How to use Migrate module to import Videos?

Question

I have a bunch of blog posts from an old site, some of which have .flv videos. I'm using the Migrate module to migrate all of these blog posts and the videos are the only piece left. I'm using the Video module for the embedded videos in my blog posts.

How do I use the Migrate module to import those videos into drupal?

Answer 1

I had to migrate a few thousand flv and mp4 videos. I ended up just migrating the file name into a field, uploading the videos files to s3 and then using a custom node.tpl.php to render the player:

<?php
  //display legacy videos
  $mediaid = $content['field_mediaid']['#items'][0]['value'];
  if ($mediaid != '') {
      $video2 = '<a href="http://mydomain.s3.amazonaws.com/videos/ka/'.$mediaid.'.mp4" id="player" class="flowplayer"></a>';
              flowplayer_add('#player', array(
                'clip' => array(
                  'autoPlay' => TRUE
                ),
              )); 
        print $video2;
 }
 //hide the mediaid field from display
 hide($content['field_mediaid']);
?>

Not very elegant but it got the job done. I used migrate 7.x-2.2 back then, maybe 2.5 has better video and/or file import features.