[berayiwu5]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Do you mean the number of times each clip can be played in total? [Not yet possible to control] Or per day? [Ditto] Or by a single user? [Ditto] Or do you mean how many clips each user can play a day? [This is controlled on the admin download quotas page]

Yes, provided the settings are properly enabled.

Tell me what sort of video clips you want to control this way, and I can explain. If you have difficulties, send me details of your board, with an admin userid and password, and I'm happy to take a look.

Andrew, thanks so much for offering to help. Yes, eventually, I would like to be able to control the number of times a single user can play, but for now, it works fine if I can control how many clips each user can play per day--preferably also per week. I think you can easily implement the latter--how many times each user can play per week, right?

(The reason why I am asking is that I am setting up an online course with audio/video lectures. Bandwidth is always a concern here. If you have a better suggestion for controlling the playing of audio/viewing clips in that regard, I could definitely use it.)

Mostly for now, I would like to control mp3 audio recordings to be played by Windows Media Player (or Real Player) embedded in posts. What sort of changes should I make? If you can give me detailed instructions, I believe I am up to the task. I singlehandedly set up the vBulletin board myself and installed a number of plugins to date. The only thing I don't know is coding.

Is there a way I can donate in recognition of the effort you put into this? I really appreciate your help.

------------------------------------
Oh, by the way, one more question. MySQL has a limit on the size of attachment, correct? Does LDM works if I choose to put a link like the following into a post:

www.mysite.com/forum/media/file.mp3

instead of uploading it as an attachment, which might be prohibited by MySQL because of its large size?

That is to say, I FTP file.mp3 into the server, instead of uploading it as an attachment. Does LDM work just as well in terms of controlling how many times the file is to be played? If so, how do I go about doing that?