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...

[BiZiMDiYaR]

Hi,

In my admincp I get below item. I have been trying to add this to the vbseo settings, but this doesn't go away... even if I add it. Any idea on how to solve this.. ? I added the code in: Custom Rewrite Rules in the vbseo...

Thanks.

Obviously you have installed vBSEO, but the video-directory isn't integrated in vBSEO yet.

To rewrite the links of the video-directory, add in your vBSEO-control center in "user definded rewrite rules" what follows:

'video.php?do=viewdetails&categoryid=(d+)&category title=(.*)&videoid=(d+)&videot itle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$4-$3.html'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categor ytitle=(.*)&page=(d+)'=>'video s/$2-$1/$3/'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categor ytitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/'
'video.php'=>'videos/'

[xTerMn8R]

I got a question, I have been using a mod called VBYes which integrated You Tube very nicely with our site, and was working Great until You Tube ONCE again changed the method of converting Videos and Now the Quality is less the I'd like.

So my question is.....

Can I use this Mod to Link to Video's that get save directly on our Web site, I sure hope so? It appears this is the only way I'm going to get the quality i need and I have unlimited disk space with my Web host.

This Looks exactly what I was looking for and really looks like it integrates well with vb.

Very Nice work folks I hope it will be the answer to saving me Hours (sometimes days) of wasted time messing with You Tube.

Nice Job,
xT

***Note***

I definitly am willing to make a donation if ya could help code an xml for Windows Media, from my Site "superskunkracing.com/videos/" folder for the media

************************************************** *********

Thank you...
xT

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by xTerMn8R

I got a question, I have been using a mod called VBYes which integrated You Tube very nicely with our site, and was working Great until You Tube ONCE again changed the method of converting Videos and Now the Quality is less the I'd like.

So my question is.....

Can I use this Mod to Link to Video's that get save directly on our Web site, I sure hope so? It appears this is the only way I'm going to get the quality i need and I have unlimited disk space with my Web host.

This Looks exactly what I was looking for and really looks like it integrates well with vb.

Very Nice work folks I hope it will be the answer to saving me Hours (sometimes days) of wasted time messing with You Tube.

Nice Job,
xT

***Note***

I definitly am willing to make a donation if ya could help code an xml for Windows Media, from my Site "superskunkracing.com/videos/" folder for the media

************************************************** *********

Thank you...
xT

This just embed the video from YouTube and a few others (so far, anyway). Nothing is uploaded to your site. If you want the HD videos, all you have to do is have your users follow the instructions that Jaxel posted in the first post.

[xTerMn8R]

Thanks Jedi for your responce, Its not HD videos I'm looking to stream, it's HQ (High Quality), HD videos must be just that HD 1280x720 Mine are not that But are of HIGH quality resolutions and Minimal Re-encoding. 780x480 you can add ALL the &fmt=18, &fmt=35 to the embedding command but it dont do nothing Cause You Tube never rendered it as such. (this is a New change from them this week) Anyway I have also installed the AME and see it has a script that works locally. Anyway I'll post on your thread and Not hijack this one, as I do have a few more questions.

Thank you to both of you Guys on 2 great mods, wish i could blend the 2 together, as I want to have the Front end of this one and the ability to point it locally as AME does.

xT

[BiZiMDiYaR]

Originally Posted by BiZiMDiYaR

Hi,

In my admincp I get below item. I have been trying to add this to the vbseo settings, but this doesn't go away... even if I add it. Any idea on how to solve this.. ? I added the code in: Custom Rewrite Rules in the vbseo...

Thanks.


Obviously you have installed vBSEO, but the video-directory isn't integrated in vBSEO yet.

To rewrite the links of the video-directory, add in your vBSEO-control center in "user definded rewrite rules" what follows:


'video.php?do=viewdetails&categoryid=(d+)&category title=(.*)&videoid=(d+)&videotitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$4-$3.html'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categor ytitle=(.*)&page=(d+)'=>'videos/$2-$1/$3/'
'video.php?do=viewcategory&categoryid=(d+)&categor ytitle=(.*)'=>'videos/$2-$1/'
'video.php'=>'videos/'

Hi,

I have this text as above, after I installed the Video directory, so that everything is clear.. :-) Is this the correct way to integrate this with vbseo or the code is wrong, or I am adding this to the wrong area ??

Please advise and thanks.

[dancue]

Originally Posted by Espeacke

Hello All.
Excuse me ,as inserting advertising in these parts of the video.



Greetings.

Ads beside video-directory:

• Below is an attachment to see what this does.
• Replace the text in red with your ad code.
• This is designed for ads that are 250x250. Changing the size of the ad would mean you have to change the padding, the area I highlighted in blue.
• I have tested this on FF 3 and Safari, both on Mac. Don't know about the others yet.

Open template "video_details_embed" and replace all of its contents with the following:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">
		<a href="$videourl" target="_blank">$videoinfo[title]</a>
	</td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">

		<div class="alt2" style="float:left; padding-left:40px; padding-top:70px; padding-right:40px; padding-bottom:70px;">
PLACE AD CODE HERE
		</div>

		<div class="alt1" style="float:left; width:50%; padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;">
			<if condition="$canwatchvids">
				$embedhtml
			</if>
			<if condition="!$canwatchvids">
				$vbphrase[videos_cant_watch]
			</if>
		</div>

		<div class="alt2" style="float:left; padding-left:40px; padding-top:70px; padding-right:40px; padding-bottom:70px;">
PLACE AD CODE HERE
		</div>
</div>
	</td>
</tr>

</table>

<br />

[ArnyVee]

Thanks for sharing that code!

And, if we wanted to disable them for members, I would assume that we put the <if> conditionals around the new <div> codes?

Also, how will this effect the HDEF videos? There won't be enough room on the sides when it's the large videos, right?

[dancue]

You would have to set if conditionals for both of those. Disabling for members and disabling for HDEF.

Let me know if you figure those out. I'd like to add those also.

[ArnyVee]

The IF statement for the members is as follows....

<if condition="is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 1, 2, 3)"></if>

...but not sure how to do the disabling for HDEF. Anyone have an idea as to what to do there?

[skubaman]

First. This is a great mod. Just installed and like it a lot.

Here are 2 questions:

1)
I feel like we would get users to submit more videos if we had the Add Video button on the video directory home. I modified the template for that but it doesn't work because the Category ID is a requirement.
I think it would make more sense to let users choose to Add a Video from anywhere, then on the add video form they can pick which category it belongs to.

Did anybody also think of that? Done that?

2)
I read through the entire thread and still can't figure out how to add something like "random videos" as a module on my CMPS. Would someone please shed some light?

Thanks so much for the help