Show Thread Enhancements - AME - Auto Media Embedding (youtube, Amazon, google, myspace, etc...)

From the inventors of Swiss Cheese and the Egg comes AME - The Automatic Media Embedding System.

Note that Version 2.0.0 can be found here

AME is derived from GAL 6 base code but instead of linking keywords, it converts URLs that users paste or enter in their posts into inline embedded video streams.

Big credit goes out to mfyvie for the original concept that jazzed me up enough to lift code that I have been working on to radically improve his fresh idea. Though the same goal, I have taken a totally different approach to his initial release. This mod is 100% steaming fresh code straight from the Geeks oven of love.

First... the overview

AME scans new and edited posts for pre-defined patterns of URLs (i.e. youtube's). If it finds a match, it swaps the url tag for an ame tag.
When a post get parsed for bbcode and an ame tag is found, instead of hammering away at the post with umpteen bbcodes, AME quietly figures out which pre-defined embedding should be placed there and... viola', you have a pretty little embedded video like this:

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This is significantly faster, has much lower overhead and is much easier to manage than loads of bbcodes or a than scanning every single post as the user views it to see if there are any conversions that need to be made.

Now for the bells and whistles

AME:

• is lightweight as it does all of her chores without the overhead of having 1 bbcode per pattern or trying to parse a post every single time it gets displayed with a bunch of patterns. This radically reduces overhead and speeds up the processing. The only time ame will kick in is after creating a new post or after editing an existing one (or if an ame tag is found in a post)
• is extensible. She allows you to add, edit, delete, import and export patterns. That way you can decide which services to support, how they should look and then share them with others!
• can extract the title (requires your server to allow url wrappers with fetch_contents)
• can extract embed code from sites whose URLs do not contain sufficient information to embed the video
• can rebuild your old posts to convert your 'other' mediaish tags into URL tags.
• can rebuild your old posts to convert URL tags into ame tags where needed
• can convert her codes BACK to url codes so you're not stuffed with a bunch of dead tags if you uninstall!
• won't uglify your site by having videos appear in quotes, php, code or html blocks (blech!)
• can be globally disabled
• can be excluded from forums
• can exclude usergroups
• can be toggled on/off per post
• would cook dinner for you if she had arms
• can wrap the output in a 'container' with original URL
• has a super comprehensive admincp help system. Yes, I actually took the time to add all the info you need into vB's admincp help system. If you ask a silly question in this thread that is addressed in the help system, you will be taunted.
• is fully phrased
• has hooks around integral operations so you can extend it

Add ons

AME comes configured with YouTube, Myspacetv, Google Video, Bolt, iFilm, Yahoo, Dailymotion, Amazon and MetaCafe Support built in. Since the amount of providers are always changing and most sites will only need a particular amount, AME has been designed with an import and export system to allow members to easily share formats with one another. In fact, the second post of this thread is updated periodically to relflect those add ons. Currently there are over 12 more additional formats contributed by AME users. Click here to see them.

Installation

• Upload the contents of the forums folder into your forums directory and import the product.xml file into your product manager.
• After installation, make sure that the system is on (admincp->AME CP->Settings)
• Then you may want to try to rebuild old URLs via the tools option.

Troubleshooting

See this post on troubleshooting

A note about support and such

I have my plate pretty full with taking care of my commercial mods and the support that comes with them. Saying that, I will help when I can - but to be honest, I have ensured that there should be little to no support needed on this mod as it is very much self contained.
Please do not PM or post asking me to give you regexp's to support additional media streams. I built the system so that you can add your own providers as well as the ability to import and export them. If you still need a pattern but are not great with regular expressions (who is?) then I suggest getting RegExpBuddy. Although I am not expert at regular expressions, I did a quick start tutorial on AME regexps here if you want to check it out. I don't mind you guys asking amongst each other for these things, but just note that I will most likely not respond to the requests.

I will reserve the first couple of posts in this thread to periodically add user contributed patterns to import and for additional information (I hate mega long first post's in the release section). So check there for up to date information.

nJoy

[wastemytime]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Can you deactivate them all except for one at a time, edit and save the post to see if it is one of your items that is causing this to happen?

I did that and its always the same.

I modified nothing. Just installed and imported some other Videsites. Rebuild posts. No matter what i do, if i edit a post, the link shows only html or the Code (if i dont want to have the "Contain".)

[The Geek]

Im about to post a new version. Can you uninstall this one and install the new one. Let me know if it helps.

[The Geek]

RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.2

I have released version 1.2 and this post contains important information regarding upgrading from previous versions.

All existing AMEs will be removed by upgrading to this version. If you have custum items, I would suggest exporting them before you upgrade. This was to necessitate updates of the original definitions and to ensure the plumbing for the new features was up to date. You will need to re-import your additional definitions after upgrading.

If you import any old items, you will want to ensure that their individual settings to Extract Destination Data is on (as well as the global option). Otherwise they may not fetch the titles.

New features:

AME now has the capability to extract embed codes from external pages. This is important for some services like yahoo and dailymotion as their URLs alone do not provide enough information to create the needed code. This facility requires that you enable the 'Extract destination' setting on (this used to be called the 'resolve titles' setting. Also note that while there is a global setting for this, each item can override the global default. This setting will need to be on globally and on the item to extract the page title and any embed code for relevant items. I know this sounds confusing, but it is actually quite straight forward

I have included 3 new services in the package: Yahoo, Dailymotion and Amazon. If you have your Extract Destination setting off, Yahoo and dailymotion will not function.

I have also enhanced all of the default regexps to accommodate URL variations better

Please note that I will attach 1.1.3 to this message for history sake. This is an older version than 1.2

I am heading off on vacation for a couple of weeks tomorrow morning but will pop in when I can.

nJoy

[OS Master]

Great. Thanks for the update.

[wastemytime]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Im about to post a new version. Can you uninstall this one and install the new one. Let me know if it helps.

I uninstalled, installed the new one..tested..and again. I edit my post, save and...only code shows up.

[The Geek]

Do you have any other media hacks enabled?

[furst]

Hey Geek, I just installed the new version by uploading the product file through ACP, but DailyMotion and Yahoo! Video is not working. I get a blank white screen for DailyMotion videos and Yahoo! vids come up as nothing but the container.

I used these urls:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr2...ian-warrent-k1
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=743282

[The Geek]

Im getting both just fine. Can you verify that the Extract Destination setting is both on globally and for those items? Can you also verify that titles for the other items are being fetched? (your server may not allow a URL through fetch_contents)

[furst]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Im getting both just fine. Can you verify that the Extract Destination setting is both on globally and for those items? Can you also verify that titles for the other items are being fetched? (your server may not allow a URL through fetch_contents)

I have Extract Destination set to yes in Settings, but I don't see the setting per individual item. I do have Active Set to no to prevent AME conversions and Contain Set to yes to wrap the matches in your container HTMLset to yes, though.

I think you may have uploaded the wrong version. When I import C:\Users\Home\Desktop\AME1.2\product-automediaembed.xml it shows it as version 1.1.3 in the product manager.

Oh, btw.. the titles are being fetched.


Edit: It works now. I didn't know I was supposed to re-upload the files. Still says 1.1.3 in the manager.

[wastemytime]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Do you have any other media hacks enabled?

No, i dont have any other Media Hack installed.