New Posting Features - VB AnyMedia Player / Media Sites (youtube, google and many more)

Goldbrick Media system for vBulletin 3.6.x

Thanks to all who nominated or voted this for MOTM.

Some of you might be looking for Anymedia. Well this has replaced it. It's a total rewrite from the ground up. A huge thanks goes to Sir Adrian for creating the framework. He can't cook soup but he sure can code.

Why the name goldbrck?

From Wikipedia:

Goldbricking, in today's terms, generally refers to staff who use their work internet access for personal reasons while maintaining the appearance of working.

From Urban Dictionary:

Goldbricking: To loaf or goof around on the job. Supposedly an old union term describing laborers (or more specifically, bricklayers) who were going so slow, it was as if each brick were made of solid gold. One can alse be referred to as a "goldbricker".

Dude, I spent all day at work goldbricking - surfing the web, making long distance phone calls - basically just picking my ass.

Goldbrick uses the following third party Products:

• Highslide Javascript. I've packaged it with the 3.1 download. Please read the license agreement on highlide's website. In short it's free for non-commercial use. http://vikjavev.no/highslide/
• - - -
• The media player and mp3 player are from http://www.jeroenwijering.com/

What's new in Goldbrick?

• Complete code overhaul.
• Plays most media types.
• Forum admins can add their own video sites
• Updated Highslide.js
• Attachment Images work with Goldbrick
• Don't need to use BBCODE
• Auto Phrases URL's
• Media Options per post
• Much more on the way!

Goldbrick's Requirements:

• Vbulletin :P
• PHP 5

Goldbrick Version 1.5:
- Fixed Vbadvanced integration
- Fixed extensions permissions checking
- Added pickup of old [media] tags
- More code changes for later features

Goldbrick Version 1.4:
- Fixed Apple trailers
- Added Added Viemo videos
- More code changes for later features

Goldbrick Version 1.3:
- Fixed Images
- Fixed MP3's
- Fixed Myspace, now supports myspacetv.com
- Added Increase or decrease video size for the classic player (testebr gets the credit for this one)
- Added Added ESPN videos
- Added Veoh video site.

Goldbrick Version 1.2:
- Added Videos for Profiles for vbulletin 3.7
- Added Classic Skin
- Added Vblog Support
- Added Vbadvanced Support
- Fixed Attachments
- Rewrote some of the code


Planned Features:

- Youtube like interface
- Video Comments
- Media Tags
- Media Searching


Please report any issues or suggestions.

[nix]

Originally Posted by Ftu-forum

my host doesn't support php5
could you please re-upload the AnyMediaPlayer 3.1.0.3

I guess I can but I don't support it anymore.

Originally Posted by erveloso

A suggestion, if the link is enclosed by [ url ] tags the mod could ignore it. Also if you do enclose, it broke some divs in the post.

Then this mod would have to go back to bbcode. Even if you create a post and don't put url tags in it vbulletin will still add them. I'm going to create a setting for admins to turn that feature on or off though.

[nix]

I posted this in the 3.7 version but I thought I would add it here also.

[AWJunkies]

AWESOME I look forward to it.

[vbob]

I like the idea behind that mod. I Installed it but then I Uninstalled it because it didn't work as I imagined (I saw it very quickly).
Some things I think could be better. So here are my opinion/feedback to help you improve this mod.
(I hope my opinion could help a llittle bit more to implementation) :-)
1) The video/audio player could be "in post" and not external. It is beautifull to darken the forum and apear the video but not so functional. (it requires more clicks) (or administrator could choose the best for him and his forum. In post or like it is right now.
2) Preview image of the video is too small I believe that it is better to have the preview of video as it is in an existing youtube mod I have installed. (or/and admin can change the resolution of video preview and the image preview)
3) Mod works automatically in Advanced Post Editor, but in Quick reply it dont work. (I had to edit my post in Advanced Post Editor, so the plugin could work.
4) I tried to play DivX video from my server and I heard only sound. The screen was just green.!! (a mozzilla plugin installed to my pc too so I can play DivX through my browser . (I didn't restart my machine after the divx Plugin installation to check it out further). (does it play both divx and Xvid?)
5) Maybe an option to enable / disable the automatic function of the plugin and a button to disable the function to a specific link?? (suppleness) :-)
6) When i tried to play Mp3 from my server, my board seemed to stuck (my server for hosting the last two days have some kind of disfunctionality in Database, so I cant be sure if the above is a fault of the plugin or from my server.
I uploaded manually (not using the forum) a TEST.mp3 to my servers FTP and i tried to play the mp3 through a post but i writed "test.mp3" (not capital letters). Ok. It is natural that it didn't work. But...when I renamed my file to TEST.mp3, the hole forum stucked...(For me)!!!
So using the "back" buttons from my browser, i tried to edit my post and remove the mp3 line i had...!! Then it corrected the error. (I repeat, I noticed that my server had some database functionality issues the last two days, so I can't verify if that is an error of the mod or an error from my host company that specific moment....!!!) anyway, forum is working perfect now and I have no problems at all..!!! :-)

That's all my feedback for now relative to that beautiful mod, I hope I helped a bit!!! ;-)
I believe that it is a very nice plugin and that you should improve it..!!! (I think that it is very useful to have)

Looking forward for improvements of that module, so I can use it to my forum.!!! :-)
Thanks for your mod!!! :-)

Ps: Sorry for my bad English. :-)

[nix]

Originally Posted by vbob

I like the idea behind that mod. I Installed it but then I Uninstalled it because it didn't work as I imagined (I saw it very quickly).
Some things I think could be better. So here are my opinion/feedback to help you improve this mod.
(I hope my opinion could help a llittle bit more to implementation) :-)
1) The video/audio player could be "in post" and not external. It is beautifull to darken the forum and apear the video but not so functional. (it requires more clicks) (or administrator could choose the best for him and his forum. In post or like it is right now.
2) Preview image of the video is too small I believe that it is better to have the preview of video as it is in an existing youtube mod I have installed. (or/and admin can change the resolution of video preview and the image preview)
3) Mod works automatically in Advanced Post Editor, but in Quick reply it dont work. (I had to edit my post in Advanced Post Editor, so the plugin could work.
4) I tried to play DivX video from my server and I heard only sound. The screen was just green.!! (a mozzilla plugin installed to my pc too so I can play DivX through my browser . (I didn't restart my machine after the divx Plugin installation to check it out further). (does it play both divx and Xvid?)
5) Maybe an option to enable / disable the automatic function of the plugin and a button to disable the function to a specific link?? (suppleness) :-)
6) When i tried to play Mp3 from my server, my board seemed to stuck (my server for hosting the last two days have some kind of disfunctionality in Database, so I cant be sure if the above is a fault of the plugin or from my server.
I uploaded manually (not using the forum) a TEST.mp3 to my servers FTP and i tried to play the mp3 through a post but i writed "test.mp3" (not capital letters). Ok. It is natural that it didn't work. But...when I renamed my file to TEST.mp3, the hole forum stucked...(For me)!!!
So using the "back" buttons from my browser, i tried to edit my post and remove the mp3 line i had...!! Then it corrected the error. (I repeat, I noticed that my server had some database functionality issues the last two days, so I can't verify if that is an error of the mod or an error from my host company that specific moment....!!!) anyway, forum is working perfect now and I have no problems at all..!!! :-)

That's all my feedback for now relative to that beautiful mod, I hope I helped a bit!!! ;-)
I believe that it is a very nice plugin and that you should improve it..!!! (I think that it is very useful to have)

Looking forward for improvements of that module, so I can use it to my forum.!!! :-)
Thanks for your mod!!! :-)


Ps: Sorry for my bad English. :-)

1. It already does that. You uninstalled it to fast. Looked in Goldbrick Options for the settings.

2. You can change the thumbnail size in the gb.css file. If you use the option that you wanted in question 1 it wont matter.

3. I know. I have to add it.

4. Divix works fine for me. If you find something that doesn't play PM me a link and I'll take a look.

5. Not sure what you mean.

6. The link to the mp3 should still be in this format, http://myserver.com/test.mp3

Also move your attachments from the database to the file system. You don't want large attachments like that in your database.

[vbob]

Ok...I will check it again one day that I have more time to check it in depth!!! :-)

1) Ok..I will check it again and give you feedback again :-)
2) Ok..I will check it again and give you feedback again :-)
3) Ok...:-)
4) I believe that I had that problem because I didn't restart my pc after the mozzila plugin installed (but in genneral I have divx plugins installed in my pc. I will check it again.
5. I mean that it is good to just ad in post a http://youtube.com/blahblah32532
and it parse it as a video automatic, but if an option in Admins CP to choose if the admin want automatic function or not for the usergroups would be better. :-)
(maybe some option in group permissions, so admin can choose what usergroup can have automatic function of the mod (video link conversion to [Media] "link"[/Media] )and what usergroup not (if not there should be a button to convert the video/audio/etc link to a video/audio/etc player). For me as an admin, I feel that I have better control of my video-image-audio posts if i see the code and if i am the one who pressed the button to use the module.
In general it is always good to have an option. :-)

6) The link of my mp3 was http://myserver.com/test.mp3 (I didn't check if it works as an attachment through forum. Only using the link of a mp3 file I uploaded using ftp.

I will check again the module and give you my results :-)
I Believe it must get support from users because it is very good to have such a mod/plugin to our forums :-)

Oh, I like the fact that admin can set permissions to each section or subforum for the usage of that module.

and some extra info so you know in what system i am running your plugin (for Debugging purposes):
I am using Vbulletin 3.6.8 and have vBadvanced CMPS v3.0 RC2 installed too!! :-)

[ChU v2]

Updated from AnyMedia, I've uninstalled all the anymedia files from my server uninstalled the product and when I install goldbrick I get:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/content/k/i/t/kitovas/html/thepeacearch/forum/goldbrick/plugins/bbcode_create.php on line 53

when going to a users profile or going to any thread. any ideas?

[nix]

this works with php 5 only.

[luckid]

Is possible add share www.vimeo.com this is HD video... or contat me for embled

Excuse my eng are italian

TNX in advance

[ersoy]

yes could you please upload the old version my hosting also dont support php5