Show Thread Enhancements - Automatic Embedded Video (youtube, plus many more)

This hack has been withdrawn. Read on for an explanation. Shortly after the initial release I was contacted by another developer who had some ideas for the mod. This developer basically rewrote a new mod based on my original concept. Unfortunately we couldn't come to an agreement on a way to develop and support the future of this mod. Since he has released his mod separately, and it does pretty much everything my original mod did and is more efficient for those running large systems, I have decided to discontinue the further development of my mod. I took this decision because I don't believe that it makes sense to have two mods out there doing the same thing. I recommend to all users, both present and future, that you switch over to his mod instead (here). I've taken a look at it and I think it's a great mod and you'll all be very happy with it. I understand that he will also provide routines to import and convert tags used by my mod, this should also make your life easier.

Since I will not develop this mod further, I am also withdrawing support for it. Since I don't believe there is such a thing as an unsupported mod (since people will ALWAYS ask for and expect support regardless) I have therefore withdrawn the file from download. I hope some of you can understand my decision.

This mod has had a short but happy life, and I wish you all the best with the replacement mod. Thank you to everyone who has offered encouragement so far, and I hope to see you on my next mod.

I've left the original text below for historical reasons:


What does this mod do?

If a user copies and pastes a URL that links to a video streaming service (such as youtube) the mod will automatically take the URL and convert it into an embedded form directly in the post itself. Users can now play the videos directly from the thread! In other words:

• No template or file edits
• Nothing to configure
• Initial version supports sixteen different video sharing sites
• Pasted URLs are automatically converted to versions that display embedded video - in thread
• Option to include original URL in additional to providing embedded version.
• Forum, group and user permissions allow you to include or exclude who/what is affected by this mod.

How many services will it support?

The initial version contains support for sixteen different video services. If others contribute the required information for other services, this is likely to grow. The initial version (1.0) contains support for the following services:

Youtube, Metacafe, iFilm, Putfile, Bolt, Google Video, Guba, Grouper, Revver, Atom Films, Veoh, Myspace Video, Vimeo, Vmix, Eyespot, Liveleak, Sapo

Which services does it not support?

Many video sites don't provide enough information in the URLs to make automatic embedding possible. The following services were checked and found to be impossible to use with this mod:

Photobucket, Daily Motion, vidiLife, Yahoo Video, AOL Uncut, Yikers, vSocial, ManiaTV, Phanfare, CastPost, Jumpcut, Sharkle, Clipshack, Filecow, Break

Please don't request that these services be included in this mod - it's not possible. If you'd like to try and figure out how to do it yourself - please do!

Why is this different to other mods?

Other mods require you to enter BB Code yourself, but more importantly they require the user to have to add the tags themselves. Users are notoriously lazy and often won't even bother to use BB Code. This mod suits lazy users - it handles everything automatically without the user having to do anything - they just copy and paste the URL!

How do I install it?

Download the enclosed .xml file. In your AdminCP -> Plugins and Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product use the browse button to upload the .xml file you just downloaded and make sure "Allow Overwrite" is set to yes if you are upgrading from a previous version. Click "Import". Installation time - 30 seconds.

How do I configure it?

Go to AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Automatic Embedded Video. All settings are pretty much self explanatory and there is nothing that needs to be changed for most forums.

Are there any limitations?

The hack will only work with properly formatted URLs. If the user mangles them, it may not work. Only new messages posted will be affected and this mod will not have any effect on any URLs you may paste in while editing. It will only take effect when you preview or submit new posts!

Is there a downside to this mod?

None that I can think of!

Will new services be added in future?

Possibly. Make sure you click "Installed" so that you'll be notified about new versions.

How can I expand it myself?

See the first post on this thread for details.

User Testimonials

What have people been saying about this mod?

"Anyway, this is be far the best mod of the year! something so simple, yet so effective! My members and myself love it. Thanks again." - hornstar1337

"No way! This Hack is simply a Must!!" - Silvio

"simply the best mod ever." - kushal

"You are my hero. My users are always F'n up the BBcode that should be so simple and now its idiot proof." - MortysTW

"Thanks very much for the mod - very simple to install yet useful as anything." - p0ng0

"Sorry I had to come and re-post how excited this mod has made me lol." - Fleabag

"Working great with vbSEO" - mtlcore

"I have only tested a few videos so far but works like a charm!!! What an awesome mod!!!" - RichieBoy67

Version History

1.0 - Initial release (23.06.2007) (updated a couple of hours after release with some minor fixes 01:31 24.06.2007 GMT)
1.1 - Feature upgrade (26.06.2007). Added ability to include/exclude users, groups or forums. Added feature to replace even when BB Code permissions don't allow it. Added feature to both embed the video AND display the original URL above the video. Loosened logic to include variations in URLs for certain services (different countries, domains, etc). Should cover a wider range of URLs now. More video services coming soon...

27.06.2007 - Mod withdrawn. Details above and here.

[mfyvie]

Originally Posted by paldo

i installed this and it killed my hide tags .. i removed it via add remove products and my hide tags are still very dead here is what displys now

[hide]{param}[/hide]

{param} isnt supposed to be there and now every post that hide tags was used on is now dead


how do i remove this 100% ? cuz somthing is still lingering after i uninstalled the product

I don't know what hide tags are, but I can tell you that this mod does not interact or affect any tags named hide.

You can manually remove any bbcodes installed by this mod in the BBCode manager, apart from that, everything else is automatically removed when you uninstall. This mod simply installs some new BB Codes (not called hide) and fires from a single hook via a plugin (which disappears when you remove it). I suspect this issue may have been caused by something else.

[paldo]

worked b4 i installed this then it didnt after install .. so i dont know what else it would have been

[paldo]

uninstalled the extra bbcodes and now my hide tags work again .. this did effect sids hide hack for me

[mfyvie]

Originally Posted by paldo

uninstalled the extra bbcodes and now my hide tags work again .. this did effect sids hide hack for me

OK, but I don't understand how the presence of one BB Code can affect another unrelated BB Code - they don't reference each other. But if you could tell me *which* particular BB Code it was that was causing a conflict with this other hack - that would make it a lot easier to figure out and potentially work around. But without further info I can't help.

[paldo]

i didnt look at which one all i know is my hide hack including ty hack was working .. til i installed this .. then uninstaling all the extra bbcodes this installed it worked again .. im not the coder here and wont claim to be but the 2 hacks didnt like eachother .. its all good now i wish this would have worked for me

here is the hack that quit when i installed yours

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...highlight=sids

[mfyvie]

Ok, but you don't need to be a coder to tell me which one conflicted. It would be helpful if you could reinstall it, uninstall it, then go through and remove the bbcodes one by one until you find the one that conflicts. Then I might be able to help you. You don't need any programming experience to perform these steps

[katie hunter]

Originally Posted by mfyvie

I figured that's what it might meant, but I was also referring to her previous posts which were pretty much incomprehensible (to me at least). If she fixed it then how? Was it because of something she had messed up herself, or some kind of unusual condition which caused this mod to fail - if so, what was it so that I can fix something in the mod for the future? Etc... Nobody else seemed to suffer from the same issues as she did, so I'm guessing that her board has something unique, or she had altered the mod in some way (I suspect the later).

Sorry about the misunderstanding x3 Here was what the issue was. Don't know if I can explain it well or not but when I used the veoh tag, I put this whole url in for example:

www.veoh.com/videos/v448414RTx2kCZp

I wasn't suppose to put it like this that is why it gave me data is not valid.

All I had to do is put the last part of the url v448414RTx2kCZp
And it worked !!


So it will be [ VEOH ]v448414RTx2kCZp[ /VEOH ]

Hope this helps more
Nice mod btw <3 Thanks for the effort and sorry about the misunderstanding xp.

[FleaBag]

Added feature to both embed the video AND display the original URL above the video

Amazing, thanks!

Oh, and first download.

When you get around to doing the post update script, please also allow it to update existing embedded videos with the URL above. I don't know if it's working as designed, but I also get page titles retrieved for me. If this isn't design, then I can report it is working beautifully with vBSEO.

[mfyvie]

PRODUCT FILE UPDATED

Ok, I wanted to include more video services in this release, but decided it was better to get this out so people can take advantage of the new features in 1.1 if they want to. The most important reason for people to upgrade to 1.1 is that the URL matching is now less strict, and will therefore do a better job at matching the same video services covered in version 1.0 (youtube, etc).

More services will have to be added to a later release (maybe in a few days).

If requesting support, please confirm that you are running version 1.1. People running 1.0 will not be supported and raising issues which are fixed by 1.1 because you didn't bother to upgrade first will result in sarcastic and irritable comments from me

PRODUCT FILE UPDATED

[Silvio]

No way! This Hack is simply a Must!!

ty ty a lot!