"1. I updated the php.ini file which helped finally allow music files success and video files at least to show 100% upload."

liberty, could you explain to me what you did with the php.ini file?
Did you create your own and place it in various folders and, if so, which ones?
What did you put in the php.ini file?

I am one step behind you. I can't get video or audio to upload. Getting the "should be under 20M" and then "error uploding file...". At this point I would see more be happy if I could just get the videos to upload. I can work on the issue of getting them to convert/play after that.
Any help would be very, very much appreciated. Thanks!