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;
}

[Julie]

I did an upgrade from the old Video Directory...

When trying to edit comments (one made in the old system, and one in the new for testing purpose) I get the following error message after clicking on the "Edit" link:

The comment you have entered is far too short and has been rejected.

Edit: Where can I set/alter the minimum characters in comments?

[your24hourstore]

OK now seems to be working great all aspects seem functional. nominated
found one issue..how do you delete a category?

N/M i see you can just overwrite them to something new ..this is sweet man
ps: first let me say I just thought it would be easier to go to you tube and look at them, but when i did you get these annoying
little ads pop up in the flash you have to click on them on the little X to get rid of them, but once you repost the links via this nod to a site those idiot ads don't appear, so its actually better than you tube. thanks man i see what this is all about now. I will try and send something for your effort.

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by harleyparts

OK now seems to be working great all aspects seem functional. nominated
found one issue..how do you delete a category?

N/M i see you can just overwrite them to something new ..this is sweet man

I have not programmed in a method to delete categories. Categories are a required field for every media; so in order to delete a category, you would either have to move all the existing media in that category to a new category, or delete all the media within that category with it. Deleting a media also deletes ratings, comments, thumbnails, and tags that go with it. I figured it wasn't worth the time to program this in; as you can easily just change a category's information to something new, or mark it inactive. If there is enough demand, I guess I could write this in, but for now it seems pointless.

Originally Posted by Stefanus

Got the following errors today:

This is a major XSS error that can lead to some nasty SQL Injection. It has been fixed in the new version I will be uploading soon. If you are concerned about security, I would recommend DISABLING THIS MOD until I upload the new version. This is REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD. Thank you for the many who have reported this bug.

Originally Posted by ANGEL OF FIRE

Only the text typed by a Latin simbols is copied correctly. Cyrillic symbols are displayed as question signs.

I am using vBulletin's built in cURL clone called vURL. I will try to get it working with non UTF8 characters, but you're going to have to give me an example link for me to work through first.

Originally Posted by WuMing

Thanks for the mod. I have a ques
How post play list youtube in Media Library ?

You can't... yet.

Originally Posted by hassshasss

I look like the administration is not doing links.
How can I make out?

What version of vB are you using? I am using 4.0.3 and everything is working fine. Someone else who is reporting the same problem you are having is using 4.0.0 PL1. vB4 has shipped with so many bugs that you really need to keep it up to date to make sure everything is working correctly. Try upgrading to the newest version of VB and then tell me if you're still having issues with permissions. This should also fix the REPORT function hopefully.

[Jaxel]

================================================== =========
Version 4.0.1 SECURITY UPDATE AND BUG FIX ROLLUP
================================================== =========

• Added lines to htaccess which will convert old VDR URLS to Media Library URLS.
• NOT A BUG: Navbar permissions not proccessing.
  
  • Make sure you are running the most recent version of vBulletin 4x.
    
  • There are TWO permission groups for this mod. Make sure you set BOTH.
    
  • Permissions work fine on my test forum with no other mods installed.
    
  • None the less, I created a function to process all permission values.
    
• BUG FIX: Fixed an XSS EXPLOIT with the tagging system and single quotes.
• BUG FIX: Fixed Implicit GROUP BY error with certain versions of MySQL.
• BUG FIX: Fixed various TABLE_PREFIX bugs in places without datamanager.
• BUG FIX: Fixed CSS construction for people using "stylesheets as files".
• BUG FIX: Fixed datamanager call for description length when rating media.
• BUG FIX: Fixed media phrasegroups when making calls to ajax functions.

[COL NIL SATIS]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

================================================== =========
Version 4.0.1 SECURITY UPDATE AND BUG FIX ROLLUP
================================================== =========

• Added lines to htaccess which will convert old VDR URLS to Media Library URLS.
• NOT A BUG: Navbar permissions not proccessing.
  
  • Make sure you are running the most recent version of vBulletin 4x.
    
  • There are TWO permission groups for this mod. Make sure you set BOTH.
    
  • Permissions work fine on my test forum with no other mods installed.
    
  • None the less, I created a function to process all permission values.
    
• BUG FIX: Fixed an XSS EXPLOIT with the tagging system and single quotes.
• BUG FIX: Fixed Implicit GROUP BY error with certain versions of MySQL.
• BUG FIX: Fixed various TABLE_PREFIX bugs in places without datamanager.
• BUG FIX: Fixed CSS construction for people using "stylesheets as files".
• BUG FIX: Fixed datamanager call for description length when rating media.
• BUG FIX: Fixed media phrasegroups when making calls to ajax functions.

Jaxel ...legend mate ....when ours is all sorted fella we will send a nice donation your way for your time and effort...really appreciate it!!! Col and Rammie

[Veer]

After adding your htaccess file I noticed on whos online page there are some visitors at this unknown location:

Attachment 116030

And please tell me how and where to check reported media?

[Jaxel]

Veer, xd_receiver.htm has something to do with facebook. No idea what it is.

Reported media is EMAILED directly to any usergroup which has Can-Moderate-Details permissions.

[Jaxel]

Just uploaded a miscellaneous update for phrases, product update checking, and some htaccess QSA fixes.

[TimberFloorAu]

Just downloaded and installed.
Click Category link and takes us back to home page

[TimberFloorAu]

When submitting media we get this error:

Warning: fopen([path]/customVID/1/d1_JBMrrYw8.jpg) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 23

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 24

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 25

Warning: getimagesize([path]/customVID/1/d1_JBMrrYw8.jpg) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 27

Warning: Division by zero in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 29

Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg([path]/customVID/1/d1_JBMrrYw8.jpg) [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 37

Warning: imagecopyresampled(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 38

Warning: unlink([path]/customVID/1/d1_JBMrrYw8.jpg) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in [path]/media/media_functions_builds.php on line 40