BB Code Enhancements - AME3 - Auto Media Embeding and Video Extender

From the makers of Smooth and Jazz comes the singing sensation my mom has been waiting months for:

AME3. Bigger. Badder. Bestest.

NOTE ABOUT vB4.0.3: ------------------------------------------------------------

vBulletin 4.0.3 has changed the way video codes are handled and in the process, inadvertently broke AME3. I have submitted a bug report and believe that the issue will be quickly resolved. There is a manual fix you can apply for 4.0.3 here in the interim.
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AME3 is the sequel to the multi award winning AME 1x and AME 2x systems. AME3. This time, its different.

Vote for AME3 as MotM!

If you like AME3, you'll love AME'fy for your profiles!

AME3 does 3 things:

• It allows users to simply paste URLs into their message without having to use the video bbcode or video popup box.
• It allows you to add, edit and customise the video definitions that ship with vB4
• It allows you to import community created definitions to extend the system in ways you otherwise couldn't.

Now you can use AME anywhere you can use video bbcode: posts, blogs, visitor messages, the CMS, etc...

Note that I am releasing this early for beta testing and general feedback. There is currently a bug in RC2, RC4 and 4.0.0 that will prevent AME from working however there is a workaround posted below.

I have written a pretty comprehensive readme and attached it seperatly to this post. I suspect both this post and the readme will get updated as AME3 becomes finalised.

[jca2112]

Is AME3 Auto Media Embeding and Video Extender no longer being developed?

The reason I ask is the mod is marked as last being updated on 17 Jan 2010 and I've been trying to review later posts in this thread about manually updating AME3 to get it working. Since I haven't read this entire thread -- has there been any activity or info about the future of this mod beyond user-contributed hacks/fixes?

Either way, thanks to the developer for all the hard work on the current and past versions of the mod.

We (unfortunately) had to upgrade from vBulletin 3 to vBulletin 4, so we're new to using AME3 versus the previous AME2 version. It looks like AM3 is changed significantly to work with vB 4's built-in [video] tag. One thing missing is the extraction of the page title of embedded linked videos (the old $ameinfo[title] variable in the previous AME). Are there any plans or way of getting that page title extraction back? If that is not possible or planned for AME3, does anyone know of a vB mod that extracts page titles of links/embeds? I can find PHP scripts for doing that, but I'm not familiar with how to write a plugin to make that work.

Appreciate any help/info.

[Alan_SP]

There are two ways how can you make AME3 to work with new vB versions. But, searching for them I'll leave to you. Most simple is mentioned quite a bit.

[jca2112]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

There are two ways how can you make AME3 to work with new vB versions. But, searching for them I'll leave to you. Most simple is mentioned quite a bit.

Thanks, but I already linked to a "fix" in my previous post -- the plug-in method -- I assume that's the one you are referring to? If that is the right "fix" link, maybe it will save someone else having to search through a 85+ page thread.

But my post was asking about the current status of the plug-in. I'm not comfortable relying on user submitted "hacks" to keep a mod working -- that can create a lot of problems. Anyone have any more info or know of any alternatives?

Appreciate any help.

[Alan_SP]

With this fix mod works just fine.

Of course, if you're asking if someone will continue to develop this mod in event of future changes in code that might broke it completely, that's uncertain for any mod, not just this. We can only hope that someone will find solution at the time when new solution will be needed.

[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by jca2112

Is AME3 Auto Media Embeding and Video Extender no longer being developed?

The reason I ask is the mod is marked as last being updated on 17 Jan 2010 and I've been trying to review later posts in this thread about manually updating AME3 to get it working. Since I haven't read this entire thread -- has there been any activity or info about the future of this mod beyond user-contributed hacks/fixes?

Either way, thanks to the developer for all the hard work on the current and past versions of the mod.

We (unfortunately) had to upgrade from vBulletin 3 to vBulletin 4, so we're new to using AME3 versus the previous AME2 version. It looks like AM3 is changed significantly to work with vB 4's built-in [video] tag. One thing missing is the extraction of the page title of embedded linked videos (the old $ameinfo[title] variable in the previous AME). Are there any plans or way of getting that page title extraction back? If that is not possible or planned for AME3, does anyone know of a vB mod that extracts page titles of links/embeds? I can find PHP scripts for doing that, but I'm not familiar with how to write a plugin to make that work.

Appreciate any help/info.

Thanks tried that fix and still no luck on converting the old videos to be shown. Does anyone know how to convert the old AME 2.5 video links to work with the built in vb system?

[Alan_SP]

Converting of some old videos could be done only manually. Just remove ame BBcode around it, leave video link and post it.

Some videos are converted fine (simpler ones as I remember).

[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

Converting of some old videos could be done only manually. Just remove ame BBcode around it, leave video link and post it.

Some videos are converted fine (simpler ones as I remember).

Ugh! I think there are quite a few videos on the forum. Was hoping there might be an easier answer.

[cutsomeat]

Is there an alternative to this mod that is supported?

[egclive]

doesn't work for shit for me.

[pete_brady]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2019974&postcount=608" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...&postcount=608</a>

is still needed