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;
}

[HM666]

I have tried to get the navbar to work to no avail. I tried to install this product for the navbar from THIS post, but I get the database error from hell. Here is a snippet of the error I get because its huge. I suspect that the phrases are not getting sorted properly as pretty much all of this is related to the phrases.

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vb4_language SET title = title, phrasegroup_global = 'a:1693:{s:9:\"1_day_ago\";s:9:\"1 Day Ago\";s:10:\"1_hour_ago\";s:10:\"1 Hour Ago\";s:12:\"1_minute_ago\";s:12:\"1 Minute Ago\";s:7:\"1_reply\";s:7:\"1 reply\";s:10:\"1_week_ago\";s:10:\"1 Week Ago\";s:11:\"VSa_APBOUPC\";s:46:\"VSa - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count\";s:14:\"a_closed_forum\";s:14:\"A Closed Forum\";s:6:\"accept\";s:6:\"Accept\";s:6:\"action\";s:6:\"Action\";s:14:\"active_members\";s:14:\"Active Members\";s:20:\"active_subscriptions\";s:20:\"Active Subscriptions\";s:15:\"activity_stream\";s:15:\"Activity Stream\";s:14:\"add_as_contact\";s:14:\"Add as Contact\";s:13:\"add_as_friend\";s:13:\"Add as Friend\";s:15:\"add_new_folders\";s:15:\"Add New Folders\";s:9:\"add_photo\";s:9:\"Add Photo\";s:16:\"add_subscription\";s:16:\"Add Subscription\";s:17:\"add_x_to_contacts\";s:25:\"Add %1$s to Your Contacts\";s:5:\"admin\";s:5:\"Admin\";s:19:\"admin_control_panel\";s:19:\"Admin Control Panel\";s:11:\"admin_login\";s:8:\"Admin CP\";s:23:\"admin_required_register\";s:129:\"The administrator may have required you to <a href=\"register.php?%1$s\" rel=\"nofollow\">register</a> before you can view this page.\";s:14:\"administrative\";s:14:\"Administrative\";s:29:\"administrator_decided_x_quiet\";s:85:\"The administrator has decided that 

And there is pages of crap like the above....


}}' WHERE languageid = 1;

MySQL Error   : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number  : 2006
Request Date  : Sunday, March 2nd 2014 @ 10:05:40 AM
Error Date    : Sunday, March 2nd 2014 @ 10:05:42 AM
Script        : admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer      : admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address    : xxxxxxxxx
Username      : HerzeleidMeister
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Also after this product import I get the following look on the tabs:



When I click and try to edit any of those tabs I get an error message that says:

Error: The specified 'script' is invalid.

I've checked the tab and the THIS SCRIPT is "8WR_media" on the php files as well as the tabs in the navigation in the ACP.

i also tried the plugin manager fix listed in the original post, that did not work either. I've also re-uploaded the files & uninstalled & reinstalled that did not work either.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[GhostHunter2010]

Originally Posted by HM666

You need to set your usergroup permissions in your admincp. Go to AdminCp>Usergroups>Usergroups Manager and set the permissions for your usergroups. It should show then.

thankyou man havnt use vb for long time

[HM666]

Originally Posted by GhostHunter2010

thankyou man havnt use vb for long time

No problem, takes a bit to get back into it.

[HM666]

Is anyone manning this mod anymore????? Or do I have to look for something else to take care of my videos on my web site?

[tbworld]

This mod is no longer supported by the author.

Create a test site with an earlier version of vbulletin4 that this mod is compatible with. Install the mod on the test site and use the navigation paths to create a new navtab and links for your v4.2.2 board. Should take you about 30 minutes and you will be good to go.

Do not import the navtab navigation for this mod to v4.2.2, it is not compatible.

Make sure you read through the entire thread, since there are a few 'must have' patches that have to be deployed to get this working well.

My daughter is using this on her board with no problems, it takes a bit to work out the issues, but it was well worth it for her. Do not expect it to work for a mobile solution.

[HM666]

Originally Posted by tbworld

This mod is no longer supported by the author.

Create a test site with an earlier version of vbulletin4 that this mod is compatible with. Install the mod on the test site and use the navigation paths to create a new navtab and links for your v4.2.2 board. Should take you about 30 minutes and you will be good to go.

Do not import the navtab navigation for this mod to v4.2.2, it is not compatible.

Make sure you read through the entire thread, since there are a few 'must have' patches that have to be deployed to get this working well.

My daughter is using this on her board with no problems, it takes a bit to work out the issues, but it was well worth it for her. Do not expect it to work for a mobile solution.

I discovered that this issue was a server issue and not related to this mod or any other. I solved the server issue and was finally able to install the navtab product.

I got the navtabs to work in 4.2.2. with a little tweaking of the phrases. So it does/can work if you know what you are doing.

I have implemented all the fixes so far and all have worked except the comments. I have done the comment fix here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ts#post2317650 But it still does not post the comments for the video. I'm running 4.2.2. and when i click on the "Submit Comment" button it says "Processing comment, please wait...." and nothing happens at all. Is there any way to get the comments to actually work?

Also incidentally it says on that page that you need to edit 8 templates but only 4 come up in a search, so what are the other 4 templates to edit if there are another 4 to edit.

[HM666]

Have marked this as uninstalled and installed a different video mod. This one is just too buggy after the developer abandoned it.

[tbworld]

Originally Posted by HM666

Have marked this as uninstalled and installed a different video mod. This one is just too buggy after the developer abandoned it.

What video mod did you install?

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by tbworld

What video mod did you install?

He installed this one, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=279864

But see post #330 for the depreciated errors fix.

[tbworld]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

He installed this one, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=279864

But see post #330 for the depreciated errors fix.

Thanks @Ozzy47, I would like you, but you are so unlikable at the moment.