Recommend a robust Social Framework to use with Flowplayer..? Created Sep 4, 2009

If you want the site to be editorial, you can;t go wrong with Wordpress.

Something to keep in mind is the latest version of php-motion will only run "easily" on apache. They hardcoded "sef" url rewrites into the template files.

You would have to do loads of lighttpd or nginx config rewrites to make it work on anything other than apache. It also requires cgi bin access/usage for the NoT-So-Uber-uploader.

It is however probably the best free option available and it does work very well with flowplayer. Check their forums, there's tons of free and non free mods.

Castfire is another great option though its not free. But its a much more complete and scalable solution. I called them up the day after xmas and left a msg not expecting a call back till after the holiday's. They called me back less than a hour later and answered loads of questions for me. Seem like nice folks to deal with. +Their system works with flowplayer and they seem quite familiar with it.http://www.castfire.com/

Then there's clipbucket. It works out of the box with lighttpd and nginx. It also has a much more versatile uploading solution with several options. It benchmarked a ton faster than php-motion did with my server setups. But the templates are loaded with tables = eww. It has great potential but it would take some dev time to rebuild a non table based template and I think you have to pay for their flowplayer mod.http://clip-bucket.com/ Demo:http://clipbucketdemo.com/index.php

If what you're wanting to do is create a tube site, PHPMotion is just one of many, and more come out all the time. There's a lot of these for the adult market, but of course they can also be used for mainstream videos. Some Web hosts are beginning to provide packages tailored to tubing, complete with FFmpeg and other conversion tools pre-installed. Some have (or work with) content delivery systems for streaming.

For all, though, the primary consideration is security. If you're going to allow uploads you need to be mindful of possible exploits - the same kind with all Web2.0 components.

If you're not planning on allowing uploads (a good idea unless you have a lawyer on retainer to vet your process, and a staff member for DMCA notices) then as Liam mentions WordPress is a good choice. There are many tube-oriented WordPress themes available for free and paid. They do just about everything a tube site would do (allow embeds, rating, sharing via social networks), except uploading by users.

All of these can work with Flowplayer, though if any platform does automatic reformatting of posts (as WordPress does) you'll need to install a plug-in to prevent it, or the rewriting will mangle the JavaScript used with Flowplayer.

As per gmcomb's and Liam's wordpress recommendations, here's a pretty decent looking WP theme http://www.press75.com/on-demand-theme-demo/

I second Edge's suggestion and recommend Jason's excellent On Demand theme. I bought a license for his first version and he offers free upgrades as he improves his themes. His usual turn-around for support requests on his forum is less than half a day.