Miscellaneous Hacks - passiveVid - (YouTube, Myspace, Google...) Not BBCODE :D

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note: you can get v2.00 [here]

Live Demo:

Scriptasy passiveVid Demo

External Support:

Scriptasy passiveVid Support

Description:

This is unlike my past video mod which used bbcode, this one is more simple and works much better for the user too. What it does it parses the url when the post is viewed, so it will work with past links and new links.

So basically the user enters a video link in a post and its automaticly displayed as the actual embedded video.

Works With:

vBulletin [3.6.X to 3.7.0 beta 3]
vBlog [1.0.0 to 1.0.3]
vbAdvanced [3.0 RC2]

Supported Video Sites:

1. YouTube v1.0.0
2. Google Video v1.0.0
3. MySpace Video v1.0.0
4. MetaCafe Video v1.0.0
5. Yahoo Video v1.0.1
6. Koreus Video v1.0.1
7. Sapo Video v1.0.1
8. video.google.co.uk v1.0.2
9. Live Leak v1.0.2
10. Photobucket v1.0.3
11. Gametrailers v1.0.3
12. MyVideo v1.0.4
13. GameSpot v1.0.4
14. Veoh v1.0.4
15. StreetFire v1.0.4
16. Stage6 v1.0.4
17. Sevenload v1.0.4
18. Izlesene v1.0.4
19. Vidiac v1.0.4
20. Xtube v1.0.6
21. VidMax v1.0.6
22. RedTube v1.0.6
23. OnSmash v1.0.6
24. GodTube v1.0.6
25. PornoTube v1.0.6
26. BrightCove v1.0.7
27. YouKu v1.0.7
28. LiveVideo v1.0.7
29. Break v1.0.8
30. ExpertVillage v1.1.2

Changes:

• [v1.0.5] Added the ability to enable/disable any of the sites
• [v1.0.7] Changed the actual structure of the modification, it now gives me the ability to push it even further
• [v1.0.8] Added support for actually displaying the video titles
  
• [v1.0.8] Added the ability to customize the actual embed, you can choose where/how the title and embed will be displayed by using HTML
• [v1.0.9] Support for vBlog
• [v1.0.9] Support for vbAdvanced
• [v1.1.0] Finalized multiple things
• [v1.1.1] Added ability to restrict the hack per forum
• [v1.1.1] Added ability to restrict the hack per posters usergroup
• [v1.1.2] Added ability to restrict the hack per viewers usergroup
• [v1.1.2] Added the custom replacement that i use
• [v1.1.2] Added a new var that can be used in the custom replace ($PASSIVEURL)
  

Installation Instructions (painless install):
(detailed instructions for noobs [here])

1. Install Product XML
2. Upload Bitfield XML
3. Enjoy the modification

Thanks for the nominations!

{Mark As Installed}

[mariocaz]

I hope you can give us a very nice surprise with these 2 great mods from you (this one and the ajaxreg mod) will be awesome!!!!

[TalkBolts]

Looking forward to the new version. Gladly pay a premium. One question though. Will it support embedding video in profile messages?

[MagiKelly]

Will it be possible to have the option for it to embed the high quality version of a Youtube video?

Looking forward to the new version and ready to pay

[Pebbled]

Cool... Other than that dumb user disabling embeds, it works perfect!

This is sometimes to do with copyright issues, the user may have posted a video of say Madonna for which the video may be subject to a copyright claim by the owner who rather than deleting the video allows the video to remain but adds adsense and blocks the embedding code.

Will it be possible to have the option for it to embed the high quality version of a Youtube video?

Yes that would be a fantastic idea always assuming the end user has a fast internet connection.

Slightly off-topic, can anyone post viewer numbers for the top 10 video websites?

[callumbush]

Originally Posted by Pebbled

Slightly off-topic, can anyone post viewer numbers for the top 10 video websites?

Use Alexa.com for this information - its a really useful website

...you'll find that the porn video sites rank quite highly!!

[Pebbled]

Originally Posted by callumbush

Use Alexa.com for this information - its a really useful website

...you'll find that the porn video sites rank quite highly!!

Thanks for that, I had forgotten that Alexa provides this information, haha, I realise those two porn sites rank highly, but in this particular instance is genuinely of no use to me.

YouTube is currently kicking loads of users off the site who've uploaded video's containing copyright material - they seem to have adopted a blanket 3 strikes and you're banned approach to users, an attitude which is biased against the very users whom are generally wanted on a website - users that take the time to post and post again and again!

Bearing in mind that probably 80 - 90% of video's already on YouTube have some form of questionable copyright material whether it be video or musical or image based, leads me to think YouTube may not be the leading video provider for much longer, and the reason for me asking the question in the first place.

Not wishing to take this thread off-topic, if anyone has any comments about YouTube or related websites, please post the reply via the link below, any further comments as regards this hack please reply to this thread.

If YouTube falls out of favour with its users as appears to be the case, who is next in line?

[TimberFloorAu]

we use this and our members love it, on 3.7.1

BUT.

Can we add a feature, whereby 2 videos are displayed side by side, rather than below each other?

[fabbry]

work with liveleak?!

me not

[needaltuna]

Originally Posted by Schnee

In the passiveVid options panel in admin CP?

Enable custom replacement? <---- click NO and it will stop that.

:up:

Thanks, Schnee. I can tell you, there were a LOT of people wanting to know the remedy to that one. Damn that url at the top was unsightly.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by TalkBolts

Looking forward to the new version. Gladly pay a premium. One question though. Will it support embedding video in profile messages?

lol shit, should it?