Major Additions - Video-Directory Remixed

This mod has been rewritten for vB4x here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=240677

This modification is based on the Video-Directory modification by Survivor and vBPoint.org.
His mod is NOT dead, its still alive and kicking; but he has informed me that he just doesn't have the time to maintain it and give support. So until he is able to work on it agian; I've been doing a series of updates.

What is this mod?

This mod adds a fully featured and fully integrated video directory archive to your forums. Users can add their favorite videos from their favorite video service to the directory. I only support a few select hosters; but the hoster scripting is XML base, so any user can create their own scripts for any number of hosting services. The old MyVideo and Sevenload scripts from Survivor's version will still work, but they wont pull in Keyword/Tagging information, nor the video length time codes.

Basic Feature Listing:

• Fully integrated into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on templates for easy reskinning and styling.
• Fully administratable and a myriad of settings for personalization.
• Complete customization of permissions based on usergroups.
• Landing page for broad information and fully featured tag cloud.
• Category profiles for videos.
• Contribution profiles for users.
• Keyword profiles for tag cloud.
• Built in comment system for videos.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.
• RSS feed of videos.

Product Demo:

http://www.8wayrun.com/video.php

Installation Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. CHMOD /videothumbnails/* and /includes/videoserviceapi to 777.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Follow the on screen instructions to configure your video hoster settings.
5. Refresh your administration control panel to see the new navigation links.

NOTES:
vBulletin 3.7.0 instituted a new avatar-thumbnail system. There is a high probability that you are unaware of this new system and may have failed to setup your vBulletin to make use of it. Make sure that a directory called /thumbs is located in your avatar directory and CHMOD it to 777. Then go into Maintenance > Update Counters and run the Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails process.

Upgrade Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. Take note of the information stored in Limits of Videos > General Settings.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Re-establish your previous Limits settings in Videos > General Settings.
5. Re-import ALL of your hosters and settings in Videos > Manage hosters.
   • You MUST remember to re-import your hosters after upgrading.

NOTES:
You may lose your category dataman when you upgrade. If no categories are listed after an upgrade, you will be required to rebuild your category dataman. Its very easy to rebuild it if you need to. Simply go into Videos > Manage categories, select ANY category and hit [Edit], then click [Save]. Your category dataman will automatically be rebuilt.

Roadmap for the Future:

• Moderation
• Favorites
• Playlists

Don't forget to click INSTALL!

If you want to donate, I'm all for it... as I'm an unemployed computer programmer...

[skubaman]

Greta version! Only 1 problem...

If users adds a video before going into a categorie is getting error "Invalid category specified." I thought there would be a drop down to choose categorie in the add video page.

Where is it?

Thanks

[macc]

one queistion - haw make or add some new video hosters ... or how make xml file ?

i will add this video but can not - get message - invalid url

http://dnevnik.hr/bin/tv/?media_id=60241792

reg

macc

[l_amhed]

Great, really good new version !

I've just noticed some bugs/errors on my test site.

- When you post a comment on a video and when it's the first one, it doesn't appear until you reload the page (this is not really important yes)

- There is a problem with special caracters such as é à è ù etc

- The "delete comment" link, when clicked, froze my browser for some seconds and after that does not actually delete it (IE/Maxthon)

A nice feature would be a new block with all the last X comments.

Thanks for this hack Jaxel.

[skubaman]

I am actually getting "invalid category specified" even when adding a video after going into one of the categories.

Does anybody know what's going on?

Thanks

[macc]

That is bug with bbcodes - i tried just on my old bbcodes in admincp - just open and click save - and get same error message ...

can that be fixed ?

reg

macc

edit: disabled your product - can add bbcodes and also change some in my old bbcodes!

[skubaman]

Anybody knows why I am getting the "invalid category error" ?
This is live on the site now and users are getting the error. I need to fix asap.
Thanks

[inciarco]

Jaxel, Great Improvements, Thank You For Sharing Them. :up:

Idea For Update: Is is Possible for You to Add a Query and a Page for Admins (or Certain Usergroups) to List the Posted Comments, in Ascending/Descending Order? (It'd be great to Set the Results Per Page, and to have a Link to the Comment/Video to Find it and Moderate it).

My Best Regards.

[macc]

Hello

can i get some help about problem with all bbcodes (mean if i want add new or change some in those what i have - get error message - wrote in few posts above)


regards

macc

[ChandlerDog]

I get the following error,when I try to upload a video, went through everything twice what I'm I forgetting or done wrong?

[skubaman]

So, I was able to prevent the error of "invalid category specified" by commenting out some lines on the file class_dm_video.php

There is something wrong in that IF condition that is making it always turn out true. I tried to break it down by removing one of the statements inside the IF at a time, but they all turned out true.

Not sure exactly what they are, but something is wrong.

PHP Code:

    function verify_videocategoryid(&$catid)
    {
        if (!$this->registry->videocats["$catid"] OR !is_member_of($this->registry->userinfo, $this->registry->videocats["$catid"]['usergroups']) OR !$this->registry->videocats["$catid"]['active'])
        {
//            $this->error('invalid_video_category_specified');
//            return false;
        }
        return true;
    } 


Does anyone know what is going on?


Thanks