Major Additions - DJ's AME :: The Ultimate Automatic Media Embedder :: 2.5.7

From the team who brought you the blockbuster film "Yahtzee!", comes the next major motion picture about incredibly bad and arbitrary puns:

AME 2.5.7: Electric Boogaloo

AME automatically embeds media in posts without the need for pesky BBCode cluttering up your editor toolbar. It's also lightweight, and saves resources that BBCode would ordinarily consume. Your users don't even have to know you have AME installed. If they share a link from YouTube, Dailymotion, Amazon, Metacafe or Vimeo, AME automatically embeds the content for them. No special code to learn. No instructions for newbies to understand.

In addition, AME allows you to create, import and export support for individual websites in the form of media definitions. These XML files expand your AME to support a limitless number of websites from around the net and let you share them with the community. We currently have around 200 media definitions collected at this repository thread. If you want additional support for website not listed, please ask for it there. Odds are, we might already have one. (TIP: Be sure to check the Add-Ons section below for stuff you might miss out on, otherwise.)


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CREDITS

This modification was originally built by [name]The Geek[/name], who is no longer coding for vBulletin. We miss him. But he gave permission for someone to continue to build upon his work. All I've done is modify the code a little to support additional functionality and to provide a place to continue to support the product. The product didn't need too much tweaking, but I did manage to add some new features I think you will enjoy, which I'll lay out in the feature list below.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

It is HIGHLY recommended that you read the READ ME.html file included in the ZIP file before you upgrade or install. You don't want to be blind-sided, now do you?


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NEW INSTALLATIONS

1. Download and Unzip the contents of the ZIP file.
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2. Upload the contents of the "UPLOAD to Forum Root" folder to your forum's root directory. (This is the directory where your vBulletin is physically installed.) Also, if you've renamed your Admin CP folder, be sure to move the admincp folder's contents to your renamed directory.
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3. CHMOD your amecache folder to 777.
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4. Go to your Admin CP ?? Plugins & Products ?? Manage Products ?? Add/Import Products and import the product-djs_AME-2.5.7.xml file.
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5. Your Admin CP should automatically refresh and you should now see the AME CP somewhere below your vBulletin Options menu.

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TO UPGRADE

If you are upgrading from AME 2.5.6.

1. Delete custom definitions specifically for Amazon, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Vimeo and YouTube. (Key names: amazon, dailymotion, metacafe, vimeo and youtube) Theses five definitions are now hard coded into the product and will be updated along with the product if need be. You can back these up if you need to, but keep in mind if you use any custom defs for these sites, they will be duplicated every time you upgrade AME. So don't ask my why your videos are doubled up, or I'll throw rocks at you.
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2. Upload the contents of the "UPLOAD to Forum Root" folder to your forum's root directory, overwriting previous versions of the files.
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3. Ensure that your amecache directory is still CHMOD'd to 777.
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4. Import the product-djs_AME-2.5.7.xml file into your Product Manager, making sure to set the option to Allow Overwrite to Yes.
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5. If you are using the file cache, it is strongly recommended that you re-sync your cache using the Tools menu.

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WHAT ELSE?

The following five posts will include:

• Additional Screenshots
• Full Features List
• FAQ
• Resources to develop your own custom definitions
• AME History/Changelog

[durham]

Hi

Since I upgraded to 3.5.7. my Vimeo definitions have stopped working? And Vimeo is not in the definitions list - should it be?

I'm using vb 3.8.5. and vimeo has always worked in the past - but I did delete the definitions as instructed on the install. Perhaps I wasnt in 3.5.6?

Anyway how do I get vimeo back please?

Thanks

Durham

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by durham

Hi

Since I upgraded to 3.5.7. my Vimeo definitions have stopped working? And Vimeo is not in the definitions list - should it be?

I'm using vb 3.8.5. and vimeo has always worked in the past - but I did delete the definitions as instructed on the install. Perhaps I wasnt in 3.5.6?

Anyway how do I get vimeo back please?

Thanks

Durham

It should have been created during the upgrade. Try re-importing the product as if you were doing an upgrade. It should be created during this process.

[daxxer]

Hello, I first installed 2.5.6 autotagger from vbulletin.org but then saw you had taken it over and done 2.5.7. The 2.5.6 installed and uninstalled fine. However, I have attempted to install your 2.5.7 with no luck. I've downloaded the zip file a couple times and everything is in the correct place with the amecache set at 777 as well. When I import I get the following error:

XML Error: No error at Line 0

Then it hangs with the Importing Product, please wait ...

I am running 3.7.2 and have too many small changes on the templates to take a chance on upgrading vb and overwriting. Maybe this wouldn't be an issue, I don't know? I know just enough to get around and handle mod install and template changes etc. So basically I'm stuck with 3.7.2 and can't get past the above error. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

[daxxer]

Oh, and one thing I forgot. The version of php on my host's server is 5.3.28.

Thanks, Dax

[durham]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

It should have been created during the upgrade. Try re-importing the product as if you were doing an upgrade. It should be created during this process.

I tried again but still not working for me. Should I go back to 2.5.6?

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by daxxer

Hello, I first installed 2.5.6 autotagger from vbulletin.org but then saw you had taken it over and done 2.5.7. The 2.5.6 installed and uninstalled fine. However, I have attempted to install your 2.5.7 with no luck. I've downloaded the zip file a couple times and everything is in the correct place with the amecache set at 777 as well. When I import I get the following error:

XML Error: No error at Line 0

Then it hangs with the Importing Product, please wait ...

I am running 3.7.2 and have too many small changes on the templates to take a chance on upgrading vb and overwriting. Maybe this wouldn't be an issue, I don't know? I know just enough to get around and handle mod install and template changes etc. So basically I'm stuck with 3.7.2 and can't get past the above error. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

I've actually only see this happen once before on 3.7.4, and we really couldn't track down a reasonable explanation for it: http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/s...d.php?t=105417

The only thing left that seemed reasonable was a security setting somewhere preventing the import. PHP and vB version don't seem to be the issue.

Originally Posted by durham

I tried again but still not working for me. Should I go back to 2.5.6?

Going back won't really do anything. The definition doesn't exist in 2.5.6. I'll attach it here, but you should make a mental/physical note that you had to do this to get Vimeo and just keep on eye on the definition if you ever have to do another upgrade.

[BirdOPrey5]

Glad to see this mod get some new life!

I'm still on the older version but looking to update soon and wondering if anyone else has run into an issue and if maybe there is a fix?

I recently setup the VB Mobile Suite for my 3.x forum but any post that uses AME crashes the app. If I disable AME posts work fine, and if I use an actualy youtube BBCode the video embeds, but using AME it just crashes-

Wondering if anyone else out there is using the AME and VB Mobile Suite successfully?

[the Sandman]

I reported some months ago that I couldn't get AME 2.5.7 to work on The Admin Zone, and that after the attempt I could no longer get 2.5.6 working either even though it had worked before. Last week I migrated to a new server and moved Admin Extra over to it. TAZ needed some work first - Logician had to modify the vB 3.7 code to work with PHP 5.4. Once TAZ was moved to the new server, I reinstalled AME 2.5.7 and it seems to be working fine. Must have been the old outdated server hardware and software.

BTW, I've always used AME with the file caching disabled. How do I go about converting to having the file cache enabled?

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Glad to see this mod get some new life!

I'm still on the older version but looking to update soon and wondering if anyone else has run into an issue and if maybe there is a fix?

I recently setup the VB Mobile Suite for my 3.x forum but any post that uses AME crashes the app. If I disable AME posts work fine, and if I use an actualy youtube BBCode the video embeds, but using AME it just crashes-

Wondering if anyone else out there is using the AME and VB Mobile Suite successfully?

Have you observed it crashing with specific media websites, or does it just generally do so? For example, does it crash with games or music media as well? Or just YouTube? I'm unfamiliar with the mobile app and how all that's handled, but if it's basically using it's own templates, you could experiment with the AME conditionals being used in its particular ame_container template.

Originally Posted by the Sandman

I reported some months ago that I couldn't get AME 2.5.7 to work on The Admin Zone, and that after the attempt I could no longer get 2.5.6 working either even though it had worked before. Last week I migrated to a new server and moved Admin Extra over to it. TAZ needed some work first - Logician had to modify the vB 3.7 code to work with PHP 5.4. Once TAZ was moved to the new server, I reinstalled AME 2.5.7 and it seems to be working fine. Must have been the old outdated server hardware and software.

BTW, I've always used AME with the file caching disabled. How do I go about converting to having the file cache enabled?

I'm glad you got that sorted. For the cache, it's as simple as entering in the path to the cache, making sure it's CHMOD'd 0777 and toggling the option on. You may need to resync the cache via the Tools menu.

[the Sandman]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

I'm glad you got that sorted. For the cache, it's as simple as entering in the path to the cache, making sure it's CHMOD'd 0777 and toggling the option on. You may need to resync the cache via the Tools menu.

I tried that several times, but it breaks all of the existing embedded media. Could it be my XCache?

Also, do you have a link to the code for the youtube shortcut urls?