Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

Version 2.3.0 of LDM is now the official release. This works with both VB3.7 and VB3.8. You can obtain it here

Version 2.2.8 remains available here, with limited support.

04.02.08: patch-cat.xml 'extra' uploaded - see first post for information

27.10.07: Version 2.2.8-post1 uploaded
French translation of product installer uploaded (other language translations are in the main release zip)

Remember to back up your current database tables before upgrading.

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose link and file manager, which handles user uploads and downloads in a flexible way. A range of media players is integrated into LDM and others are included as plugin extras. LDM is described below in the first post of this thread, which also contains a brief list of the currently-known bugs.

This release of LDM works correctly with all VB versions 3.6.x and recent versions of vbadvanced.

Documentation, screen shots, etc, are provided as a Wiki at http://www.eirma.org/wikis/index.php...nloads_Manager

Thank you to everyone who has tested, given suggestions, helped with the translations, etc.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by obmob

Please, some help for me?

Of course....

[pscyhosis]

Hi AndrewD,

Great product! It works fine for me.
There are some problems after upgraded to the newest version. And there are some questions.
1. Cannot play media files such as mp3 and video..."cannot create directshow player"
2. It is good to have a integration of web player (wimply). If it would be possible to make a plugin for "Wimpy AV", since it would be cheaper to buy only one product to have all the functions.
3. is it possible to add a new application to open media files?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by pscyhosis

Hi AndrewD,

Great product! It works fine for me.
There are some problems after upgraded to the newest version. And there are some questions.
1. Cannot play media files such as mp3 and video..."cannot create directshow player"

Seems to be a common problem with embedded windows media player - see http://www.opentechsupport.net/forum...c/37021-1.html

quote -

Posted by: ~MagicNinja~

everytime i try to view a video file online a message comes up saying, Cannot Create DirectShow Player, i use firefox if that has anything to do with it. I don't know what could be wrong with it.

Posted by: Psychotic001

Ok guys I had this problem too even posted on the Microsoft newsgroups about it got no help at all so I figured it out myself.. You have to completely uninstall Windows Media Player and than Reinstall it.. really simple made me feel dumb after I figured it out and now everythings great.

unquote

Originally Posted by pscyhosis

2. It is good to have a integration of web player (wimply). If it would be possible to make a plugin for "Wimpy AV", since it would be cheaper to buy only one product to have all the functions.

I'll take a look at this - someone else has suggested the same

Originally Posted by pscyhosis

3. is it possible to add a new application to open media files?

Yes, the media player functionality is encapsulated to make this as straightforward as possible. What do you want to do?

[pscyhosis]

AndrewD,

Thanks you very much for your fast response.
I guess that the "can not create..." is the problems of the windows media player.
I think the ultimate solution is to have a web media player (e.g. wimply), since it would be easier for the members.

I am looking forwards to a free or cheaper plugin for the Jukebox.

[Poag]

Hi there.

I have a relativly minor problem thats stopping me setting the mod active.

I use a seperate webserver to host my file downloads, this uses a seperate port, not matter how i try however I cannot get the mod to accept the seperate port as a "correct" host. It keeps trying to go through my file system and make new folders under :81

I upload files to /home/bob/downloads/uploads which goes to www.example.com/downloads/uploads
however i would like it to point to www.example.com:81/downloads/uploads

Any help greatly apprietiated

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Poag

Hi there.

I have a relativly minor problem thats stopping me setting the mod active.

I use a seperate webserver to host my file downloads, this uses a seperate port, not matter how i try however I cannot get the mod to accept the seperate port as a "correct" host. It keeps trying to go through my file system and make new folders under :81

I upload files to /home/bob/downloads/uploads which goes to www.example.com/downloads/uploads
however i would like it to point to www.example.com:81/downloads/uploads

Any help greatly apprietiated

OK, will take a look and reply soon. Thanks for the question.

[mattcaswell]

Okay.. I guess I'm gonna win the prize for Village Idiot of the day, but I have spent all day trying to get LDM to install with the program manager. I select it just like I do any other program, but it never gets past a blue screen with
"Importing Product...please wait"


It just sits there and won't do anything. I installed a few other programs and then uninstalled them to try and eliminate that part as an issue.

Why won't it get past this point? I'm on a Mac Pro. I tried with WinXP and had the same issue so I'm sure it's not OS related. Unless it's browser related.. but I've tried Explorer, Safari, FireFox etc.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Matt Caswell
http://www.thesabrehood.org

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by mattcaswell

Okay.. I guess I'm gonna win the prize for Village Idiot of the day, but I have spent all day trying to get LDM to install with the program manager. I select it just like I do any other program, but it never gets past a blue screen with
"Importing Product...please wait"


It just sits there and won't do anything. I installed a few other programs and then uninstalled them to try and eliminate that part as an issue.

Why won't it get past this point? I'm on a Mac Pro. I tried with WinXP and had the same issue so I'm sure it's not OS related. Unless it's browser related.. but I've tried Explorer, Safari, FireFox etc.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Matt Caswell
http://www.thesabrehood.org

When very weird things happen, it often turns out that one of the code files hasn't been fully uploaded onto the server, or that there's a mix of files from different releases.

If that isn't the case, am happy to try to help if you contact me by PM with site details.

[obmob]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

Of course....

O_o lol

[mattcaswell]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

When very weird things happen, it often turns out that one of the code files hasn't been fully uploaded onto the server, or that there's a mix of files from different releases.

If that isn't the case, am happy to try to help if you contact me by PM with site details.

I am the weakest link! Didn't have a file where it was supposed to be. It's installed and I guess its working. Gotta figure out how to get a link on the navbar. I'll search!

Thanks for the help,
Matt