Looking to upgrade to VB4 but could not find this mod available for 4. Is there another mod/feature that replaces this mod in VB4 or its just not yet available?

NM.. found it... AME3 - Auto Media Embeding and Video Extender

Is there a great deal of coding involved in creating a definition?

Check out this article - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=263707

Once again, THANK YOU very much for the link, article, and assistance BOP.

I have replaced the YouTube regular expression on my site with the following code:

The reason is that sometimes there are links in the following format:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...ded&v=video_id

And when users enter such a URL with the default embed code, this link doesn't work because of the extra parameter before the "v".

With the above code it works though.

Just upgraded to 4.2 - Anyone know how do I fix all the threads now?

Do i have to go through every single one and edit them?

Sorry for sounding like a n00b but I just installed this mod on my forum...

1) I don't know how to get my youtube videos to embed on my forum?

2) This mod seems complex... how can I optimize it? to a) not bog down my forum in the future and b) keep things running smoothly overall.

Sorry I don't have time to read 110 pages!

It's not complex, and was actually designed to run lighter than BBCode. But the default definitions are not up to date. My thread is linked in the add-on section above. They're not entirely up-to-date either, but the YouTube definition in that thread should still work just fine. You don't need to read the entire thread. But the first few posts of both The Geek's and my thread can be pretty helpful. My FAQ is also just a bit more current.

Thanks for the reply.... sorry for sounding like a n00b... I just don't wanna mess anything up.

My main reason for putting this on my forum is to embed youtube videos. All I need to do (after I install AME) is to upload your XML defintion in the settings and that will allow me to embed youtube videos?

Import the XML using the AME CP in your Admin CP. You'll be presented with a big list of definitions, but there are two YouTube definitions (alphabetically) towards the bottom. Be sure to check my FAQ first for a list of common problems when doing that for the first time.

Also posted in my definitions thread, but wanted to catch everyone's attention. Anyone think they'd be interested in a definition that embeds the ten newest Pins on a Pinterest board?

Yes that would be good

Hi there!

I forogot how to remove frame for embed videos and I cant find it anymore in this thread. Can someone guide me?

By frame, do you mean the table that surrounds the videos? Turn off Contain per definition.

Yes.

Where is that option? It's not inside 'AME settings' inside AdminCP

EDIT: Found it. Thx!

YouTube seems to be using all HTTPS urls now. This has broken my YouTube definition. Do I just edit the definition in the CP? If so, what's the correct edit?

Thanks

I tried that before posting. It doesn't work. Seems like it should.

Right now I changed the definition to HTTPS from HTTP and it's still working for both. I'm not sure how and I doubt it's correct.

Http and https don't matter really in linking videos. Just use http and its just fine.

Actually that is not at all how it works.

When it's set to HTTP all Video embeds that have a HTTPS URL are turned into links.

So, I'm not sure why you think that is "just fine."

The definitions that come with AME are outdated. You can pick up an updated one in my thread, linked in the first post as one of the Add-Ons.

I'm not sure what "thread" you are referring to. Could you please point me to the post you are speaking of?

I'm only asking because I spent a good while looking into your mods/threads and the first posts of same looking for what might be a link to "one of the add-ons" and just didn't find anything that seemed to be what you are describing.

I sure appreciate it.

Thanks

It's in the first post of this thread, where the Add-Ons are listed. DJ's AMEs (Auto Media Embedding) Definitions (Delta).

Oh, I get it. You are saying I need to use your definition mod to get the correct definition.

Thanks

It's where all the community made definitions have been collected, and where I keep them updated. AME was made so you could create and import definitions as needed. Since it got messy trying to keep track of who made what in this thread, one separate mod thread was started to keep them all together.

pdf, gif, jpg, png ???

We've made a few over the years that host images, but since definitions have to be specific to a particular website (maybe one or two, depending on the domain names) there is no general definition created to handle all images from everywhere. Just from certain, specific websites. Since AME is based on making matches in posts, anything too generic would try to parse the image, even in a post like the one you just made above. (It sees that you posted the phrase jpg, and thinks all your text before it is the URL of the image. Whoops!)

I've been working with RegExes for sometime now, and I still think, for images, BBCode is better. This is mainly for videos and things BBCode can't handle without getting complicated.

Any chance of twitter being added to this?

The definitions for this are linked in the Add-On section in the first post. I added Twitter in the last update.

Thanks :up:

this plugin sucks!

I installed it and rebuilt my cache and URLs and all my previous YouTube links still show as links with no videos

uninstalling this right away

It's been mentioned on nearly every page of this thread (and even on the last two) that the default YouTube definition is outdated, and that I keep the updated definitions collected in my thread, linked in the Add-On section. Not only does this add-on work with YouTube, but hundreds of other websites.

This mod has almost 2,000 installs, over 12,000 downloads and a near 5 star rating...

At some point before proclaiming "this plugin sucks" you should question maybe you did something wrong...

It's a good life lesson, not just for this forum. ;)

So.... On new install this doesn't work at all. What am I missing?

EDIT: It is picking up and embedding only new links, ignoring the old ones. Any ideas?

Nice.

This not only fixed every link, it went ALL the way back to get them ALL, not just the 1 year it said in the settings!

I'm all set now, marked installed. Great Mod.

I can't find it in the search, but installed and it broke my CSS.. All I have is blank text forum now. ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

If your board is the one linked in your signature, it looks fine from here.

It SEEMED to be doing this to me at first install, but I noticed it was only in some styles, not all.... But after I cleared cache all was well. Have you tried clearing your browser cache? Are all of your styles this way now?

Also, look in AME CP at "Default Zone Settings" and where it says "container" make that field blank. See what that does. You can always put it back.

AME 2.5 should have no impact on your site's CSS, since it doesn't modify or add anything new to your CSS. Also, if it is the forum in your signature, AME 2.5 wasn't designed to run on a 4.x forum, and wouldn't work, from what I remember, even if you tried.

I had the same issue he is reporting, but like I said it went away on its own apparently. I think it had to do with file caching.

If he is running a vB4 why does he need AME, isn't something very close to it already native to vB4?

Not precisely. vB4 parses video with the use of a universal BBCode, but you still have to manually insert the BBCode to make it work, and you have to construct the BBCodes yourself. The_Geek made AME 3 to work with vB 4 in that respect, where you would only need to link to the video, and you could import a bunch of definitions to already rather than making them all one by one. I'm still working on making time to complete a Master XML for that version.

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