BB Code Enhancements - Embed XHTML valid YouTube and Google Video into your posts

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Just thought I'd share what I did to allow my users to embed YouTube and Google Video videos into posts on my forum. This is my very first mod I've made since switching to vB, so forgive me if I screwed something up.


Demo:

http://forums.finalgear.com/test-for...-thread-14892/

The black bar will be different for you as it'll match your theme (it uses the same style as the whole quick reply box).


Upgrading from v1.x:

Just remove the plugin you added before (manage plugins -> delete) and then continue on to the installation instructions.

If you already have v2.x installed, you do NOT need to do this.


Installation:

Download and install the attached product. It will automatically create the new custom BBCode and add in some filtering plugins.

Save the two attached images and upload them to /images/editor/.


Usage:

Here's some examples:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl2UUunlI2Q[/youtube]
[youtube]hl2UUunlI2Q[/youtube]
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl2UUunlI2Q"]Aston Martin Crash[/youtube]
[youtube="hl2UUunlI2Q"]Aston Martin Crash[/youtube]

[gvideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3688185030664621355[/gvideo]
[gvideo]3688185030664621355[/gvideo]
[gvideo="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3688185030664621355"]1980's Izuzu Gemini Advertisement[/gvideo]
[gvideo="3688185030664621355"]1980's Izuzu Gemini Advertisement[/gvideo]

Using vBAdvanced? It lacks the hook this plugin uses apparently, so if you wish to use this plugin with it, you need to use only the video ID and NOT the full URL for it to display correctly. Nothing I can do about it, it's vBAdvanced's fault.


How do I customize the look of the new box thingies?

Just edit the new custom BBCode items. It's in the admin area, near the bottom.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by morrow

Someone just posted this the other day.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hlight=youtube

That's just standard custom BBCode. Anyone can do that and I only provided how to do it for those who couldn't figure out how to do it themselves.

The real meat and point of this plugin is that it can accept full URLs rather than just the ID of the video.

[redlabour]

Can you add wma and qt at the next Update please ?

Deinstalled the Plugin - to much Serverload. Take a look at the AnyMedia Code.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Can you add wma and qt at the next Update please ?

Standard custom BBCode should be enough to take care of that. Google will provide you with the needed HTML to do it.

Originally Posted by redlabour

Deinstalled the Plugin - to much Serverload.

Eh, how so? It's just a little bit of regex that's run on each post. And actually, think it only runs on new posts and is cached on old ones.

[Hornstar]

Looks good, Is there a way to enable/disable this to certain forums only tho?

[Pagandream]

great work!

[bchertov]

Great Hack! Thanks for sharing!

Maybe you can help me and possibly a few other users.

Currently I use YouTube's embed HTML to post YTs on my forum, though you hack will make it easier. It works great!

I have hacked my site to send out HTML emails of posts but the video is not shown in the html email, even though it works on the website. Is this possible? Do you know what I need to do to make it work?

Thanks!
Barry

[Mecho]

if we start to show some videos from those sites , is it use bandwidth of our server ??

Tnx

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

Looks good, Is there a way to enable/disable this to certain forums only tho?

This mini-plugin just enhances the built-in custom BBCode feature to allow people to enter full URLs.

It's probably possible to write a plugin to disable certain BBCodes in certain forums, but this one is not it.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by bchertov

I have hacked my site to send out HTML emails of posts but the video is not shown in the html email, even though it works on the website. Is this possible? Do you know what I need to do to make it work?

Run the BBCode parser on your posts to get the HTML. My plugin doesn't actually do the BBCode or anything like that.

It just transforms:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VOYF4jVo-Q&eurl=[/youtube]

to:

[youtube]9VOYF4jVo-Q[/youtube]

so that the built-in custom BBCode parser can make use of it.

[fsakbas]

thanks great job.