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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[plugin: VideoPress] – self-hosted open source install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-videopress-self-hosted-open-source-install/)
 *  Thread Starter [dfreedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfreedman/)
 * (@dfreedman)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-videopress-self-hosted-open-source-install/#post-1472782)
 * OK, it turns out I didn’t follow all the instructions, as the open source VideoPress
   is apparently intended only for WordPress MU (WPMU). So I installed WPMU successfully
   yesterday. The plugin is supposed to self-activate, you don’t have to activate
   it under WP-Admin | Plugins.
 * However, at the end of the day, I still don’t know what actions cause these scripts
   to get invoked. Really anxious to get this up and running. Anyone out there who
   can help? Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Videopress Embed for self-hosted blogs?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/videopress-embed-for-self-hosted-blogs/)
 *  [dfreedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfreedman/)
 * (@dfreedman)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/videopress-embed-for-self-hosted-blogs/#post-1169032)
 * It seems a few of you have been successful at getting the self-hosted VideoPress
   up and running, rather than using wordpress.com the paid upgrade. I have completed
   all VideoPress install instructions successfully from here including loading 
   all of the WPMU utility set and testing ffmpeg:
    [http://code.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpresscom-video-server/trunk/readme.txt](http://code.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpresscom-video-server/trunk/readme.txt)
 * I’ve noticed a few things and made a few assumptions since there are no “use 
   instructions”, only “install instructions”:
 * 1) I’m assuming I’m supposed to upload content using WP-Admin | Media Library.
   When I do this, the video uploads to the proper folder, but no shortcode is generated
   and the preview window says “error this video doesn’t exist”.
 * 2) I didn’t see anything in the WP-Admin | Plugins area. So I zipped up everything
   in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/video, moved the zip, removed the ‘video’ directory,
   and then re-added .zip Plugin through WP-Admin. Still nothing showed up in Plugins
   but this time it told me it was because there was no header, so I edited video-
   upload.php and put a header into this file. Now the VideoPress Plugin shows up
   in WP-Admin. I also had to ‘apt-get install php5-curl’ to get it to ‘activate’.
   I have no idea if these were proper steps, or if the self-hosted VideoPress Plugin
   is supposed to remain invisible and operate in the background.
 * 3) Finally, what calls these scripts to work? Is it a completed upload through
   WP-Admin | Media Library? At this point, I’m just not sure how to tell if I’m
   using the Plugin correctly or if it’s working. It doens’t seem to be doing anything.
   I’ve uploaded an .AVI to the Media Library as described above. Where are the 
   media files and thumbnails stored?
 * Unfortunately, there are no ‘use’ instructions in the readme.txt linked above
   so I’m a bit stuck.
 * Thanks in advance, your help is greatly appreciated.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Problem with template showing up properly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-template-showing-up-properly/)
 *  Thread Starter [dfreedman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfreedman/)
 * (@dfreedman)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-template-showing-up-properly/#post-1470132)
 * ESMI – Thanks. Yeah, somehow I botched that. I also think I might have been having
   multiple problems at the same time. I might have had some file/folder permissions
   issues. Anyways, it’s all working now. Thanks.

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