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;
}

[Misjahx]

No update for 4.1.4?

Anyone knows a similar Plugin?

[8thos]

Turned comments off for all usergroups since comments are not submitting in vb4.1.4.

The CKEditor DOES work with 8waymedia run but only when submitting a vidoe.

Also, the mod is awesome if your media links are set for Friendly URLS.

For instance: http://the8thlegion.com/media/m1-revelation-of-iraq-hq

What you should do is turn off all your comments for usergroups, embed the video into your thread or blog if you want comments.

For instance Submit Comments Here: link to thread or blog

[tlwwolfseye]

Originally Posted by skol

It's not supported,and he holds the licence so no one can take it over or support...Again it should be in the graveyard.

LOL, not supported ! Great. So now that I used it for a while, I cant get rid of it properly without Database errors and I don't even get help from the Author.

I am so glad i installed this. :erm:

[Wordplay]

nobody has a fix for this?

is it possible to turn off ckeditor off for media comments?

[basilrath]

you can go to usergroups and make it not possible to comment so this works

the addon to compliment this would be to make the thread creation "auto ticked" and also thread created auto opened and not default closed then the comments / debates would then move to the thread and veiwable etc

Which is what i have done to work around this for now

[paulket]

Uninstalled, thankfully without any database errors. Losing this mod to 4.1.4 is a major disappointment. This mod should be archived.

If anyone knows of a similar mod (paid or free) that works with 4.1.4 please let me know.

[LVC]

ditto

Paypal locked and loaded!

Originally Posted by paulket

Uninstalled, thankfully without any database errors. Losing this mod to 4.1.4 is a major disappointment. This mod should be archived.

If anyone knows of a similar mod (paid or free) that works with 4.1.4 please let me know.

[cherylferraro]

It still works for me on 4.1.4, just can't edit the descriptions or use comments.

Wouldn't have paid the dev to remove the link if I knew he was going to stop supporting the mod.

Will be happy to pay for a replacement mod if anyone knows of one that is supported.

[Mark4865]

Hello all,

Not sure if it is politically correct to post this here (please remove if it is not), but as mod is not supported and lots of people are looking for alternatives, Lancerforhire is willing to write a similar mod to this from scratch. We need 15 people interested willing to pay a small fee to get this done, thus far we have 2 but looks like a lot more would be interested. PM Lancerforhire to confirm your interest.

Once again sorry if this is posted in the wrong place

[chocolate angel]

Originally Posted by Mark4865

Hello all,

Not sure if it is politically correct to post this here (please remove if it is not), but as mod is not supported and lots of people are looking for alternatives, Lancerforhire is willing to write a similar mod to this from scratch. We need 15 people interested willing to pay a small fee to get this done, thus far we have 2 but looks like a lot more would be interested. PM Lancerforhire to confirm your interest.

Once again sorry if this is posted in the wrong place

thanks pm sent.