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 GrendelKhan{TSU

how about one where ppl can upload regular movie files and it converts them to play in the flash player...

ie: that would give us all our own youtube, google vid etc site instantly!! awww yahh... user contributed movie content here we come!! that wold be sooo leet.

(sorry, I know that might not be possiboe...but it was a thought. )

Nice but as you say..

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

also, may LDM is producing weird letters when post comments to threads....
ie: make a comment to a video, it posts to thread... the comment comes out with weird text:
namely: " \r\n\r\n" appears

eg:
http://www.clantsu.org/forums/anime/...subtitled.html

Yes, I'd spotted that - it's fixed in the next version (they all say that, don't they...) backslash r and backslash n are the codes for a new line, and shoould come out as such.

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

still can't figure out why the thumbnail viewer isn't working for our music upload section. I have not changed any templates of LDM.

Do you want me to take a look? Send me a PM with site details and an admin pwd if so.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

ps. sorry forgot a question...

is there a way to find out what the actually link to the file is? like if want to hotlink to an uploaded video or music file (mp3) to stream somewhere else (like another site or part of the forums)...

could I?


specifially I want to:

-upload a mp3 to LDM.
-link and/or stream it elswehre, like a separate xeon flash jukebox thingy or a separate site.

but I can't figure out what the url would be(much less whether it'd work). me stooopid.

Funny thing is that the next question on the forum points to the answer.

The url you need to play entry XX in category YY is the following

http://url-to-your-forum/forum/local_stream.php?action=stream&linkid=XX&catid=YY

Be aware that the remote player will seem to LDM as if it is an unregistered user, so you must set up things so that unregistered users have access.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kandip

Hello, can someone please help me with the local_stream.php?action=stream&linkid=3&catid=1

What happens is this... (when i try to stream a video file)

I have my local_files_root_prefix set as "home/username/
and the upload dir is set at "home/username/uploads/
local_files_root is set to yes

now when i try to stream a video file.. it loads a player but it does not stream. Now I dont know why it does that. I went through this entire thread, like 118 pages to find the solution.. but no luck...


It streams MP3 files just fine.

So someone please help me.. .thanks in advance.

What format video file and which player is it launching?

Happy to lend a hand - send me a PM with site details if you want.

[Alfa1]

local_links_admin.php?set=permissions is really mixed up in my LDM. This is the first time I have noticed this. I am using the vb standard style. Is this a bug of 2.2.7?

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

local_links_admin.php?set=permissions is really mixed up in my LDM. This is the first time I have noticed this. I am using the vb standard style. Is this a bug of 2.2.7?

I've forgotten your site details - send me a PM

[Alfa1]

I've sent you a pm.

Is there software somewhere that allows me to create thumbs of video's?

[obmob]

Thanks for answering Andrew!

[kandip]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

What format video file and which player is it launching?

Happy to lend a hand - send me a PM with site details if you want.

im tryin to stream mpeg or mpg files and the windows media player launches.. but i also tried with quicktime and real player. but no luck.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by kandip

im tryin to stream mpeg or mpg files and the windows media player launches.. but i also tried with quicktime and real player. but no luck.

Are you using full urls to the video files or local file names? With full urls, the resources needed to read the file are *much* larger than with local files. Depending on the precise video format, the media player sometimes expects to be given the entire file before starting to play. With large files on a remote site, it never gets everything - LDM uses all its allowed resources.

The problem may be somewhere else but I would need to access your site to find out.

[wolfe]

how would i import my cats and downloads off downloadsII into LDM.

also

how would i make this code show random thumbs

PHP Code:

// This shows "What's new"
$filter    = array("link.linkmoderate=0");
$order    = "linkdate DESC ";
list ($links['new'], $nhits, $q) = get_links($filter, $order, "links_forumhome_thumbs");