AME 2.0 -Auto Media Embedding for posts, blogs, visitor and group messsages

[0ptima]

Thanks for updating this hack! :) Hope one day to see you back in the hacking scene in the same capacity as you were in the past.

[Digital Jedi]

I temporarily added the title linked with the urls back so you can take a look at them.
I may have addressed one of two of these in the past, so bear with me:

Vimeo: I'll address this on the next definition update, just for now use links with the www in them, and it should embed.

Fileden: I don't have a definition for Fileden. :)

LongIslandOnline: This is a MySpace video, and the definition only supports the YouTube vids. If they continue to split videos up amongst hosting sites like this, I may have to drop support for them and sites like them. You can, however, still use the Permalink from YouTube/MySpace, etc.

The Rest: The rest of your videos are behaving like Extract destination data is turned off. I know you already said it was turned on, but as I recall, The Geek had said that this requires your server to allow url wrappers with fetch_contents. You may want to check that out with your host.

[The Geek]

The Rest: The rest of your videos are behaving like Extract destination data is turned off. I know you already said it was turned on, but as I recall, The Geek had said that this requires your server to allow url wrappers with fetch_contents. You may want to check that out with your host.

Just as a heads up, cCurl is support in 2.5

[punchbowl]

Guys I have a problem.

I installed it successfully V2.0.2 and all the settings looks alright however it is not automatically embed videos.

When I post a link from youtube as plain link in form of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZdkHylJ3w then only the link shows, no video. Then if I manually add the AME tags in form of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZdkHylJ3w it works!

The point is to do it automatically. Any idea of what issue may cause this annoying problem?


Same here but with 2.5beta and clean vb install. Tried posting a simple youtube url in a blog and nothing happened.:confused:

tech question: I'm going a simple cms, dragging blog entries out of the db and putting them on the front page - How can I make sure the ame entries are parsed correctly?
I use this at the moment to parse the blog text
$parsed_text = $parser->do_parse($blog_pagetext, false, true, true, true, true, false);
Is it just a matter of including the ame functions and parsing the blogs again with that?

Cheers

I'll try again today

[socalsoccer]

I installed and could not get it working either 2.5 . Waited 30 minutes then new url started working properly.

On Youtube will this work with the Embed code they give you? Or just the url?

[The Geek]

@punch -> Check usergroup permissions and settings to make sure it is set up correctly. In some cases, saving the usergroup perms (even if they looked right) seemed to do the trick. Most of the time when people are complaining about it not automatically converting, they are expecting it to convert old posts or posts that have been cached which it will not do without the rebuilding tools.

@Soccer. Only with the URL. The embed code is HTML and you would need HTML enabled in order to show that (which wouldnt be a good thing :) )

[The Geek]

Can I also ask that if you installed this mod, please mark as installed :)

[punchbowl]

@punch -> Check usergroup permissions and settings to make sure it is set up correctly. In some cases, saving the usergroup perms (even if they looked right) seemed to do the trick. Most of the time when people are complaining about it not automatically converting, they are expecting it to convert old posts or posts that have been cached which it will not do without the rebuilding tools.


Thanks. Will try that later. Sorry - thought I had already marked installed!:o

[carlos54321]

Thanks for the cool mod using 2.5.0 beta 3 had a couple of errors but wait till the update your sending out this weekend and hope that fixes them before i post about them.

[The Geek]

AME 2.5 RC1 has been uploaded into the first post. A quick snapshot of changes are:


Fixed bug with unescaped apostrophes conking out preg_replace calls
Fix woe where usergroup permissions problem where usergroupcache was not getting updated on install/upgrade. Therefore it was appearing to some that AME wasn't working until the cache was eventually rebuilt through some other method (i.e. manually saving usergroup permissions or similar). This will only happen on new installs or upgrades from 2.5 beta 1. If you think you may be suffering from this problem, try edit a usergroup and saving it.
Fixed invalid Zone specified error during rebuild
Fixed blogs not correctly previewing media
Changed $ameinfo[width] and $ameinfo[height] to only display the value instead of the whole attribute (i.e. it now only displays xxx instead of width="xxx") this is to accommodate the many fun flavours of attributes different media sites use :D
Fixed a bunch of other bugs
Added some more admincp help :D


AME 2.5 RC1 is still a pre-release product and as such I would not recommend its use on a live site. If you can hang on a few, it doesn't look to be too much longer until it's gold :D

[Digital Jedi]

Will go test it now. :D Thanks for all the work. Hopefullly, I can get the Master XML update today.

[carlos54321]

Wow you too are cooking on gas thanks alot again:)

[Subah]

Thanks a lot

[socalsoccer]

How could I embed this code:

mms://a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2008/open/gp/09/092008_dculag_gp_400.wmv

Or if that cannot be embedded, how about this link:

http://mls.gotuit.com/?c=2008&p=217948&s=3042300&i=371742

Do I need to add this definition? If so there is so much info needed that you need a
tutorial to add your own definition

[nMIK-3]

I like to report another bug/problem.

When you create a post with video link and preview it then in the preview mode only the link will appear, when you post it the it gets embedded. Is not that series but when you create a news post you always preview before you actually post it.

Is this a known issue?

[Digital Jedi]

How could I embed this code:

mms://a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2008/open/gp/09/092008_dculag_gp_400.wmv

Or if that cannot be embedded, how about this link:

http://mls.gotuit.com/?c=2008&p=217948&s=3042300&i=371742

Do I need to add this definition? If so there is so much info needed that you need a
tutorial to add your own definition
There is one in the Resources links in my thread. You can also just request a site to be added in my Definitions thread and I'll always look into them.

[chuckhodson]

Great job guys this works very well thanks...

[socalsoccer]

Anyone know how to use this Mod in conjunction with VBadvanced? This would be awesome if I could have some videos located on my homepage!! $40 Paypal

[DoB Rhapsody]

The Rest: The rest of your videos are behaving like Extract destination data is turned off. I know you already said it was turned on, but as I recall, The Geek had said that this requires your server to allow url wrappers with fetch_contents. You may want to check that out with your host.

I contacted my host and they said that all settings are the same as they are in the basic shared server(when AME worked fine) as they are in the server that i am on now(semi dedicated server).

and a quote for technical support:

"Hi,

All the settings on the server are exactly the same as the regular shared hosting server. Please ask if the addon requires fopen to be enabled which is currently disabled, but it is also disabled on the other servers as well due to a security risk."

[punchbowl]

Same here but with 2.5beta and clean vb install. Tried posting a simple youtube url in a blog and nothing happened.:confused:

tech question: I'm going a simple cms, dragging blog entries out of the db and putting them on the front page - How can I make sure the ame entries are parsed correctly?
I use this at the moment to parse the blog text
$parsed_text = $parser->do_parse($blog_pagetext, false, true, true, true, true, false);
Is it just a matter of including the ame functions and parsing the blogs again with that?

Cheers

I'll try again today

@punch -> Check usergroup permissions and settings to make sure it is set up correctly. In some cases, saving the usergroup perms (even if they looked right) seemed to do the trick. Most of the time when people are complaining about it not automatically converting, they are expecting it to convert old posts or posts that have been cached which it will not do without the rebuilding tools.

Woot! Everything works perfectly*! On 2.5rc1 now. Redid the permissions then posted a youtube worked first time. Also an edit and save on the blogs worked perfectly.

Also my custom cms is showing the vids perfectly!!!!! I never expected that to work! (Love the way you didn't answer the prev. tech question! lol)

*The tools didn't seem to work. I tried to convert a couple of blogs in verbose test mode and just got a blank page.

[Digital Jedi]

Anyone know how to use this Mod in conjunction with VBadvanced? This would be awesome if I could have some videos located on my homepage!! $40 Paypal
This already works with vBadvanced in the sense that if your pulling content from a thread onto the home page, it's going to show the HTML of the post. If your just wanting to post videos in a module, then why not just post the embed code, as modules already handle HTML.

But I'll still take the 40$. :p

[The Geek]

Woot! Everything works perfectly*! On 2.5rc1 now. Redid the permissions then posted a youtube worked first time. Also an edit and save on the blogs worked perfectly.

Also my custom cms is showing the vids perfectly!!!!! I never expected that to work! (Love the way you didn't answer the prev. tech question! lol)

*The tools didn't seem to work. I tried to convert a couple of blogs in verbose test mode and just got a blank page.

Ah, the blank page looks like it will happen whenever you try to rebuild visitor messages, blogs or social groups because I forgot to globalise $db in the validation functions.

For a quick fix, edit admincp/automediaembed_admin.php and check out the validation functions (the next 3 functions onward) which start around line 68. They need to have:
global $db;
inserted as the first line in the funtion. I have done it here, but dont have time to update the package yet. Maybe tomorrow :)

As to the technical question...

As long as the content has [ame] tags in it already (i.e. ame parsed a blog post and you are re-parsing on a different page), it will show as expected. The only challenge with using ame outside of the context it was made is when it comes time to save text outside of the system.

HTHs

[socalsoccer]

If your just wanting to post videos in a module, then why not just post the embed code, as modules already handle HTML.



I tryed this in a BB code module and only get what you see here:


<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3qSRMweaoyQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3qSRMweaoyQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Thanks

[Digital Jedi]

I tryed this in a BB code module and only get what you see here:


<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3qSRMweaoyQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3qSRMweaoyQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Thanks
Did you make sure to tick the Allow HTML option in the module's options?

[socalsoccer]

Did you make sure to tick the Allow HTML option in the module's options?

Yes I made sure it was checked :)

[testebr]

The geek,

In next version can you change the plugin AME : Permission Hide to load the ame.js only in pages that really need? Example:

if (in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('showthread','showpost','private','newthread ','newreply','editpost','member')))
{
....load ame.js....
}

Thanks

[gator777]

I was having a hard time running Youtube videos. I kept getting "we're sorry, this video is no longer available"

Well, I uninstalled and reinstalled the definitions, and searched the www for an answer. I also read where Youtube may be conducting maintenance and periodically shuts down the embeds. Well, I installed and reinstalled the definition, and went so far as to install v2.5.

Anyway, I finally got the videos to work, but v2.5 is not displaying the default container, so I thought I would let you know. It displays the video without a container, even though "container" is filled in. Also, I will keep track of the "we're sorry, this video is no longer available" issue as well.

[Null Parameter]

First, I just want to say that this is a great mod. We use it on my board all of the time.

Second, there's an error in the IGN code. Here's the changes I made to fix it:

Regular Expression:
http://([\w]+)\.ign\.com/dor/([\w]+)/([\d]+)/([\w-]+)/videos/([\w-]+)\.html

Replacement:
<embed src='http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf' flashvars='object_ID=$p3&downloadURL=http://$p1.ign.com/$p2/video/article/$p4/$p5.flv&allownetworking='all' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='433' height='360'></embed>

It was just missing the parentheses and had some of the $p variables mixed up.

Sorry, if this has been pointed out already, I couldn't search for "IGN" because it is only 3 characters.

[The Geek]

The geek,

In next version can you change the plugin AME : Permission Hide to load the ame.js only in pages that really need? Example:

if (in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('showthread','showpost','private','newthread ','newreply','editpost','member')))
{
....load ame.js....
}

Thanks
I can look at it as an option, however AME is being used in loads of other pages and is being geared up to be used on others. The js is pretty small and will be cached if that helps.

[The Geek]

I was having a hard time running Youtube videos. I kept getting "we're sorry, this video is no longer available"

Well, I uninstalled and reinstalled the definitions, and searched the www for an answer. I also read where Youtube may be conducting maintenance and periodically shuts down the embeds. Well, I installed and reinstalled the definition, and went so far as to install v2.5.

Anyway, I finally got the videos to work, but v2.5 is not displaying the default container, so I thought I would let you know. It displays the video without a container, even though "container" is filled in. Also, I will keep track of the "we're sorry, this video is no longer available" issue as well.
Hey Gator, if you read through the features of 2.5, you will see that a validation feature has been added. What this feature does is check the destination page you are embedding to determine if the video can be embedded. If it cannot be embedded, a link (with an icon) is shown instead. This feature was added to help users who were getting confused by the 'video no loner availible' message. Truth is, the video is still available, however it isnt availableisn'tavailable for embedding any longer (check the youtube page out and you will see that embedding has been disabled).

[The Geek]

First, I just want to say that this is a great mod. We use it on my board all of the time.

Second, there's an error in the IGN code. Here's the changes I made to fix it:

Regular Expression:
http://([\w]+)\.ign\.com/dor/([\w]+)/([\d]+)/([\w-]+)/videos/([\w-]+)\.html

Replacement:
<embed src='http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf' flashvars='object_ID=$p3&downloadURL=http://$p1.ign.com/$p2/video/article/$p4/$p5.flv&allownetworking='all' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='433' height='360'></embed>

It was just missing the parentheses and had some of the $p variables mixed up.

Sorry, if this has been pointed out already, I couldn't search for "IGN" because it is only 3 characters.
Hey Null, thanks :)

You are probably best posting that in DJ's thread as the AME doesn't come with IGN (I am pretty sure its DJ's). He is currently reworking all his definitions for 2.5 RC1 and will want to know about any suggested changes there :)

[Null Parameter]

Hey Null, thanks :)

You are probably best posting that in DJ's thread as the AME doesn't come with IGN (I am pretty sure its DJ's). He is currently reworking all his definitions for 2.5 RC1 and will want to know about any suggested changes there :)

Oh yeah, I forgot that there were technically two different mods here. I will go do that right away.

[dgparent]

Does this MOD work with any of the SEO mods like VBSEO or Zoints SEO ?

[Digital Jedi]

Does this MOD work with any of the SEO mods like VBSEO or Zoints SEO ?
The Geek and a couple of other have said it works fine on their sites with vBSEO.

[carlos54321]

i have vBSEO on my site and have had no problems:)

[dgparent]

The Geek and a couple of other have said it works fine on their sites with vBSEO.

Thanks it works with zoints seo also - could not use vbseo due to the content of my site :)

[TsirhCitna]

Is there a new setting in 2.5RC1 that allows me to make the youtube videos full size? Right now they show up at about 150 x 150.

[The Geek]

Youtube specifically or all videos?

You can control the size of the embedding by Zone via AME's settings. If you want to be more specific (i.e. youtube videos show differently than others) then edit your template accordingly (for example, something like: <if condition="$ameinfo[ameid]=='youtube'">blahblahblah</if>).

[TsirhCitna]

Youtube specifically or all videos?

You can control the size of the embedding by Zone via AME's settings. If you want to be more specific (i.e. youtube videos show differently than others) then edit your template accordingly (for example, something like: <if condition="$ameinfo[ameid]=='youtube'">blahblahblah</if>).
When the code gets parsed it's leaving out the height and width attributes:
<object 425 350>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vNvnLFgH5BU&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18&amp;fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vNvnLFgH5BU&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" 425 350 wmode="transparent"></embed></object>


My definitions are the default from 2.5RC1:
<object width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]">
<param name=''movie'' value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>

[Skavenger]

Hi, how can I disable AME in vBadvanced?

[gator777]

Hey Gator, if you read through the features of 2.5, you will see that a validation feature has been added. What this feature does is check the destination page you are embedding to determine if the video can be embedded. If it cannot be embedded, a link (with an icon) is shown instead. This feature was added to help users who were getting confused by the 'video no loner availible' message. Truth is, the video is still available, however it isnt availableisn'tavailable for embedding any longer (check the youtube page out and you will see that embedding has been disabled).
Thanks for the response, and great job on the script... :D

[DoB Rhapsody]

I contacted my host and they said that all settings are the same as they are in the basic shared server(when AME worked fine) as they are in the server that i am on now(semi dedicated server).

and a quote for technical support:

"Hi,

All the settings on the server are exactly the same as the regular shared hosting server. Please ask if the addon requires fopen to be enabled which is currently disabled, but it is also disabled on the other servers as well due to a security risk."
^^^^^^

[The Geek]

file_get_contents and in 2.5 also supports cCurl. These are optional anyway and neither are required for most functionality, only to support the extraction options (i.e. validation, url title, etc...).

[The Geek]

Hi, how can I disable AME in vBadvanced?
The problem is that vbacmps just pulls data from a source that is already parsed for AME. TBH, the only real option I can think of off the top of my head is a quick plugin. I just dont have time to check it out for you right now :(

[The Geek]

When the code gets parsed it's leaving out the height and width attributes:
<object 425 350>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vNvnLFgH5BU&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18&amp;fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vNvnLFgH5BU&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" 425 350 wmode="transparent"></embed></object>


My definitions are the default from 2.5RC1:
<object width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]">
<param name=''movie'' value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>

That isn't the default definition for the latest install.

[wmlvb]

"Upload the contents of the forums folder into your forums directory"

Hi I am newbie to uploading. I think I understand what to do after this 1 step but unclear about this step!

Is the Forums directory the Main forum folder?

If not, please tell me where to find the Forums directory folder in FTP. Thanks

[TsirhCitna]

That isn't the default definition for the latest install.
I just downloaded 2.5RC1, removed all my definitions and reinstalled:
<object width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]">
<param name=''movie'' value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>

Looks the same to me?

[wmlvb]

"Upload the contents of the forums folder into your forums directory"

Hi I am newbie to uploading. I think I understand what to do after this 1 step but unclear about this step!

Is the Forums directory the Main forum folder?

If not, please tell me where to find the Forums directory folder in FTP. Thanks

Ok what I did was install in the forum folders that matched the folders for the downloaded mod file!

Only on4 I cant find a file for is the amecache! Can someone tell me where to put the contents of this file which is a index.html

[The Geek]

Thats because the default was updated. If the default was deleted, nothing got updated :)

Here is the default code:


<object width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]">
<param name=''movie'' value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/$p1&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="$ameinfo[width]" height="$ameinfo[height]" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>

[The Geek]

the amecache folder is a new folder that you would upload into your forums folder. There is only 1 file: index.html which is a placeholder to prevent directory browsing.

[wmlvb]

Ok Thanks for info Geek

I think I got everything in right place now! I also uploaded product xml file in Product manager.

I refreshed the Admin page and I do not see AMC CP. Is it suppose to be in the left side bar of admincP? If it is I do not see it. What do i need to do now? Thanks

[Skavenger]

The problem is that vbacmps just pulls data from a source that is already parsed for AME. TBH, the only real option I can think of off the top of my head is a quick plugin. I just dont have time to check it out for you right now :(

Well, I hope you cand do it in a future :)

[The Geek]

Ok Thanks for info Geek

I think I got everything in right place now! I also uploaded product xml file in Product manager.

I refreshed the Admin page and I do not see AMC CP. Is it suppose to be in the left side bar of admincP? If it is I do not see it. What do i need to do now? Thanks
You may not have uploaded all the files. Simply upload all of the contents of the upload/forum folder into your forums folder :)

[wmlvb]

You may not have uploaded all the files. Simply upload all of the contents of the upload/forum folder into your forums folder :)


So I do not have to put each file into the folder it corresponds to? I can just put all file contents in Main Forum Directory? Thanks for the help

[wmlvb]

I checked all the corresponding folders that I put the files from upload/forum and it looks like I have them all. I put the amecache in the forum folder by it self. other wise I put each file in corresponding folder. For example, I put the file that was in The admincp folder into the admincp folder in Forums. did I do that correct? if so then all files are where they are suppose to be. but still not seeing the AME CP

Thanks

[The Geek]

check uploads/forums/includes/xml

[wmlvb]

check uploads/forums/includes/xml


yes I put those three xml files in the corresponding xml folder that was in Forums/includes folder in my ftp

[The Geek]

and you installed the product.xml and refreshed your admincp page?

[jack bro]

One of the best mods installed, thanks.

Jack Brown.

[wmlvb]

and you installed the product.xml and refreshed your admincp page?


Yes I chose the file from my computer and uploaded into products! At lease I assume it is uploaded. How do I know for sure? I filled out the form and uploaded from computer I never saw a confirmation it just changed to another page and saw title in product manager

[wmlvb]

still not seeing ame cp and help??

[wmlvb]

still not able to use this after 12 hours any help. been trying to install the 2.5 version does that have anything to do w/ why I do not see ame cp??

[wmlvb]

I figured out what was wrong. the xml file did not get imported even though I thought I clicked import button. I tested by deleting and starting over. 2nd try it imported and I saw all the code!! and the AMe Cp after refresh!

[wmlvb]

when I post a youtube vide url the url tags surround it and it does not embed. Do I need to turn off this BB tag?

[Digital Jedi]

when I post a youtube vide url the url tags surround it and it does not embed. Do I need to turn off this BB tag?
Yes, you don't use any Media BBCode with the AME definition, or it will conflict. You don't need to turn the regular URL tags off, though.

Just remember for future uploads, the contents of the upload folder will be structured the same way it needs to be in your forum directory. So there's no need to add them one at a time, just put them all in one swoop in the right directory and it will add them where they need to go.

[wmlvb]

ok so the url bbcode ok and it is surrounding the link every time and I do not see any embed

[Digital Jedi]

First things first. Post the link to the thread where your having the problem.

[wmlvb]

After installing AMe. it looks like many of the hyper links created in signatures and post are messed up and are just showing as code. HOw do I fix?

The Ame Mod is working otherwise

[Rend Sever]

Excellent!

Would you consider using cURL (http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.curl.php) instead of file_get_contents to get the title of the video file?

* we have disabled file_get_contents on our server due to the security risks with using file_get_contents (http://phpsec.org/projects/phpsecinfo/tests/allow_url_fopen.html).

Here's a link to an example of using cURL to replace a call to file_get_contents

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php#82255

Seconded. Numerous hosts will not allow enabling of file_get_contents, due to security risks.

[Rend Sever]

hacked it to use cURL, only took 2 seconds.

open includes/ame_bbcode.php

add under very top comments:

function curl_get_file_contents($URL)
{
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
$contents = curl_exec($c);
curl_close($c);

if ($contents) return $contents;
else return FALSE;
}



find:

$www = @file_get_contents


replace with:

$www = @curl_get_file_contents


Done. Uses cURL, no problems with fetching, no need to mess around with PHP settings or anything.

Such an easy fix, might want to include it in an update perhaps, Geek?

[MysCha]

how to add metacafe ?

[Digital Jedi]

how to add metacafe ?
You have to download the definitions in Add-On link.

[The Geek]

Seconded. Numerous hosts will not allow enabling of file_get_contents, due to security risks.


cCurl support is in the 2.5 version :)

[Vindictive]

Just out of curiosity does this have an impact on performance? I'm on shared hosting and I don't want to use too many resources.

[Digital Jedi]

Just out of curiosity does this have an impact on performance? I'm on shared hosting and I don't want to use too many resources.
Not really. One of the main ideas of the modification is it uses less then umpteen BBCodes for various media. Unless your hosting the media yourself, your not going to be using anything but the source's bandwidth, which their offering up for use anyway.

[Vindictive]

Thanks Jedi.

Installed.

What about if you have it set to extract destination data?

[The Geek]

Thanks Jedi.

Installed.

What about if you have it set to extract destination data?
That would increase load slightly when you edit or create a new post that contains one or more matching media links. However it really only impacts during those points.

The best thing to do for speed is to add only the definitions you need and enable file caching.

HTHs!

[Guest210212002]

How would I go about creating a tag for plain' old MP3 playing? eg: if I wanted to link www.thanks-geek.com/yourule.mp3.

Cheers sir, another great mod from you. :)

[webuser99]

Where can I see a full list of supported websites? It'd be cool if there was a way to auto play audip files or something with some media player.. like abc.com/1.mp3

or abc.com/2.swf

Let me know!

[dieselpowered]

Just upgraded and setup the permissions to not show the videos to a the unregistered group...do I need to rebuild anything, cause when I log out, I can still see the videos?

[dieselpowered]

Looks like you have to rebuilt the post information.

This is actually not working how I hoped...is there a way to make it so that instead of members who cannot view the video being shown a link to it, they get a notice that there is an embedded video and they must register to see it?

I know that they do not have to be registered to view on youtube or the others, however, we would like them to atleast be tempted to register on our site in order to view the video.

[The Geek]

Looks like you have to rebuilt the post information.

This is actually not working how I hoped...is there a way to make it so that instead of members who cannot view the video being shown a link to it, they get a notice that there is an embedded video and they must register to see it?

I know that they do not have to be registered to view on youtube or the others, however, we would like them to atleast be tempted to register on our site in order to view the video.
sure. Just edit the templates :)

[The Geek]

How would I go about creating a tag for plain' old MP3 playing? eg: if I wanted to link www.thanks-geek.com/yourule.mp3.

Cheers sir, another great mod from you. :)

Where can I see a full list of supported websites? It'd be cool if there was a way to auto play audip files or something with some media player.. like abc.com/1.mp3

or abc.com/2.swf

Let me know!


Best to check DJ's add on thread guys :)

[dieselpowered]

sure. Just edit the templates :)
You must be under the impression that I am even half as smart as you when it comes to coding...here is what I can do. Can you tell me what template and what change I would have to make and then I will do that :)

Thanks my friend, another great mod from you as always!

[Digital Jedi]

How would I go about creating a tag for plain' old MP3 playing? eg: if I wanted to link www.thanks-geek.com/yourule.mp3 (http://www.thanks-geek.com/yourule.mp3).

Cheers sir, another great mod from you. :)
Like The Geek said, see my thread in the Add-On. :)

Where can I see a full list of supported websites? It'd be cool if there was a way to auto play audip files or something with some media player.. like abc.com/1.mp3

or abc.com/2.swf

Let me know!
Like The Geek said, see my thread in the Add-On. :D You won't need any BBCode and you can customize the MP3 player.

[dieselpowered]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1633434&postcount=334" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...&postcount=334</a>

What template would I change so that if a member does not have permission to view a video would be shown a link to register and maybe some text that shows, Embedded video, please register to view.

Thanks, I really need it to function this way.

[sweeps78]

I'm looking to make the switch from using Goldbrick Audio/Video Media System to AME. By the sounds of it, it is a fairly easy switch? I'm currently using a media BBCode tag with Goldbrick, so I would just have to deactivate Goldbrick, activate AME and run some sort of conversion?

One last question, how stable is AME 2.5 RC1 running on vb 3.7.3?

[The Geek]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1633434&postcount=334

What template would I change so that if a member does not have permission to view a video would be shown a link to register and maybe some text that shows, Embedded video, please register to view.

Thanks, I really need it to function this way.
Try the ame_output template. Change:

<a href="$ameinfo[url]" title="$ameinfo[title]" target="_blank">$ameinfo[title]</a>

To something like:

You must be registered to view this damnit.

:D

[The Geek]

I'm looking to make the switch from using Goldbrick Audio/Video Media System to AME. By the sounds of it, it is a fairly easy switch? I'm currently using a media BBCode tag with Goldbrick, so I would just have to deactivate Goldbrick, activate AME and run some sort of conversion?

One last question, how stable is AME 2.5 RC1 running on vb 3.7.3?
Should be easy I guess. Uninstall GB, install ame, then check out AME's conversion tool which can convert non ame media tags into URL tags. You can the run AMEs rebuild tool to rebuild URL tags into ame tags. Sounds long winded, but its not.

Im running 2.5 RC1 on 3.7.3

HTHs!

[dieselpowered]

I receive a huge dB error when installing on a fresh vb 3.7.3 PL1 with a fresh copy of AME 2.5.

I would post it but the error is HUGE!

[Nadeemjp]

wonderful add on i was looking for this for quite sometime nwo.
one question though, i have like 11 styles. do i need to modify them all or would this automatically modify them?

plus, in future which ever style i install, would this automatically copy itself into those or do i ned some manual maneouvering?

[tides]

Hi,

Thanks for this great mod, but I am having problem with the YouTube video title.
When I use a video with Chinese title, there title becomes "?".
Please check the attached image. The original link for the video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUL2Y0CeYGc


Can you fix this?
BTW, I am use v2.0.2

[MonkYZ]

Is it somehow possible for unregistered/guests to see some kind of table/picture instead of the video with a message like "Please register on forum to be able to see the movies" ?

I think this would also increase registration rate. Plus, it would be something instead of nothing for guests (if permissions set to not allowed for guests).

Thank you in advance !

[dieselpowered]

Is it somehow possible for unregistered/guests to see some kind of table/picture instead of the video with a message like "Please register on forum to be able to see the movies" ?

I think this would also increase registration rate. Plus, it would be something instead of nothing for guests (if permissions set to not allowed for guests).

Thank you in advance !
Yes I did this, it requires them to register in order to view embedded videos.

[Digital Jedi]

wonderful add on i was looking for this for quite sometime nwo.
one question though, i have like 11 styles. do i need to modify them all or would this automatically modify them?

plus, in future which ever style i install, would this automatically copy itself into those or do i ned some manual maneouvering?
2.5 is the only one that uses templates, but they're added automatically. So, unless you plan on doing some customizations to the containers, you'd not be editing anything.

[dieselpowered]

Question, it appears that in order to make previous post that include AME within them to follow the new rules, you need to edit the post and then save it again...is there a more automated way to do this so that all the posts with AME info in it follow the new rules (like who can view?)

[dieselpowered]

Anyone having a problem embedding google videos? Mine was working and after upgrading to 2.5 no longer works for google videos...

All I get is a small box with nothing in it, but the info extracts and shows in the header of the box?

Thanks!

[The Geek]

I receive a huge dB error when installing on a fresh vb 3.7.3 PL1 with a fresh copy of AME 2.5.

I would post it but the error is HUGE!
Works fine at this end, as big as the error is, I need to know what it is to help :)

[The Geek]

Hi,

Thanks for this great mod, but I am having problem with the YouTube video title.
When I use a video with Chinese title, there title becomes "?".
Please check the attached image. The original link for the video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUL2Y0CeYGc


Can you fix this?
BTW, I am use v2.0.2
Hey Tides, I don't really ahve a solution for this right now. I managed to sort out most character encoding issues, but admit that I struggled to get chineese to work correctly. This is simply down to my lack of understanding character sets. Maybe someone with some more experience in this arena can help me out :)

IN the meantime, you can turn off extracting titles, or simply remove it from the template :)

[The Geek]

Question, it appears that in order to make previous post that include AME within them to follow the new rules, you need to edit the post and then save it again...is there a more automated way to do this so that all the posts with AME info in it follow the new rules (like who can view?)

Thats correct, as per all the info written about the system, the conversion doesnt happen 'real time' but rather when post data is saved. This minimises the footprint of AME dramatically. If you had 150 definitions searching each post that was displayed would noticably slow down your forums.

There is a rebuild tool in the admincp->ame cp->tools menu for rebuilding old URLs. I suggest you check that out (just make sure that you read about the tool and understand it first)

Anyone having a problem embedding google videos? Mine was working and after upgrading to 2.5 no longer works for google videos...

All I get is a small box with nothing in it, but the info extracts and shows in the header of the box?

Thanks!

hmmm... looks like google just changed thier url format. /sigh

Scratch that, they have changed their whole system. Looks like Google now links to original content via a frame. This will make it very hard (if not impossible) to translate google video links to embeded media as we will never be able to tell what source Google is linking to.

[The Geek]

Thanks to all who supported AME as MotM. We won :D

[SakuraAsakura]

^_^ kawai

[Digital Jedi]

Anyone having a problem embedding google videos? Mine was working and after upgrading to 2.5 no longer works for google videos...

All I get is a small box with nothing in it, but the info extracts and shows in the header of the box?

Thanks!

hmmm... looks like google just changed thier url format. /sigh

Scratch that, they have changed their whole system. Looks like Google now links to original content via a frame. This will make it very hard (if not impossible) to translate google video links to embeded media as we will never be able to tell what source Google is linking to.
Yeah, Google Video has decided to be another one of these endless video harvesting site, just like LongIslandOnline. I don't quite get the point of that. But in any case, Google Video will only work for Google hosted video.

@xtremeoff-road: When you try to embed the URL for a YouTube video you found on Google Video, you have to use the YouTube permalink. Not the Google link. That's just one of the downsides to sites that decide they want to be harvesters of everyone else's videos. I'm just going to have to go through all these new sites their adding and see if I can make a working definition for each of them.


Thanks to all who supported AME as MotM. We won :D
Pulled way out in front towards the end there. Congrats. :D

[Nadeemjp]

i installed 2.0.2 but the amazon icon is not showing in my different styles.
although i have uploaded the image to image/misc folder of the respective styles but i am not seeing the amazon icon.

rest of the procedure was followed as told.

am i missing something?

[The Geek]

Is there a broken image?

[sweeps78]

I'm trying to convert all my media tags to ame tags, but can't seem to get it working correctly. First off, I just went back a week for safety reasons.

I went to Tools->Convert Codes and entered "media" (no quotes or brackets) into the Codes box. Then, in the Conversions box, I entered "\1" (again, no quotes or brackets). This converted all of the media tags to url tags.

I didn't know what to do at this point, because I thought this would have converted my media tags to the ame tags that AME uses... So, I tried to Rebuild my old posts and had the following settings:

Remove [ame] codes => no
Ignore previous => yes
Test mode => no
Verbose => no
How far to go back => 1 week
Per page => 100
Seconds per page => 10

First of all, there's some sort of nasty bug with this, because after I clicked Save, there were 27 pages that the system tried going through, 24 of which were past 1 week.

That aside, I didn't see any of the url tagged posts get converted to ame tags.

What am I doing wrong??

[The Geek]

The convert tools change media tags to URL ones, not AME tags. Once you 'un-media' them, you can rebuild as you mentioned.

What version are you using?

Try running in test mode and verbose so you can see the changes it is trying to make.

Also remember to click install if you have installed :D

[sweeps78]

Also remember to click install if you have installed

thanks! I totally forgot.

What version are you using?

The version I'm running is 2.5 RC 1.

The convert tools change media tags to URL ones, not AME tags.

Cool, that's what I thought:)

Try running in test mode and verbose so you can see the changes it is trying to make.

That's just it. When I try to run the Rebuild, it says there is 29 pages to go through, but only 4 of them are within the week that I specified.

I did perform a little test of my own. I created a new post in a hidden forum. This post contained 1) A youtube video using the media tag 2) A youtube link with the ame tag.

When I ran the Rebuild, the post showed up with the message:

post 21127: Ignored (already contains ame)

[Hostboard]

Better support, more media coverage I am a convert from "the other one" :D

Thank you!

[The Geek]

Sweep - it will have ignored it because you posted it while AME was active. Since the ignore previous option was set to yes, it wont try to reprocess those that it knows have been 'amefied' ;)

Sounds to me that the only hiccup here is the time restraint. Everything else should be cool ye?

[dieselpowered]

@ Jedi, where do you find the YouTube permalink on the Google Video page?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9092170482484764613

Thanks!

[sweeps78]

sorry, I may not be explaining this right.

I have a test forum that I use specifically testing plugins. In this test forum, I created a new thread with a single post. In this post, I have two URLs. One of these urls are using the old "media" tag. The other url is using the new "ame" tag.

I ran the convert tool, to convert the media tag in this post to a URL tag. Then, I ran the Rebuild to try and convert the URL tag to an ame tag. Unfortunately, that did not work.

So, in this post, there is still two sets of URLs enclosed in BBCode tags, but one url is surrounded by the URL tag (converted from the "media" tag), and the other url surrounded by the ame tag (which didn't and shouldn't have changed). I cannot seem to get the URL tag to be converted to the ame tag.

[Digital Jedi]

@ Jedi, where do you find the YouTube permalink on the Google Video page?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9092170482484764613

Thanks!
Well, that's not a YouTube video, so it doesn't have one. Like I said, for the actual Google hosted video you can use the Google link just fine. Mainly that's the only purpose for the Google definition at this point.

[sweeps78]

should I just uninstall 2.5 RC 1 and install 2.0.2? Do you think this will fix my problem?

Sorry to be impatient, but my forums are now sitting with 500+ non-hyperlinked video URL's with a media tag around them instead of the video being displayed (because I uninstalled GoldBrick).

[dieselpowered]

Well, that's not a YouTube video, so it doesn't have one. Like I said, for the actual Google hosted video you can use the Google link just fine. Mainly that's the only purpose for the Google definition at this point.
So let me ask you...is there a way to find where that video is actually hosted?

Why was this video working fine until I upgraded?

[Digital Jedi]

geek - should I just uninstall 2.5 RC 1 and install 2.0.2? Do you think this will fix my problem?

Sorry to be impatient, but my forums are now sitting with 500+ non-hyperlinked video URL's with a media tag around them instead of the video being displayed (because I uninstalled GoldBrick).
I don't think it will make any difference. Do you think I could see this demo forum where the posts are?


So let me ask you...is there a way to find where that video is actually hosted?

Why was this video working fine until I upgraded?
Very easily. If it says Google Video on the player, such as in the link you posted, it's a Google Video. But if you open it up and your looking at a framed YouTube page or it suddenly redirects you to Forbes.com, etc, then you know your not on Google Video anymore.

Upgrading wouldn't have made a bit of difference. The definitions work exactly the same as before. You've just stumbled across some videos that you hadn't tried posting before. AME has never been able to distinguish between multiple types of embed code. It can only convert to one embed code per site.

[dieselpowered]

So if it is a google video, why is it not showing? Did you not say that google videos would embed fine?

[Digital Jedi]

Yes, did the one you posted not embed for you? I tested it on my forum and it embedded okay.

@sweeps78: Which video had the media tags, the first or the second? I see the second one as embedded, but not the first.

[sweeps78]

The first video had the media tag, but when I ran the Conversion tool, it changed the media tag to a url. The second video was using the ame tag from the beginning.

thanks:)

[The Geek]

Sweeps, Im confused by what your problem is...

If you had a post that had AME AND another media bbcode and then ran the conversion tool so that particular post only had a URL and an AME tag, then when you rebuild, set the Ignore Previous to yes so that it won't skip that post.

Regardless, 2.02 wont solve the problem as the conversion and rebuilding features are pretty much the same.

[The Geek]

So if it is a google video, why is it not showing? Did you not say that google videos would embed fine?
The problem is that a google video URL will now show a youtube page, or a vimeo page, or a thousand others (even though the URL is a googles). This just changed and pretty much screws any chance to be able to decipher an embed code automatically.

[dieselpowered]

The problem is that a google video URL will now show a youtube page, or a vimeo page, or a thousand others (even though the URL is a googles). This just changed and pretty much screws any chance to be able to decipher an embed code automatically.
Ahhh ok, so what do we do so that these types of urls are just pruned with a hyperlink bb code versus changing them to a box with nothing in them if it cannot embed?

Yes, did the one you posted not embed for you? I tested it on my forum and it embedded okay
It embeds fine on previous versions, just not on 2.5 or so it appears in this case.

[Digital Jedi]

Ahhh ok, so what do we do so that these types of urls are just pruned with a hyperlink bb code versus changing them to a box with nothing in them if it cannot embed?
If the site their displaying is a supported site, you can embed the link to that page instead. Like this video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2652371830360454015&vt=lf&hl=en) is not a Google Video, but a YouTube video. The YouTube link is right there. Or this one (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7848227108660773332&vt=lf&hl=en). It's a MetaCafe video. No link, but Google lets you close the side bar and just open the site in a full frame. Just grab that URL. As long as you have the appropriate definitions from my Add-On, most of those sites I see on Google are supported, with the exception of Forbes.com. But I'll try and get to those eventually.


It embeds fine on previous versions, just not on 2.5 or so it appears in this case.
I tried on 2.5RC1, the latest release, and it appears to be working for me. Is the latest definitions still installed?

[dieselpowered]

Hmmm well all I can say is I did an upgrade...then because the permissions were not correct, I edited and then saved the thread to make sure it was updated...at that point is when it stopped working.

[The Geek]

I am utterly confused here. If you are asking why the google video was working before the upgrade and now it isnt... than its because its coincidence. They changed format about the same time you upgraded. Google video will more than likely not be supported moving forward and I can't actually think of a system that could.

The engine that controls the embedding hasn't really changed very much since 2.0.2, its mainly just been optimised and additional areas of support added.

HTHs :)

[sweeps78]

If you had a post that had AME AND another media bbcode and then ran the conversion tool so that particular post only had a URL and an AME tag, then when you rebuild, set the Ignore Previous to yes so that it won't skip that post.

I do have the Ignore Previous set to yes (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1634671&postcount=356). This ignores the posts though, which I didn't think I wanted, so I also tried to set it to no and ran it. Neither one worked:(

[The Geek]

So if I understand correctly, there is a post that has a URL in it that didnt convert (inside your test forum)?

If so, please provide the URL you think should be working so I can test it on my end. Secondly, make sure you have disabled any potentially conflicting add ons (like the other media one).

[sweeps78]

here's the URL of the thread that I have in my test forum:

http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?t=2466

Here are the steps that I did:

I created that new thread, adding two links: one link using the media tag, the second link using the ame tag.

Next, in admincp -> AME CP -> Tools, I ran the convert tool. When I checked the thread above after I ran the conversion, the media tag was changed to a url tag, and the second url, as expected, was not changed and was still using the ame tag.

Finally, again in admincp -> AME CP -> Tools, I ran the Rebuild -> Posts. I chose the options that I stated in this post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1634671&postcount=356) and ran the rebuild.

There were a couple of problems with the rebuild. The main problem, is that the url that was changed from the media tag, was not changed to an ame tag. The other problem with the rebuild is that I specified it to go back a week, but when I clicked Save, it displayed 29 pages, with only 3 of them being within that specified week.

[Digital Jedi]

Hmmm well all I can say is I did an upgrade...then because the permissions were not correct, I edited and then saved the thread to make sure it was updated...at that point is when it stopped working.

So, your saying that this link that you posted doesn't embed: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9092170482484764613?

[KURTZ]

hi, just installed this great mod (i mean the RC1) but when i tried to update my signatures i've got this error

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT count(userid) total FROM usertextfield WHERE 1=1 AND (signature LIKE '%[/url]%' OR signature LIKE '%[/ame]%' OR pagetext LIKE '%[/nomedia]%');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'pagetext' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Thursday, October 2nd 2008 @ 07:08:13 PM
Error Date : Thursday, October 2nd 2008 @ 07:08:13 PM
Script : http://www.fniv.it/board/admincp/automediaembed_admin.php?do=dorebuild&deleteame=0&ignoreprevious=1&test=1&verbose=0&length=0&perpage=100&seconds=10&zone=sig
Referrer : http://www.fniv.it/board/admincp/automediaembed_admin.php?do=rebuild&zone=sig
IP Address : xxxxxxxxxx
Username : KURTZ
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a

how i can fix that? thx

edit: i just tried to put a video into my sign but it doesn't works ... :(
CHECK (http://www.fniv.it/board/showthread.php?p=3758#post3758) yourself :(

[forte]

There a problem of it embedding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7wQzxln9N8. I think its because of the title as the post says

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7wQzxln9N8"]YouTube - Kermess - Y A Pas Grande Chose Dans Le Ciel

[The Geek]

If I copy and paste that URL, this is what is really being pasted:

[url="http://www.pathtovideo.com"]http://www.pathtovideo.com]http://www.pathtovideo.com[/ color][/ url]

So, effectively the title of that URL is the HTML for the font color. In other words, the title is:

<font color="blahblahblah">http://www.pathtovideo.com</font>

The tags inside other tags were breaking the HTML output so I have made adjustements for the next release to prevent that however if you just edit the post in a non wysiwyg editor in the meantime, all will be well :)

[The Geek]

hi, just installed this great mod (i mean the RC1) but when i tried to update my signatures i've got this error
how i can fix that? thx


Typo fixed for next version :)


edit: i just tried to put a video into my sign but it doesn't works ... :(
CHECK (http://www.fniv.it/board/showthread.php?p=3758#post3758) yourself :(

It works at my end. Check your AME settings and make sure that Signatures are enabled (by default they are not).

HTHs

[The Geek]

So, your saying that this link that you posted doesn't embed: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9092170482484764613?
That video isnt working because it looks like an error in the gogole video definition. It is missing the $ameinfo[width] and $ameinfo[height] attributes. Will sort out for next release

[The Geek]

here's the URL of the thread that I have in my test forum:


Try setting the ignore option to no and make sure the other media hack is disabled.

[KURTZ]

Typo fixed for next version :)



It works at my end. Check your AME settings and make sure that Signatures are enabled (by default they are not).

HTHs

Thx for the fix Greek :)

btw, my signs are enabled but they don't work ... :S

edit: i tried to put 'container' in the field but nothing to do ...

[The Geek]

Have you checked permissions too? Also, I suspect your snapshots link may be interfering.

[KURTZ]

yes the UG's permissions are all settled to 'YES' ...

the snaps? but the videos into the post are working correctly ...

edit: i've already checked in the Social Groups/Visitor Mess: all runs correctly ... so the trouble is only into the signs ... :(

[The Geek]

Not just the permissions... admincp->Amecp->settings.

The signatures are disabled by default :)

[Digital Jedi]

Have you checked permissions too? Also, I suspect your snapshots link may be interfering.
Just to note, I have SnapShots as well, but have not had any problems. Haven't tried it using 2.5 yet, though.

[hrk]

Great hack,
I am nt sure what happen all my youtube video is displaying ok.
but when press the play it display the video is no longer available.

[The Geek]

This is because the publisher of the video has disabled embedding. 2.5 helps to minimise this :)

[KURTZ]

Not just the permissions... admincp->Amecp->settings.

The signatures are disabled by default :)

i understand Greek! :) the signs are enabled ... :) but don't works ...

[hrk]

This is because the publisher of the video has disabled embedding. 2.5 helps to minimise this :)

i am using 2.5 as well. :) ,tks

[Namaless]

Found one bug:
Line 82: <?

In local I have "Short_tag" disabled and not show correctly.

Changed to <?php and works correctly. :)

Thanks vBGeek :)

[The Geek]

Kurtz, can you PM me account info so I can test? Just need a normal account for now.

Thanks :)

[KURTZ]

Kurtz, can you PM me account info so I can test? Just need a normal account for now.

Thanks :)

sure Greek, i'll send you a PM with the log-in in a second :p

[hrk]

i am using 2.5 as well. :) ,tks

maybe i misintrpret it.

its not working with the latest version ,
pls guide me. thank you very much.:)

[The Realist]

Just installed this on a fresh forum install and Im getting this error:

Warning: include([path]/amecache/findonly.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 74

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/amecache/findonly.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 74

Line 74 reads:

include($path . "findonly.php");

Where is findonly.php it supposed to be in the /amecache folder but its not there?

Regards

[The Geek]

Check that the server can write to the amecache folder and that the cache settings are correct in your Ame admincp. Afterwards, save the settings to re-write the file cache.

[The Geek]

maybe i misintrpret it.

its not working with the latest version ,
pls guide me. thank you very much.:)
If you have an embedded video in a post and the publisher later disables embedding, you will get this error. The new function in 2.5 currently only supports youtube. You must have the extraction options on (and your server must support the option). What will happen is that AME will scan the destination page to see if embed code exists. If it does, it will embed as normal, if not, it will instead only embed a link (with an icon).

HTHs

[The Realist]

Thank you, its working now.

Must of been a path problem.

Regards

Check that the server can write to the amecache folder and that the cache settings are correct in your Ame admincp. Afterwards, save the settings to re-write the file cache.

[KURTZ]

Hi Greek, i've two request:

1) it's possible to restrict the 'video box' into the sign?
2) important: it's possible set a limit of the number of the videos that an user can add into his/her sign?

Thx for all :)

[sweeps78]

Try setting the ignore option to no and make sure the other media hack is disabled.

I tried that before, but no go:(

However, I just noticed something awfully strange.... I just checked a few earlier posts in my forums. My members linked to some Youtube videos, only using the URL and not the previous Goldbrick plugin. It seems as though the convert then rebuild option had worked correctly on that post. Here's one that converted and rebuilt just fine:

http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showpost.php?p=21198

Why won't the test post that I created rebuild properly?

[sweeps78]

okay, new, MUCH worse problem... I uninstalled ame 2.5 RC1 (didn't select the feature to convert ame tags back to urls). Then, I installed ame 2.0.2.

I ran the conversion, then rebuild and nearly all of my posts that had URLs crashed the pages. Here's an example of what had happened:

87802

As you can see, this got pretty nasty. The post content itself somehow merged into the ame tag, and somehow, one of the html tags that got generated from the ame tag didn't properly close.

[sweeps78]

okay, I didn't think it could get any worse, but it did. I ended up having to drop my post table and re-import the backup that I created. I thought that worked until....

I just had a moderator tell me that he tried to post in our forums only to find out after he clicked "post reply" that a post that he created in a different thread showed up in place of the post that he just created. Now, I have no clue what to do... How do you even go about diagnosing this problem? I've hardly had any problems with my forums, until I tried installing this plugin.

The only thing that I can think of at this point is to try and rerun the vbulletin install script.

[Howell]

After upgrading to 2.5 RC1 I'm now getting warnings at the top of the page on the advanced edit of editing a post.

Here are the warnings.....

Warning: Missing argument 6 for ame_match(), called in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php(323) : regexp code on line 1 and defined in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 442

Warning: preg_match() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 670


(vB version 3.7.3 PL1)
Hope you can help. :)

[sweeps78]

just a quick update on my problem. I had to drop my existing table and re-import, but it seems that the critical error (eg. crashing my forums) has been fixed.

Now, if I could only get the ame plugin to work correctly, I'd be set:rolleyes:

[The Geek]

Sweep - the problem is that 2.5 is very different than 2.0.2. Downgrading without removing the AME tags will result in the problem you are experiencing. Im not sure why your test post isnt converting correctly other than remember that the conversion tool is just a 'tool' for helping you to remove previous media systems. The problem you are having (if I understand correctly) is in converting a post that has an old media tag and an ame tag in it. My guess is that either AME isnt recognising the previous tag or it is skipping the post because there is an ame tag already in it. Regardless, all other areas should be functioning as intended considering its a pre release :)

[The Geek]

After upgrading to 2.5 RC1 I'm now getting warnings at the top of the page on the advanced edit of editing a post.

Here are the warnings.....

Warning: Missing argument 6 for ame_match(), called in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php(323) : regexp code on line 1 and defined in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 442

Warning: preg_match() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 670


(vB version 3.7.3 PL1)
Hope you can help. :)
Make sure you uploaded all files, overwriting the previous ones. Also make sure your file cache settings are correct.

[The Geek]

Hi Greek, i've two request:

1) it's possible to restrict the 'video box' into the sign?
2) important: it's possible set a limit of the number of the videos that an user can add into his/her sign?

Thx for all :)

1. Yes, just remove the template name in the settings for signatures and it wont create the box around the video.
2. Nope, however just set the max amount of URLs in the signature

HTHs

[sweeps78]

What do you suggest I do now though? I have my forums back up and running fine because I imported a backup of my database. As far as AME goes though, I have the old 2.0.2 files uploaded to my server, but 2.5 shows up under "Manage Products"

[hrk]

If you have an embedded video in a post and the publisher later disables embedding, you will get this error. The new function in 2.5 currently only supports youtube. You must have the extraction options on (and your server must support the option). What will happen is that AME will scan the destination page to see if embed code exists. If it does, it will embed as normal, if not, it will instead only embed a link (with an icon).

HTHs

may i know what extraction setting u refering to ?
ill forward this to my host see if can come out some solutions.
i dont think its the embedding permission tough.

update: the root caue is the internet download manager. disable it. it works well.

thanks once again.

[The Geek]

What do you suggest I do now though? I have my forums back up and running fine because I imported a backup of my database. As far as AME goes though, I have the old 2.0.2 files uploaded to my server, but 2.5 shows up under "Manage Products"
I can only assume that if you have 2.5 showing in the admincp, then you have the 2.5 product xml installed. That is going to cause serious problems if you are using 2.0.2 files! I would suggest uninstalling the product and reinstalling if you want to use 2.0.2

[KURTZ]

1. Yes, just remove the template name in the settings for signatures and it wont create the box around the video.
2. Nope, however just set the max amount of URLs in the signature

HTHs

thx Greek, anyway i'll wait the fix for the 'rebuild signs' options ... :)

[KURTZ]

sorry Greek, maybe i'm drunk :p, but i don't found the settings for the max URL's in the sings ... where is? thx :)

[The Geek]

er... I guess there isnt the option. I thought there was in usergroup permissions, but hey ho... there you go :D

[KURTZ]

LOL, unfortunately i can't get this option :D can you provide something only for the AME?

[sweeps78]

I can only assume that if you have 2.5 showing in the admincp, then you have the 2.5 product xml installed. That is going to cause serious problems if you are using 2.0.2 files! I would suggest uninstalling the product and reinstalling if you want to use 2.0.2

This is a sorta newb question, but when I import an XML file for installing a product, does the XML file get loaded into the database? Since I am using the backup database from before I installed 2.0.2, this is the only way that I can think of that would cause me to have the newer version.

If this is true and I do have 2.5 installed, but the old 2.0.2 files on my server, will it harm anything if I ran the uninstaller? Should I convert the ame tags back to url tags?

Sorry, but after what happened yesterday, I'm going to be a bit over-cautious.

[The Geek]

You will be fine to uninstall from the product manager and then reinstall the 2.0.2 product xml.

Kurt - Will look into it, but it may not be for awhile. Maybe there is a hack for limiting the # of URLs?

[Bounce]

Hi

uk you tube vids just load and load and don't play unless you click on the link in the you tube window :erm:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5aCcJ7vUQ

[The Geek]

Works for me.

[KURTZ]

Kurt - Will look into it, but it may not be for awhile. Maybe there is a hack for limiting the # of URLs?

i think not mate ... :)

[TheSupportForum]

I AM GETTING THIS MESSAGE CAN ANYON HELP

Warning: include([path]/amecache/findonly.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 74

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/amecache/findonly.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 74

THE FILE FINDONLY IS NOT IN THIS FOLDER, OR ANY OTHER FOLDER

[The Geek]

Check that the forums/amecache folder is writeable by the server (i.e. chmoded 0777)
Check that the path to the folder is accurate in your settings (admincp->ame cp->settings)
Save

HTHs

[Cobro]

pornhub dose not work ? for me :(

[Howell]

After upgrading to 2.5 RC1 I'm now getting warnings at the top of the page on the advanced edit of editing a post.

Here are the warnings.....

Warning: Missing argument 6 for ame_match(), called in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php(323) : regexp code on line 1 and defined in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 442

Warning: preg_match() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 670


(vB version 3.7.3 PL1)
Hope you can help. :)

I AM GETTING THIS MESSAGE CAN ANYON HELP



Warning: include([path]/amecache/findonly.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 74

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '[path]/amecache/findonly.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in [path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php on line 74



THE FILE FINDONLY IS NOT IN THIS FOLDER, OR ANY OTHER FOLDER

Check that the forums/amecache folder is writeable by the server (i.e. chmoded 0777)
Check that the path to the folder is accurate in your settings (admincp->ame cp->settings)
Save

HTHs

I made these checks and everything was correct. I then clicked save on the settings page without changing anything and the warnings have now disappeared. Very strange?? :D

Thanks all the same Geek. :up:

[The Geek]

pornhub dose not work ? for me :(
That isnt a default definition. Youll need to speak to whomever you got the import from.

[The Geek]

I made these checks and everything was correct. I then clicked save on the settings page without changing anything and the warnings have now disappeared. Very strange?? :D

Thanks all the same Geek. :up:
Howell... are there any files in forums/amecache ?

[Nadeemjp]

i installed 2.0.2 but the amazon icon is not showing in my different styles.
although i have uploaded the image to image/misc folder of the respective styles but i am not seeing the amazon icon.

rest of the procedure was followed as told.

am i missing something?

Dear Geek
I installed AME2.0.2
but as i mentioned that the images are not appearing.
no there is no broken image link.
since youtube was wroking fine, i didnt worry much.
but many other urls are not working.
then iread your first post again, tried to understand what it means. and found out that n order to have many other websites supported, i need to install DJ's hack as well. i did that just now.

but that hack is for 3.6.8 right? i am suing 3.7.3

i installed the hack anyways, but it is still not supporting bLIP links....neither my forum shows any amazon images.........

the link to the thread where such url is not showing video is as following:

http://www.familybunker.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21518#post21518

i will appreciate your feed back.

thank you

[MonkYZ]

Nadeemjp: i see in your link you have a .flv directly
http://blip.tv/file/get/BrassTacks-ep5257.flv
You should use a link like this
http://blip.tv/file/1335384

[Nadeemjp]

oh MonkYZ, you mean i should remove the .flv extension?:o

well if it works that way, then i would be highly obliged by your tip.

thanx

[Howell]

Howell... are there any files in forums/amecache ?

Yes the following:

forum/amecache/....

ameinfo.php
findonly.php
index.html

:)

[theparentpack]

After adding it, I posted a link and an embed link and neither worked. Yes I turned it on, via settings.

[The Geek]

Dear Geek
I installed AME2.0.2
but as i mentioned that the images are not appearing.
no there is no broken image link.
since youtube was wroking fine, i didnt worry much.
but many other urls are not working.
then iread your first post again, tried to understand what it means. and found out that n order to have many other websites supported, i need to install DJ's hack as well. i did that just now.

but that hack is for 3.6.8 right? i am suing 3.7.3

i installed the hack anyways, but it is still not supporting bLIP links....neither my forum shows any amazon images.........

the link to the thread where such url is not showing video is as following:

http://www.familybunker.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21518#post21518

i will appreciate your feed back.

thank you

Hi there, I am wondering if this has been taken care of? The link you posted containes AME videos - however please remember that blip isnt included in the default installation so you would need to direct your queries on non default definitions to the author of the definition.

As to Amazon links... are the URL titles being converted to destination titles? Either way, can you provide a link so I can test at my end?

[The Geek]

Yes the following:

forum/amecache/....

ameinfo.php
findonly.php
index.html

:)

If you turn off the file cache setting does that make a difference?

[The Geek]

After adding it, I posted a link and an embed link and neither worked. Yes I turned it on, via settings.
This just isn't enough information for me to help.

If links do not seem to be taking place... I need to know:
1- The version you are using
2- The URL that isnt linking for you
3- If you are using the file cache
4- The area you are trying to link in (i.e. a post, signature, etc...)

[Nadeemjp]

Hi there, I am wondering if this has been taken care of? The link you posted containes AME videos - however please remember that blip isnt included in the default installation so you would need to direct your queries on non default definitions to the author of the definition.

As to Amazon links... are the URL titles being converted to destination titles? Either way, can you provide a link so I can test at my end?

MonkYZ took care of my problem:)
thank you.
as for amazon, i have not yet tried it, if i face a problem then i shall give you the feed back.

thank you

[ehsanix]

wow
such a great mod n easy to install
thanks man

[CP,]

Great hack,
I am nt sure what happen all my youtube video is displaying ok.
but when press the play it display the video is no longer available.

Same here.. over 75% of videos do not work.

When ive added youtube videos it will say "Sorry this video is no longer available" from youtube, however when you visit the link to the youtube site it works.

Over 75% of videos do not work or something is wrong with the hack... but the funny thing is some are allowed to work whilst others arent?

Why is this happening?

[Howell]

I made these checks and everything was correct. I then clicked save on the settings page without changing anything and the warnings have now disappeared. Very strange?? :D

Thanks all the same Geek. :up:

Howell... are there any files in forums/amecache ?

Yes the following:

forum/amecache/....

ameinfo.php
findonly.php
index.html

:)

If you turn off the file cache setting does that make a difference?

I no longer have the errors showing so I can't tell you?

After clicking save on the AME settings without making any alterations the post edit page errors have disappeared!! :confused:

Strange I know. :D

[goshalim]

Hi , i really need help.

Iam not so expert but iam a fast learner.

You said that [QUOTE][Upload the contents of the forums folder into your forums directory /QUOTE]

In which forums folder shall i uploaed ? Also when i inzip it , whicn folder should i picked? the one that it says uploads ?

thank you

[DieselMinded]

why wont this video embed ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tchMuA_Qojc

[carlos54321]

Hi , i really need help.

Iam not so expert but iam a fast learner.

You said that [QUOTE][Upload the contents of the forums folder into your forums directory /QUOTE]

In which forums folder shall i uploaed ? Also when i inzip it , whicn folder should i picked? the one that it says uploads ?

thank you

Upload everything which is in the upload folder and the just follow the readme txt

[carlos54321]

Same here.. over 75% of videos do not work.

When ive added youtube videos it will say "Sorry this video is no longer available" from youtube, however when you visit the link to the youtube site it works.

Over 75% of videos do not work or something is wrong with the hack... but the funny thing is some are allowed to work whilst others arent?

Why is this happening?

YOUTUBE VIDS WILL ONLY SHOW ON YOUR SITE,IF THE POSTER OF THE VID HAS ALLOWED IT TO BE EMBEDED.

IF THEY HAVEN'T THEN THE VID WILL ONLY WORK ON THE YOUTUBE SITE MEANING IT WILL NOT PLAY ANYWHERE ELSE,THIS IS WHY YOU GET THE SORRY THIS VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

THIS CAN ALSO BE THE CASE IF YOUTUBE HAS PULLED THE VIDEO BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT.

Sorry for the caps but this has been answered again and again:up:

[DieselMinded]

youtube changed there site , the old definition isnt working like it used to POST #443 Wont Embed and i have it set to

[carlos54321]

tested on my site works fine

http://www.uk-gamerz.co.uk/f23/happy-halloween-diesel-bombers-1175/#post3820

[DieselMinded]

Its not Playing on your site it just keeps loading

[The Geek]

plays for me

[DieselMinded]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/11/11.gif

[DieselMinded]

Restarted my puter and its still not loading up , other videos are working fine embeded the same way so its not my browser , Even Cleared Cookies and cache

[goshalim]

Sorry but the read me text doent say anything.
My question is still remaining .In which folder shuld i upload the folder upload.
The question is simple.

I need tha exact location

Thnks

[Bounce]

Restarted my puter and its still not loading up , other videos are working fine embeded the same way so its not my browser , Even Cleared Cookies and cache

Same problem here with the vids, they don't play, are you using firefox per chance :erm:

[Bounce]

Sorry but the read me text doent say anything.
My question is still remaining .In which folder shuld i upload the folder upload.
The question is simple.

I need tha exact location

Thnks

You upload amecache to your forums folder :erm:

[carlos54321]

Sorry but the read me text doent say anything.
My question is still remaining .In which folder shuld i upload the folder upload.
The question is simple.

I need tha exact location

Thnks

Every thing inside of that upload folder should be uploaded in to the root of your site

[carlos54321]

Restarted my puter and its still not loading up , other videos are working fine embeded the same way so its not my browser , Even Cleared Cookies and cache

have you tryed ff and ie?

[DieselMinded]

Same problem here with the vids, they don't play, are you using firefox per chance :erm:

Yes Fire Fox 3.0.3

[The Geek]

Guys, if a video appears instead of a link... ame has done her job. A constant loading or 'video is no longer available' or similar, means that the video isn't able to be embedded because of external settings. The example that didn't work for one user above works with others (including me) regardless of the browser. Ame only swaps out your URL for embed code that you would have gotten from the destination site anyway. It doesnt provide some special flash viewer or special execution method. In fact, if you look at the page source, it should be damn near identical to the destination sites embed code. If youtube allows embedding of the video and it isnt showing for you, I suspect the problem is more to do with your version of flash or your connection to the provider.

As far as where to upload stuff... its simple. There is a folder in the download called 'upload'. In that folder is a folder called 'forums'. EVERYTHING in that folder needs to be uploaded into your forums folder.

[Lizard King]

Sam , do you have any plans to auto add unique key to imported definations ?

[goshalim]

Sorry Guys but i did exactly what you said.
Stil having the same problem below.


Warning: require_once([path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/newreply.php(742) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/gorgino/public_html/canarybreeder/up/forum/includes/ame_bbcode.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/gorgino/public_html/canarybreeder/up/forum/newreply.php(742) : eval()'d code on line 1

[The Geek]

Sam , do you have any plans to auto add unique key to imported definations ?

Hey lizard... it should be doing so now. Last release reworked this a bit better so if the key isnt there during import, it should be generating one for you.

Sorry Guys but i did exactly what you said.
Stil having the same problem below.


Warning: require_once([path]/includes/ame_bbcode.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/newreply.php(742) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/gorgino/public_html/canarybreeder/up/forum/includes/ame_bbcode.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/gorgino/public_html/canarybreeder/up/forum/newreply.php(742) : eval()'d code on line 1


That error means that the files were not uploaded into the correct location or that the files that were uploaded do not have the correct permissions.

Check in your forum/includes folder to see if ame_bbcode.php is there. If not, you didnt upload all the files or you uploaded them into the wrong place.

[goshalim]

Check in your forum/includes folder to see if ame_bbcode.php is there. If not, you didnt upload all the files or you uploaded them into the wrong place.


Its there but still receiving the same problem :(:(:(:(:(

[The Geek]

Then check the permissions on the file and make sure the server can execute it. That error is saying the server cant read the file so it isnt there or it doesnt have permissions to execute it.

[Lizard King]

Hey lizard... it should be doing so now. Last release reworked this a bit better so if the key isnt there during import, it should be generating one for you.


As usual it works great :) Thanks for implementing this Sam :)

[carlos54321]

Yes Fire Fox 3.0.3

hey DiesellMinded,
Dont know if you have it working yet but,
Just signed up at your site,want me to try that video if so which forum have you got the permissions on to embed youtube vids:)

[struff]

I am trying to install this but it sits on "Importing Product, Please Wait..." forever until I browse away from the page. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

[The Geek]

How big is the post table? AME adds a column to your post, visitor message, blog and social group tables to enable users to disable embedding. More than likely it is simply taking a long time to add the column.

[Rideharder]

Hey The Geek man I love this mod!
www.speedaholic.net Is my site..

How can I use my links to my videos to link in my forum?
my video site http://www.speedaholic.net/view.php?pg=videos

This url I tryed to put in post is http://speedaholic.powertvonline.com/video/7297


<embed src="http://www.powertvonline.com/xp2/c3BlZWRhaG9saWMucG93ZXJ0dm9ubGluZS5jb20/7297/1269/off" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="343"></embed>

[The Geek]

check out DJ's xml definitions for ame. Im pretty sure he has support for local hosted videos.

And click install when you get a sec ;)

[Rideharder]

Thanks so much!;)

[bryanb]

Pardon me if this is located somewhere in the thread, but I may have passed it by looking for an answer - anyway:

Slight problem and it's probably a simple fix that has eluded me. I've just installed the mod (AME 2.5 RC 1) and I have no problem posting URLs as an Administrator. For some reason, members can only post URLs that are converted within a thread, but if they begin a thread, the URL is not converted - it remains as a URL. As an Admin, I don't have this problem.

I've checked and rechecked forum and group permissions and searched the admin panel - I can't find anything amiss. Any ideas what's up??

[tecnozul]

greetings to all and excuse my bad English, install version 2.5, but the videos did not see me in the vbavanced not be whether to make any further modification or install something that was wrong, is my version of the vBulletin 3.7.2

[struff]

How big is the post table? AME adds a column to your post, visitor message, blog and social group tables to enable users to disable embedding. More than likely it is simply taking a long time to add the column.Over a million posts. But over 900,000 of them were imported from an old board which was using AME. Would that make any difference?

Thanks.

[bryanb]

... I've just installed the mod (AME 2.5 RC 1) and I have no problem posting URLs as an Administrator. For some reason, members can only post URLs that are converted within a thread, but if they begin a thread, the URL is not converted - it remains as a URL. As an Admin, I don't have this problem.

I've checked and rechecked forum and group permissions and searched the admin panel - I can't find anything amiss. Any ideas what's up??
Still wracking my brain over this. Has anyone else had this problem??

[Medtech]

I read this thread for 2 days and have not found the solution to my problem, i installed this hack exactly as stated in the instructions. simply does not work. running 3.7.3. i get no errors, just doesn't function. installed most of the xml definition files also.

www.ftasolutions.com/forums

[The Geek]

Pardon me if this is located somewhere in the thread, but I may have passed it by looking for an answer - anyway:

Slight problem and it's probably a simple fix that has eluded me. I've just installed the mod (AME 2.5 RC 1) and I have no problem posting URLs as an Administrator. For some reason, members can only post URLs that are converted within a thread, but if they begin a thread, the URL is not converted - it remains as a URL. As an Admin, I don't have this problem.

I've checked and rechecked forum and group permissions and searched the admin panel - I can't find anything amiss. Any ideas what's up??


Ive tested this in every way I can and just cant reproduce it? Maybe its a conflict with another mod or something?!?!?

[The Geek]

greetings to all and excuse my bad English, install version 2.5, but the videos did not see me in the vbavanced not be whether to make any further modification or install something that was wrong, is my version of the vBulletin 3.7.2


Where in vba are you wanting it to show? If it is a vba module that is pulling from a thread (i.e. the News block) then in theory it will work. If it is a custom vba page, then that would need an extension as I havent made it support custom vba pages by default

[The Geek]

Over a million posts. But over 900,000 of them were imported from an old board which was using AME. Would that make any difference?

Thanks.

Very tough to say, it depends on the amount of posts, the activity during the installation and your hardware specs.

Check your post table to see if there is a column named ame_flag

[The Geek]

I read this thread for 2 days and have not found the solution to my problem, i installed this hack exactly as stated in the instructions. simply does not work. running 3.7.3. i get no errors, just doesn't function. installed most of the xml definition files also.

www.ftasolutions.com/forums
Youll be one of 600 ;)

Perhaps I can get some more information (i.e. URLs that dont work, pages where working urls are not converting, etc...). Make sure you check your usergroup permissions and your ame settings.

[The Geek]

Can I please aks that if you installed... that you click the Mark as Installed link?

Thank you.

[bryanb]

Ive tested this in every way I can and just cant reproduce it? Maybe its a conflict with another mod or something?!?!?
I've just turned off and back on "enable forums" and now it's doing it to my admin account. I can post imbedded videos within threads, but not as an OP in an initial thread posting.

Odd.

I'm going to uninstall the RC version and upload the 2.0. Hopefully that has something to do with it.

You say that it may be conflicting with another mod? Any idea which one/what type would be affected? Thanks!

[The Geek]

Really have no clue. Behind the scenes it shouldn't matter if it is the first post or the 15th post. The mechanics are exactly the same. As far as conflicts, I really don't know either as there are countless mods that could be tweaking post data. If you want, PM me an admincp account and ill take a look at it.

Personally, I doubt 2.0.2 will make any difference

[Idlehearts]

Thanks for your mod

I want the title to link to the converted code instead of linking to original site

example
Take megavideo url : hxxp://www.megavideo.com/?v=39HCOWKJ

The present title links to same url: hxxp://www.megavideo.com/?v=39HCOWKJ

but i want it to link it to hxxp://www.megavideo.com/v/39HCOWKJ.30430295.0

How do i, do that

AND more over when i use two youtube links in single post the embed player is getting displayed 2 times each

[TMH63]

You all have to bare with me...I'm a newbie to this stuff. But I have a question...


For install... When you say,

Installation/Upgrade

* Upload the contents of the forums folder into your forums directory

Do look in each and every folder of the forums folder and upload those files to my forums directory....or can I upload the folders containing the files to my forums directory???

I hope that makes sense.

Thanks!

[Preech]

Maybe I over looked the threads. But when I post Zshare links the images do not show up.
I have them in the misc folder.

[TMH63]

I apparently don't have a clue on where and what I'm suppose to upload.

When I upload the files...

automediaembed_admin.php
index.html
amazon_icon.gif(already exists)
film_go.png
ame.js
ame_bbcode.php
cpnav_automediaembed.xml
hooks_automediaembed.xml
bitfield_automediaembed.xml

To my forums folder, my forums page goes haywire. I uninstall and everything goes back to normal.

Maybe someone can help me out on what I'm doing wrong. :mad:

[Kinneas]

Wow! Can't believe I only just noticed this new version. Installed!

[TMH63]

Ok...I've been set straight on how to get this stuff rollin.

Thanks!!

[bryanb]

Really have no clue. Behind the scenes it shouldn't matter if it is the first post or the 15th post. The mechanics are exactly the same. As far as conflicts, I really don't know either as there are countless mods that could be tweaking post data. If you want, PM me an admincp account and ill take a look at it.

Personally, I doubt 2.0.2 will make any difference
I uninstalled and then reinstalled both 2.02 and 2.5. I noticed that the first time 'round some of the php files were uploaded as binary. Don't know if that did it, but it's working now...

...still bewildered. But thanks for a great mod :)

[MotMann]

How i can upload mp 4/h264 Videos?

[Floris]

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3 PL1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE blog_text SET ame_flag=2 WHERE blogtextid = 0;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'ame_flag' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Thursday, October 16th 2008 @ 08:53:00 AM
Error Date : Thursday, October 16th 2008 @ 08:53:00 AM
Script : x/blog_post.php?do=updateblog&blogid=
Referrer : x/blog_post.php?do=newblog
IP Address : x
Username : x
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-community

There seems to be a bug on a 3.7.3 PL1 + vB Blog 2.0.0 Beta 3

[Floris]

Never mind, I figured it out. It happens when you install AME first, and later the blog. Re-importing the AME xml file will fix that.

[Stagehandspace]

Love the Mod

I have got it working in IE 7 but cant get the video to play in Firefox 3. It shows up and the first frame of the vid is loaded and waiting BUT when I hit play that's as far as it goes.

Cleared all internet options (Cookies, cache etc) and made sure that flash was up to date, still no luck.

Can some one please assist me with my newest speed bump.

Waiting Patiently

Regards

Stagehand

[MrMichigan]

I feel I did everything right on installing AME. Here are some pictures to show you.

Look at the beginning of the youtube code. I put it on a forum that works and the code stayed the same (Pic 1). In pic two, I put this code on my forum and it change the code and it does not work.

Looks like my pictures did not work well. Anyway, is there any settings in Vbulletin itself I need to change to make AME work? I did change the one forum I want video in to allowing html in posts. It still did not work.

Please, help.

[Stagehandspace]

Love the Mod

I have got it working in IE 7 but cant get the video to play in Firefox 3. It shows up and the first frame of the vid is loaded and waiting BUT when I hit play that's as far as it goes.

Cleared all internet options (Cookies, cache etc) and made sure that flash was up to date, still no luck.

Can some one please assist me with my newest speed bump.

Waiting Patiently

Regards

Stagehand


Well after re & re of Firefox and Adobe Media Player all is well with You Tube and now dealing with local videos.

SOLVED

Regards

Stagehand

[ArnyVee]

Great Mod! :D

[The Geek]

How i can upload mp 4/h264 Videos?

This mod doesn't upload, it embeds. There are definitions available though for locally hosted files by DJ I believe.

[The Geek]

Never mind, I figured it out. It happens when you install AME first, and later the blog. Re-importing the AME xml file will fix that.

Thanks Floris, as an FYI for other users... there is a link in the Tools menu to add the indexes to the additional functional areas in the instance you added AME before you upgraded to 3.7 and/or the blog :)

Hope you like :D

[The Geek]

Love the Mod

I have got it working in IE 7 but cant get the video to play in Firefox 3. It shows up and the first frame of the vid is loaded and waiting BUT when I hit play that's as far as it goes.

Cleared all internet options (Cookies, cache etc) and made sure that flash was up to date, still no luck.

Can some one please assist me with my newest speed bump.

Waiting Patiently

Regards

Stagehand

This won't have to do with AME. All AME does is transform your URL into the embed code you would have found on the destination site. What you are talking about is either a flash or a FF issue.

HTHs!

[The Geek]

I feel I did everything right on installing AME. Here are some pictures to show you.

Look at the beginning of the youtube code. I put it on a forum that works and the code stayed the same (Pic 1). In pic two, I put this code on my forum and it change the code and it does not work.

Looks like my pictures did not work well. Anyway, is there any settings in Vbulletin itself I need to change to make AME work? I did change the one forum I want video in to allowing html in posts. It still did not work.

Please, help.

I am not sure what youre trying to do here. This mod doesnt allow you to paste HTML into posts, it allows you to simply paste the URL of the page with the embedded video into your post. AME then converts that safely into the embed code you seem to be pasting. Its much safer, easier and intuitive for your users.

HTHs!