Installation of h5p on Moodle MAMP (Mac)

Submitted by nickgriches on Fri, 06/29/2018 - 13:57
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Hi.

I'm new to h5p. I'm testing it out offline on a mac using 'MAMP' (Moodle installation). I can't seem to install h5p. I download the package (as a zip file) from the moodle website. Then within Moodle, I go to Administration > Install Addons. I locate the file, and press upload, but it doesn't install. I get to a screen which says 'Moodle 3.5 - Install plugin from ZIP file - Validating mod_hvp...' but the installation does not get any further than this. I have managed to install a different package on Moodle, so it looks as if there is nothing wrong with my MAMP installation.

Any pointers welcome!

nickgriches

Fri, 06/29/2018 - 17:57

Hi. I re-downloaded the h5p package, and now I can install. Obviously something happened with the initial download. Hooray!

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BV52

Mon, 07/02/2018 - 04:38

Hi Nick,

I'm glad that it is working now, if you have further questions feel free to post in the forums.

-BV52

Chris Manuel

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 00:35

Same problem here: stalls while validating. I have MAMP 3.4 installed and the H5P zip is "mod_hvp_moodle35_2018053100.zip". Is there a 3.4 specific plugin package that I need? 

Chris Manuel

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 00:38

I'm having the same issue, stalling during validation. I have MAMP 3.4 installed and the downloaded plugin zip is "mod_hvp_moodle35_2018053100.zip". Is there a 3.4 plug in version that I need? 

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BV52

Tue, 07/24/2018 - 05:33

Hi Chris,

Since you are you using an old version of MAMP can you please check if the PHP version is 5.2 or higher. If so please provide the following:

  1. Detailed steps to reproduce the bug (exactly how and when did it happen)
  2. Platform and version number. E.g. Drupal, Wordpress, Moodle.
  3. Mobile or Desktop
  4. Browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc
  5. H5P plugin version
  6. H5P content type and version (if a content type was used), and a sample URL or attached H5P.
  7. Any browser console errors
  8. Any PHP errors
  9. Screenshots if it's a visual problem

The more information you provide, the quicker the community will be able to fix it and the quicker you'll have a working solution!

-BV52

 

Chris Manuel

Wed, 07/25/2018 - 19:54

Also - MAMP 4.1.1 shows PHP 7.0.15

Chris Manuel

Wed, 07/25/2018 - 19:53

Hi - thanks for the reply. Sorry for the double post originally.

  1. The issue is that I'm using MAMP 3.4, trying to install the H5P plug-in and at the end of the H5P module install it hangs on: Validating mod_hvp ... 
  2. Moodle 3.4
  3. Desktop (Mac OSX 11.13.6) - MAMP is installed on the system drive (an SSD) formatted with Apple's new file system: APFS
  4. Chrome 67.0.3396.99
  5. Release 1.9
  6. Just trying install the module in MAMP - no content yet
  7. No browser errors
  8. No PHP errors
  9. No visual issues

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Chris

 

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thomasmars

Thu, 07/26/2018 - 10:49

Hi,
Make sure you have followed https://h5p.org/installation/configure-php, https://h5p.org/moodle and https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Installing_plugins.

Also make sure that the web server is able to write to the required folders, as described in https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Installing_Moodle.

Best regards, Thomas

qwe84265

Sun, 08/16/2020 - 14:05

I got the same issue on AMAP 3.9. 

Did you fix the issue?

nickgriches

Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:23

Thanks for the info. Re-downloading the h5p package worked for me.

jp

Thu, 03/21/2019 - 07:51

I've had the same problem for several hours, I changed max_execution_time in php.ini to 60 seconds (from 30), and now its worked fine.

jmalteschuldt

Sat, 05/02/2020 - 09:04

Hi there

Do you still use moodle4mac? (or MAMP) I had the same issues as you.

Atleast I got it on moodle, but know I have problems oploading content.

Do you have the same issue? 

Best 

Malte 

jmalteschuldt

Sat, 05/02/2020 - 00:07

Hi there

I know it's an old thread, but I am actually trying to combine H5P with moodle through MAMP with a moodle4mac package. 

Hence I wanted to ask what your experiences are? I use moodle 38. and I had the same problems which are mentioned above. 

I could solve it, but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. My mainproblem though is that I cant realy upload any h5p file.

I just get the error 500 message. What could be the cause? 

Best 

Malte 

 

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gregafb

Sat, 05/02/2020 - 20:37

Same problem than other with the Moodle4Mac-38 pack 

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BV52

Mon, 05/04/2020 - 06:29

Hi Malte and gregafb,

I used to run on a similar setup. If it is a fresh install of MAMP, Moodle and H5P you need to increase both the file upload size and maximum execution time.

-BV

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mark-zajac

Sun, 05/31/2020 - 20:56

You wrote: "you need to increase both the file upload size and maximum execution time."

What are good values?

[:-)] Mark

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BV52

Mon, 06/01/2020 - 20:03

Hi Mark,

For the file upload size I usually set it up to around 100MB since I've sometimes needs to test files with that size. For the max execution time I usually have it at around 300. Please note that I have a local setup (offline) so this might not always be applicable for everyone.

-BV

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gregafb

Sat, 05/02/2020 - 20:38

Same problem , with the Moodle4Mac-38 pack when installing mod_hvp_moodle38_2020020500  :-(

jp

Sun, 05/03/2020 - 07:55

Guys,

I have 2 separate hosted Moodle installations and a local (Moodle4Mac) and have never managed to export/import H5P files from one installation to another. I have spent a lot of time ensuring the instances are an exact match in terms of versioning.

It is a shame and basically means we have no choice other than to work in our 'live' environment.

 

 

jmalteschuldt

Sun, 05/03/2020 - 13:25

Allright, did you try to export/import the whole course, or just the h5p file? I oploaded a h5p file from moodle4mac into wordpress and it worked fine.  

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BV52

Mon, 05/04/2020 - 06:31

Hi jp,

Are you getting any error messages?

-BV

jp

Mon, 05/04/2020 - 07:44

@bv52 If I get a chance sometime I will retry and make a note of the errors.

jmalteschuldt

Mon, 05/04/2020 - 09:00

Thanks for the reply BV.

Yes I get the Error 500. I did all the things you mentioned, but maybe I did something wrong. 

I went into the config map and the to the php.ini file and I changed the numbers with a normal text editor, and saved. 

Best 

Malte

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BV52

Mon, 05/04/2020 - 19:07

Hi Malte,

I think it's best to continue this on your other post since it has a lot more details.

-BV