Major Additions - 8WayRun.Com - Media Library

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This is a new modification, spawning from the old VB 3.x Video Directory modifications.
For all intents and purposes, both my old Video Directory Remixed mod, and Survivor's original Video Directory mod have been discontinued. Neither of us are maintaining these older versions, they will not receive any future updates and we will not be providing any support. This version has a new name because it has been completely rewritten from scratch and is not being built on Survivor's old code. Because of this, if you are upgrading to this new version, from the old version, be sure to read this entire post in order to understand the upgrade process.

What is this mod?
Simply put, this mod is a directory for media. It supports URL inputs, in order to extract meta data and directorize media into a simple and easy to understand library. Users can add their favorite media from a select few online distribution centers (such as Youtube or Vimeo) and categorize and tag them as they see fit. This mod offers rudimentary support for the hosting of local media. An administrator can upload a media to the /customVID/ (default) directory; then add the media to the library using the URL code of "local:filename". Media hosted locally will be displayed using JWPlayer, but will not provide meta data, so that kind of information will need to be entered manually.

Demo:

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

Features:

• Integrated directly into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on tempaltes for easy re-skinning and styling.
• Simple to use administration features and usergroup permission settings.
• Landing page with the most recent, most popular and highest rated media.
• Ability to add media into a single category, while adding multiple tags.
• Ability to browse media through categories, tags, and user contributions.
• Summary tag cloud with a link to the entire list of tags in the system.
• Comment and rating system based on AJAX including graceful degredation.
• Individual RSS Feeds for newest videos, categories, tags and user media.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.

Installation:

If you are upgrading from before version 1.1, please install that version first.

1. Upload all the files in the "upload" directory of the attached zip file to your forum root.
2. CHMOD the /customVID/thumbs/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
3. CHMOD the /customVID/sitemap/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
4. Import the product file called "product-medialibrary.xml" in the Product Manager of vBulletin.
5. Set your usergroup permissions and media library settings in your administration control panel.
6. OPTIONAL: Enable the "Generate XML Media Sitemap" scheduled task in your administration control panel.
   
   NOTES: Make sure you decide what you wish to use for your thumbnail quality setting. By default, thumbnails are saved at 50% quality. At 50%, thumbnails will only be 2kb in size, but at the expense of quality. At 100%, thumbnails will be about 15kb in size, but will have the highest quality. I recommend setting it to 80%, which would leave thumbnails at 5kb in size with still excellent quality.
   
   Every time you change your thumbnail quality setting, you will need to run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" to see any changes.

Upgrading from VDR:

1. The "video*" tables from your previous installation of VDR need to exist in your database.
2. Enable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
3. Run the "Import Media from VDR" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
4. Disable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
5. Run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
6. You may now uninstall VDR once you confirm everything has been imported as intended.
   
   NOTES: You will mostly likely get at least one error while rebuilding media thumbnails...
   
   When you get an error, click the details link for that media. If the media displays some sort of error such as "This video has been removed" or "This video no longer exist", then that means that media is gone and you'll be unable to generate a thumbnail for that particular media. Use the available options on that media's detail page to DELETE it from your library. Then go back to your browser window which is rebuilding thumbnails and click the "retry from this position" link.
   
   If you got an error for a media, but after clicking the details link you can find no obvious error with the video; then the error could have just been a simple syn/ack failure. Just click the "retry from this position" link and the system will try to rebuild that thumbnail again.

Known Bugs:

There is a conflict with this modification and some of Valter's VSA modifications that will prevent navbar permissions from being handled correctly. I don't know exactly who's fault it is; but I'm pretty sure there are no errors in my code that would be causing this problem. There is a work around for this however.

Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager > "media NAVTAB"

Find the code:

    $perms = media_permissions();

Replace with:

$perms['rate'] = true;
$perms['comment'] = true;
$perms['submit'] = true;
$perms['playlist'] = true;
 
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',','5,6')))
{
    $perms['modtags'] = true;
    $perms['modcategory'] = true;
    $perms['modservice'] = true;
}

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by HellRZR

I checked with Lancerforhire this morning, we are only at 9 people. Many people love this mod, its very unfortunate that the developer has moved on to another platform.

So if we want a revamp of this, a product that is supported, we need to move on this.

Plus, its a great feeling to contribute to get something developed and then released to the community afterwards...

I couldn't agree with you more. This product was good in it's day but it needs to be revamped. We have been literally studying other video scripts and taking the good and the bad and have come up with a layout of what a video script should be, I have had to code myself a great deal of the "Media" script to suite our needs but it reached a point where it could not be modified any more short of rewriting it(and because I don't know enough to rewrite it myself ) and we need a solid video script for our site, after all it is the main focus of our site, we have over 25k videos (20-30mins) with in a mod that is no longer supported; that can NOT be. I also have been in contact with Lanceforhire and I can't wait to get this started as well, we are looking forward to participating in the suggestions committee to share our ideas with everyone else involved. I know that we all put our heads together we can come up with a mod that we can all utilize and be proud of.

C'mon people we need a few more participants in this project, please let Lancerforhire know if you are interested so he can right you down on the list.

[HellRZR]

I dont want to spam this thread, as this thread is meant for support on this product. If you are interested in a new version of this mod. Please see this post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=265531

It details exactly how many people we need and price per person. Please continue all conversation related to this on that post before a admin gets angry.

[EquinoxWorld]

Originally Posted by HellRZR

I dont want to spam this thread, as this thread is meant for support on this product. If you are interested in a new version of this mod. Please see this post : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=265531

It details exactly how many people we need and price per person. Please continue all conversation related to this on that post before a admin gets angry.

Will do thanks HellRZR.

[8thos]

Originally Posted by ashley55

where did u put that htaccess file? ive tried it and i still get this same error

Create a notepad file. Copy-n-paste his htaccess script inside of it.

Save it as a regular word file like .txt or .rtf.

Now upload it to your forum's root. Change the name of the file to .htaccess

Get it? .htaccess is the extension, not .txt or .rtf

If you already have an .htaccess file, try saving the code at the bottom of that file.

[DirtRider]

Since I have uninstalled this mod I keep getting the following error, any ideas on how I can fix this?

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.2:

Invalid SQL:

					SELECT languageid,
			phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
			phrasegroup_8WR_media AS phrasegroup_8WR_media,
			phrasegroup_posting AS phrasegroup_posting,
			options AS lang_options,
			languagecode AS lang_code,
			charset AS lang_charset,
			locale AS lang_locale,
			imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
			dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
			timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
			registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
			calformat1override AS lang_calformat1override,
			calformat2override AS lang_calformat2override,
			logdateoverride AS lang_logdateoverride,
			decimalsep AS lang_decimalsep,
			thousandsep AS lang_thousandsep
					FROM language
					WHERE languageid = 1;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'phrasegroup_8WR_media' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Monday, June 20th 2011 @ 02:36:46 PM
Error Date    : Monday, June 20th 2011 @ 02:36:46 PM
Script        : http://triumphtalk.com/media.php?do=category&cid=5
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : 67.195.115.119
Username      : 
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version :
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[tlwwolfseye]

@DirtBanger: Why does that all sound so familiar to me. I am asking about this problem now for days and noone tells me anything. I am so glad I installed this Mod. :erm: If you find what the problem is, please let me know. Thanks.

[DirtRider]

Well I hope we can get it sorted

[MonkYZ]

Originally Posted by DirtBanger

Since I have uninstalled this mod I keep getting the following error, any ideas on how I can fix this?

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.2:

Invalid SQL:

					SELECT languageid,
			phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
			phrasegroup_8WR_media AS phrasegroup_8WR_media,
			phrasegroup_posting AS phrasegroup_posting,
			options AS lang_options,
			languagecode AS lang_code,
			charset AS lang_charset,
			locale AS lang_locale,
			imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
			dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
			timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
			registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
			calformat1override AS lang_calformat1override,
			calformat2override AS lang_calformat2override,
			logdateoverride AS lang_logdateoverride,
			decimalsep AS lang_decimalsep,
			thousandsep AS lang_thousandsep
					FROM language
					WHERE languageid = 1;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'phrasegroup_8WR_media' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Monday, June 20th 2011 @ 02:36:46 PM
Error Date    : Monday, June 20th 2011 @ 02:36:46 PM
Script        : http://triumphtalk.com/media.php?do=category&cid=5
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : 67.195.115.119
Username      : 
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version :
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Probably because you still have threads created inside your forum that contains links to the Media Library. Or maybe because you haven't deleted everything related to Media Library? I noticed the script for that error is media.php itself. So it must be still there...

Or maybe take a look in here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2210793
Pay 50 bucks, and hope for the best!

[DirtRider]

Yes well I installed it all again and disabled it to stop the errors. We never actually got around to using this mod so nothing was ever uploaded to it. However let me try and uninstall it all again and see maybe I missed a file last time

[basilrath]

well ill be the fourth

so get onboard if you want this mod rolling