt install python3-pip

sudo -H pip3 install youtube-dl

It’s very important that you use the latest version, or you
might not be able to download videos from other sites. We
can create a Cron job to automatically check and install the
latest version.

sudo crontab -e

Add the following line at the end of the Crontab file to try
upgrading YouTube-DL daily.

@daily sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade

youtube-dl > /dev/null

Step 3: Create Database and User in

MariaDB
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Before creating the database and user, we need to change

some settings in MariaDB. Edit the configuration file.

sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/5

0-server.cnf

AVideo will use large index key prefix in the database.

However, MariaDB 10.1 uses the COMPACT row format,
which doesn’t support large index key prefix. We can
configure MariaDB to use the DYNAMIC row format, which
is the default setting in newer versions of MariaDB, by
adding the following lines in the InnoDB section under the
[mysqld] unit in the file.

# The Antelope file format doesn't su

pport dynamic row format, we must use
the
# Barracuda file format.
innodb_file_format = Barracuda
innodb_file_format_max = Barracuda

# Dynamic row format is only supporte

d if innodb_file_per_table is set to
ON.
innodb_file_per_table = ON

# Set dynamic as the default row form

at, which supports large index key pr
efix.
innodb_default_row_format = dynamic

# Enable large prefix

innodb_large_prefix = ON

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Save and close the file. Then restart MariaDB.

sudo systemctl restart mariadb

Log into MariaDB database server with the following

command. Since MariaDB is now using unix_socket
plugin to authentication user login, there’s no need to enter
MariaDB root password. We just need to prefix the mysql
command with sudo .

sudo mysql

Then create a database for AVideo. This tutorial names the

database AVideo . You can use whatever name you like.

create database AVideo;

Create the database user. Again, you can use your preferred
name for this user. Replace your-password with your
preferred password.

create user AVideo@localhost identifi

ed by 'your-password';

Grant this user all privileges on the AVideo database.

grant all privileges on AVideo.* to A

Video@localhost;
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We also need to create a separate database for the encoder.

create database AVideoEncoder;

Create a user for this database.

create user AVideoEncoder@localhost i

dentified by 'your-password';

Grant privileges.

grant all privileges on AVideoEncode

r.* to AVideoEncoder@localhost;

Flush the privileges table and exit.

flush privileges;

exit;

Step 4: Setting Up Web Server

We can use Apache or Nginx web server.

Apache

If you prefer Apache, create a virtual host file for AVideo

with a command-line text editor like Nano.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-availabl

e/avideo.conf

Put the following text into the file. Replace the red-colored
text with your actual data. I use a subdomain in this tutorial.
You can use your main domain name if you prefer. Don’t
forget to set DNS A record for the domain name in your DNS 
record manager. Also, note that the document root directory
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is case-sensitive and you should not add a forward slash at

the end.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName tube.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/AVideo

<Directory /var/www/AVideo>
DirectoryIndex index.php
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/avide
o.error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/avide
o.access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file. Then enable this virtual host.

sudo a2ensite avideo.conf

We need to enable the rewrite module.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Now visit tube.yourdomain.com and you will be

redirected to the setup wizard page
( tube.yourdomain.com/install/index.php ). If you
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see the default Apache page instead of the setup wizard, then
you need to disable the default virtual host.

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

And restart Apache.

Before entering any information in the setup wizard, we need

to enable HTTPS.

Nginx

If you prefer Nginx, create a avideo.conf file in

/etc/nginx/conf.d/ directory.

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/avideo.co

nf

Put the following text into the file. Replace the red-colored
text with your actual data. I use a subdomain in this tutorial.
You can use your main domain name if you prefer. Don’t
forget to set DNS A record for the domain name in your DNS
record manager. Also, note that the document root directory
is case-sensitive.

server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name tube.yourdomain.com;

root /var/www/AVideo;
index index.php index.html index.
htm;
charset utf-8;
client_max_body_size 2G;

access_log /var/log/nginx/avide
o.access.log;
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error_log /var/log/nginx/avide
o.error.log;

location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+
\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/ph
p7.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME
$document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}

# translating Apache rewrite rule

s in the .htaccess file to Nginx rewr
ite rules
location / {
rewrite ^/$ /view/ last;
}
location /bootstrap {
rewrite ^/bootstrap/(.+)$ /vi
ew/bootstrap/$1 last;
}
location /js {
rewrite ^/js/(.+)$ /view/js/
$1 last;
}
location /css {
rewrite ^/css/(.+)$ /view/cs
s/$1 last;
}
location /img {
rewrite ^/img/(.+)$ /view/im
g/$1 last;
}
location /page {
rewrite ^/page/([0-9]+)/?$ /v
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iew/?page=$1 last;
}
location /videoOnly {
rewrite ^/videoOnly/?$ /vie
w/?type=video last;
}
location /audioOnly {
rewrite ^/audioOnly/?$ /vie
w/?type=audio last;
}
location = /download {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/download
ExternalVideo.php last;
}
location = /downloadNow {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/downl
oadVideo.php last;
}
location = /getDownloadProgress {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/downl
oadVideoProgress.php last;
}
location = /about {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/about.ph
p last;
}
location = /contact {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/contact.
php last;
}
location = /sendEmail {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/sendE
mail.json.php last;
}
location = /captcha {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/getCa
ptcha.php last;
}
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location /monitor {
rewrite ^/monitor/(.+)$ /obje
cts/ServerMonitor/$1 last;
}
location /cat {
rewrite ^/cat/([A-Za-z0-9-]
+)/?$ /view/?catName=$1 last;
}
location /video {
rewrite ^/video/([A-Za-z0-9-
_.]+)/?$ /view/?videoName=$1 last;
}
location /videoEmbeded {
rewrite ^/videoEmbeded/([A-Za
-z0-9-_.]+)/?$ /view/videoEmbeded.ph
p?videoName=$1 last;
}
location = /upload {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/mini-upl
oad-form/ last;
}
location = /fileUpload {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/mini-upl
oad-form/upload.php last;
}
location /uploadStatu {
rewrite ^/uploadStatus /view/
mini-upload-form/videoConversionStatu
s.php last;
}
location = /user {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/user.php
last;
}
location = /users {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/managerU
sers.php last;
}
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location = /users.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/user
s.json.php last;
}
location = /updateUser {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userU
pdate.json.php last;
}
location = /savePhoto {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userS
avePhoto.php last;
}
location = /addNewUser {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userA
ddNew.json.php last;
}
location = /deleteUser {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userD
elete.json.php last;
}
location = /recoverPass {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userR
ecoverPass.php last;
}
location = /saveRecoverPassword {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userR
ecoverPassSave.json.php last;
}
location = /signUp {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/signUp.p
hp last;
}
location = /createUser {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userC
reate.json.php last;
}
location = /usersGroups {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/managerU
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sersGroups.php last;
}
location = /usersGroups.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/users
Groups.json.php last;
}
location = /addNewUserGroups {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userG
roupsAddNew.json.php last;
}
location = /deleteUserGroups {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/userG
roupsDelete.json.php last;
}
location = /ads {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/managerA
ds.php last;
}
location = /addNewAd {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
_adsAddNew.json.php last;
}
location = /ads.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
_ads.json.php last;
}
location = /deleteVideoAd {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
_adDelete.json.php last;
}
location /adClickLo {
rewrite ^/adClickLog /object
s/video_adClickLog.php last;
}
location = /categories {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/managerC
ategories.php last;
}
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location = /categories.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/categ
ories.json.php last;
}
location = /addNewCategory {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/categ
oryAddNew.json.php last;
}
location = /deleteCategory {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/categ
oryDelete.json.php last;
}
location = /orphanFiles {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/orphanFi
les.php last;
}
location = /mvideos {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/manager
Videos.php last;
}
location = /videos.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
s.json.php last;
}
location = /deleteVideo {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
Delete.json.php last;
}
location = /addNewVideo {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
AddNew.json.php last;
}
location = /refreshVideo {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
Refresh.json.php last;
}
location = /setStatusVideo {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
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Status.json.php last;
}
location = /reencodeVideo {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
Reencode.json.php last;
}
location = /addViewCountVideo {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/video
AddViewCount.json.php last;
}
location = /saveComment {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/comme
ntAddNew.json.php last;
}
location /comments {
rewrite ^/comments.json/([0-
9]+)$ /objects/comments.json.php?vide
o_id=$1 last;
}
location = /login {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/logi
n.json.php last;
}
location = /logoff {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/logof
f.php last;
}
location = /like {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/like.
json.php?like=1 last;
}
location = /dislike {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/like.
json.php?like=-1 last;
}
location /update {
rewrite ^/update/?$ /update/u
pdate.php last;
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}
location = /siteConfigurations {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/configur
ations.php last;
}
location = /updateConfig {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /objects/confi
gurationUpdate.json.php last;
}
location = /charts {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /view/charts.p
hp last;
}

location = /upload/index.php {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/in
dex.php last;
}

location = /upload/isAdmin {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/isA
dmin.php last;
}

location = /upload/removeStreamer
{
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/remo
veStreamer.php last;
}

location = /upload/priority {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/prio
rity.php last;
}

location = /upload/status {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/stat
us.php last;
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location = /upload/serverStatus {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/statu
s.php?serverStatus=1 last;
}

location = /upload/upload {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/uploa
d.php last;
}

location = /upload/listFiles.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/listFi
les.json.php last;
}

location = /upload/deleteQueue {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/delet
eQueue.php last;
}

location = /upload/saveConfig {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/saveC
onfig.php last;
}

location = /upload/youtubeDl.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/youtu
beDl.json.php last;
}

location = /upload/send.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/send.
json.php last;
}

location = /upload/streamers.json {
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rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/strea

mers.json.php last;
}

location = /upload/queue.json {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/queu
e.json.php last;
}

location = /upload/queue {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/view/queu
e.php last;
}

location = /upload/login {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/objects/lo
gin.json.php last;
}

location = /upload/logoff {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /upload/objects/lo
goff.json.php last;
}

location /upload/ {
rewrite "^/getImage/([A-Za-z0-9
=/]+)/([A-Za-z0-9]{3})$" /upload/obje
cts/getImage.php?base64Url=$1&format=
$2 last;
rewrite "^/getImageMP4/([A-Za-z0-
9=/]+)/([A-Za-z0-9]{3})/([0-9.]+)$" /
upload/objects/getImageMP4.php?base64
Url=$1&format=$2&time=$3 last;
}

location /upload/getSpiritsFromVide
o {
rewrite ^/getSpiritsFromVideo/([A
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-Za-z0-9=/]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$ /upl
oad/objects/getSpiritsFromVideo.php?b
ase64Url=$1&tileWidth=$2&totalClips=
$3 last;
}

location /upload/getLinkInfo {
rewrite ^/getLinkInfo/([A-Za-z0-9
=/]+)$ /upload/objects/getLinkInfo.js
on.php?base64Url=$1 last;
}

Save and close the file. Then test Nginx configuration.

sudo nginx -t

If the test is successful, reload Nginx for the changes to take

effect.

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Now visit tube.yourdomain.com and you will be

redirected to the setup wizard page
( tube.yourdomain.com/install/index.php ).
Before entering any information in the setup wizard, we need
to enable HTTPS.

Step 5: Enabling HTTPS

To encrypt the HTTP traffic, we can enable HTTPS by

installing a free TLS certificate issued from Let’s Encrypt.
Run the following command to install Let’s Encrypt client
(certbot) on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

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If you use Apache, you also need to install the Certbot

Apache plugin.

sudo apt install python3-certbot-apac

he

And run this command to obtain and install TLS certificate.

sudo certbot --apache --agree-tos --r

edirect --hsts --staple-ocsp --email
[email protected] -d tube.yourdomain.co
m

If you use Nginx, install the Certbot Nginx plugin.

sudo apt install python3-certbot-ngin

x

Next, run the following command to obtain and install TLS

certificate.

sudo certbot --nginx --agree-tos --re

direct --hsts --staple-ocsp --email y
[email protected] -d tube.yourdomain.com

Where

--nginx : Use the nginx plugin.

--apache : Use the Apache plugin.
--agree-tos : Agree to terms of service.
--redirect : Force HTTPS by 301 redirect.
--hsts : Add the Strict-Transport-Security header to
every HTTP response. Forcing browser to always use
TLS for the domain. Defends against SSL/TLS
Stripping.
--staple-ocsp : Enables OCSP Stapling. A valid
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server offers during TLS.

The certificate should now be obtained and automatically

installed.

Step 6: Finish Installation with the

Setup Wizard

Now go to
tube.yourdomain.com/install/index.php and the
setup wizard will appear. On the left side, you can see if your
server meet the requirements.

If you use Nginx, you can ignore the following message.

Your server is nginx/1.14.2, you must

install Apache.

As you can see, the PHP post_max_size should be at

least 100M and upload_max_filesize should be at least
100M. We need to edit the php.ini file to change the two
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values. If you use Apache web server, then

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sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.in

i

If you use Nginx with PHP-FPM, then you need to edit the
FPM version of php.ini file.

sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini

Find the following two lines.

post_max_size = 8M
upload_max_filesize = 2M

Change the values according to the video file size you are
going to upload. For example, if you allow uploading 1G
video file, then

post_max_size = 1024M
upload_max_filesize = 1024M

Save and close the file. Restart Apache for the changes to
take effect.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

If you use Nginx with PHP-FPM, then restart PHP-FPM.

sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm

Now refresh the AVideo install wizard page. Your server

should pass all requirements. Now on the right side, you can
enter a title your video site, and set a system admin
password. Enter the AVideo database name, user and
password your created earlier. (Note: You should use the
main database, not the encoder database. Also be aware of
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case-sensitive.)

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Click the Install now button and AVideo should be

installed successfully.

Now we need to remove the

/var/www/AVideo/install/ directory.

sudo rm /var/www/AVideo/install/ -r

Click the Go to the main page button and you will see
the AVideo main page.

You can click the drop-down menu on the left and login as
the admin user and with the password you set just a few
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Step 7: Set Up the Encoder

Go to https://tube.yourdomain.com/upload/ . You
will be redirected to the Encoder setup wizard. If you are not
automatically redirected, then you can manually enter the
setup wizard URL.

https://tube.yourdomain.com/upload/in
stall/index.php/

The left hand side will show you if your server meet the
requirements of AVideo Encoder.

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If you use Nginx, you can ignore the following message.

Your server is nginx/1.14.2, you must

install Apache.

As you can see the PHP max_execution_time should be

at least 7200 and PHP memory_limit should be at least
512M. We need to edit the php.ini file to change the two
values. If you use Apache web server, then

sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.in

i

If you use Nginx with PHP-FPM, then you need to edit the
FPM version of php.ini file.

sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini 

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Find the following two lines.

max_execution_time = 30
memory_limit = 128M

Change the values.

max_execution_time = 7200
memory_limit = 512M

Note that if later video encoding stops half way

through, you need to increase the
max_execution_time , or upgrade your CPU.

Save and close the file. Restart Apache for the changes to
take effect.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

If you use Nginx with PHP-FPM, then restart PHP-FPM.

sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm

Now refresh the AVideo Encoder install wizard page. Your

server should pass all requirements. Now on the right side,
you need to enter the AVideoEncoder database name, user
and password your created earlier. Be aware of case-sensitive
and enter the streamer site’s admin password.

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Click the Install Now button and AVideo Encoder will be

installed.

Remove the install directory.

sudo rm /var/www/AVideo/upload/instal
l/ -r

And go to the main page.

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Step 8 : Change the Encoder URL

By default, AVideo uses the public encoder for uploading

videos. To use your own encoder, sign in as admin in AVideo
(not AVideo Encoder) and go to the admin panel from the left
sidebar.

Go to settings -> site settings -> advanced

configuration . Change the Encoder URL to
https://tube.yourdomain.com/upload/ . Save the
settings, clear the cache directory and generate a new
sitemap.

Now log out and log back in. If you click the encode
video and audio button on the upper-right corner, you
will be taken to your own encoder to upload videos. It should 
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CPU power. It doesn’t require much RAM because the

encoder will copy the video to a temporary file in the upload
directory ( /var/www/AVideo/upload/videos ).

Step 9: Configure SMTP

To send out emails (such as account registration, password

reset, etc), you need to configure an SMTP server. If you
would like to use your own mail server to send emails to
clients, please check out the following article to set up your
own mail server. Note that I highly recommend running
iRedMail mail server on a fresh clean OS. Installing
iRedMail on an OS that has other web applications can fail,
and likely break existing applications.

How to easily set up an email server on Ubuntu 18.04

with iRedMail

If you would like to use an SMTP relay service, I

recommend Mailjet. You can follow the tutorial below to set
up SMTP relay on your AVideo server.

How to Set Up Postfix SMTP relay on Ubuntu with

Mailjet

You can test email sending by going to the admin panel -

> Setttings -> Site Settings -> Advanced
Configuration , you can find SMTP configuration. Use
the following settings.

Enable SMTP.
Enable SMTP Auth.
Use tls in SMTP Secure.
Use 587 as the SMTP port.
Enter your mail server’s hostname.
Enter an SMTP username and password.

Click the Save button to save the settings, then click Test
Email to see if it’s working.
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Enable TCP BBR

For a video streaming server, it’s recommended to enable the

TCP BBR congestion control algorithm in the Linux kernel
by following the instructions in the article below.

How to Easily Boost Ubuntu Network Performance by

Enabling TCP BBR

Mobile Apps

You can download the free android app or iOS app by doing
a search for AVideo on Google Play Store or YPT Mobile
in Apple Store. White-label mobile app require a paid
license.

Troubleshooting

If your AVideo main page failed to load some CSS and

JavaScript resources,
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It’s likely that you have added extra forward slash in the
Apache or Nginx virtual host file for the web root directory.
Instead of using

DocumentRoot /var/www/AVideo/

You should use

DocumentRoot /var/www/AVideo

If the main website isn’t working properly, you can check the
log file at /var/www/AVideo/videos/avideo.log . If
your encoder isn’t working properly, you can check the log
file at
/var/www/AVideo/upload/videos/avideo.log .

Other Tidbits

When encoding videos, you can choose resolutions (low, SD,

HD). If you use AVideo as a personal video streaming site, I
recommend choosing HD resolution only to reduce encoding
time and save disk space. If you have already encoded videos
to all 3 resolutions, you can go to the AVideo video directory
(/var/www/AVideo/videos) and delete low resolution and SD
resolution videos.

cd /var/www/AVideo/videos/
sudo rm *Low.mp4
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How To Download All Videos From

Your Video Site

You can use the youtube-dl command line utility to

download all videos. First, you need to go to AVideo
dashboard, then go to the video list page and scroll down to
the bottom, click the download your videos list (permalink
.txt file) button. You will see a list of URL for all the videos.

Next, open up a terminal and create a txt file with a text

editor, copy the URLs from the web page and paste them
into the file. Then you can run the following command to
download the videos. Replace video-list.txt with the
your own file name.

youtube-dl -a video-list.txt

Wrapping Up

I hope this tutorial helped you install AVideo on Ubuntu

18.04 server. As always, if you found this post useful, then
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