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;
}

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Inferno Dragon

^ Nope that's not the correct option, these options are for changing the layout of the media library like with "tiny bit" no addition infomation like category, uploader etc will be diplayed below thumbnail and vice versa.

I am talking about actually physically decreaseing the generated thumbnail size like that site has done which I posted in the example

Edit: I found the problem, when I changed the image settings in the vbulletin settings from imagemagick (I was using it) to GD it fixed the problem and now thumbs are working fine, I also notice that in the code author has disabled the imagemagick library..IMO isn't imagemagick generate more sharper thumbs?

ID, you are correct, the problem is I dont know how to resize images with ImageMagick. The code I have there SHOULD work, but it doesn't. It breaks SRK, so I disabled it until I can fix it.

[patrick91]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

It looks like you are using a database backup? Install the mod, then load up your database backup, but DO NOT drop the tables first. 0.9 adds some new columns to the service table, and if you are dropping your tables before you import your backup, you will revert these new columns.

? i have no backup of my forum:S i don't even know how to do that in vB4... So don't exactly know what i must do now and where..

Gr,

patrick

[Footman]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Well 4.0.9 changed the way embed codes are handled. So unless you revert your 8WR_media_details template, you won't be able to handle the new embed codes. So yes, you're going to lose your custom changes.

Jaxel, I'm curious... can I just revert the 8WR_media_details template as you said above? I've tried to select it in the list and click revert but the button isn't active. Am I missing something or do I have to revert the entire child style, thus losing any modifications to the style I've made? Which is something I just don't want to go through. Having to go back and redo all the little tweeks I've made over time is a PITA.

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Footman

Jaxel, I'm curious... can I just revert the 8WR_media_details template as you said above? I've tried to select it in the list and click revert but the button isn't active. Am I missing something or do I have to revert the entire child style, thus losing any modifications to the style I've made? Which is something I just don't want to go through. Having to go back and redo all the little tweeks I've made over time is a PITA.

VB has a built in COMPARE function. Use that to determine what has changed in the embed code, and update your customized style to suit the new embed system.

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by patrick91

? i have no backup of my forum:S i don't even know how to do that in vB4... So don't exactly know what i must do now and where..

Gr,

patrick

Then delete your existing media tables and re-install.

[bart6767]

cant seem to find where i can make new Categories ?

[Footman]

Originally Posted by bart6767

cant seem to find where i can make new Categories ?

If you're logged into your forum with a profile that has full admin privileges then you should see, on the right hand side, the categories link as in the attached pic.

[bart6767]

Originally Posted by Footman

If you're logged into your forum with a profile that has full admin privileges then you should see, on the right hand side, the categories link as in the attached pic.

I have nothing on the right hand side and all i see on the left hand side is Categories and
Random Media

[bart6767]

Got it sorted as i had to add this code and it works .

$perms['rate'] = true;
$perms['comment'] = true;
$perms['submit'] = true;

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

[Footman]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

VB has a built in COMPARE function. Use that to determine what has changed in the embed code, and update your customized style to suit the new embed system.

I don't see where to compare old and new for the template you suggested.