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.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by testbot

This is incorrect.
Change the embed to:
width="853" height="510"

So you've changed the window size. You have not changed the quality. In fact, if the video is only available at resolutions under 853X510, wouldn't you actually decrease the quality by stretching it? Or does Youtube just ignore that and display it at the lower size anyway?

[archet1337]

Originally Posted by Videx

So you've changed the window size. You have not changed the quality. In fact, if the video is only available at resolutions under 853X510, wouldn't you actually decrease the quality by stretching it? Or does Youtube just ignore that and display it at the lower size anyway?

If you take a look here, you will see that the videos now play at 720p by default, and you can also choose what quality you like from the menu.

[testbot]

Originally Posted by archet1337

Thank you! That is exactly what I was looking for. 853 x 510 is perfect for my site.

No prob.

Originally Posted by Videx

So you've changed the window size. You have not changed the quality. In fact, if the video is only available at resolutions under 853X510, wouldn't you actually decrease the quality by stretching it? Or does Youtube just ignore that and display it at the lower size anyway?

It also added hd=1. youtube allows hd embedding. when you play the video it will also say "youtube hd" if it's done correctly. size was just an extra seeting along with the hd setting.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by archet1337

If you take a look here, you will see that the videos now play at 720p by default, and you can also choose what quality you like from the menu.

But that doesn't actually answer my question. Specifically, will video without HD versions be stretched, thus lowering their quality?

[DARKSTAR MIKE]

Did any1 get this to work in 4.0?? If so are there different intstructions from the original post?

[bitbender]

Originally Posted by DARKSTAR MIKE

Did any1 get this to work in 4.0?? If so are there different intstructions from the original post?

Yes, there is a link that you need to look at referring to the 4.x fix in bbcode_video.php - I'm pretty sure it's linked in the head thread of each page of this mod.. .

[New Joe]

Why do people not support their Mods?

[Videx]

Originally Posted by bitbender

Yes, there is a link that you need to look at referring to the 4.x fix in bbcode_video.php - I'm pretty sure it's linked in the head thread of each page of this mod.. .

OMG it's happening already. No, that is not the fix. The fix was given here - a mere dozen posts before the guy asked - apparently reading back one page was too much for him. And it's going to keep happening now. Page after page of new people coming in and not bothering to read back.

This mod isn't supported because the author no longer uses vb. But I sure wish he would mark this as reusable code and send this version to the graveyard!

[bitbender]

Hey - That's the link in the post - I'm not about to read 68 pages.

Why can't we have the admins change that link so it stops the confusion instead of slamming the process peeps use. Or just graveyard it as you say. Certainly convinced me not to use it.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by bitbender

Why can't we have the admins change that link so it stops the confusion...

I tried once with a different mod that no longer worked. I was only told that it's every person's responsibility to read the entire thread before they install. Sounds good in theory if not in practice.

I agree there really needs to be a procedure to graveyard mods for reasons other than security concerns (though an unsupported non-working mod probably is a security risk in general). Maybe a vote of >x percent of users that have tried it, combined with a lack of communication from the author.