Mini Mods - Auto Youtube Link-Converter

So basically this is a total easy-to-implement plugin, which converts standard youtube links to video-embeds on the fly without urging users to use the video-button because I think it is unnecessary.


On post display, the plugin checks if the post contains at least 1 youtube link in the form of

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=somecode&some=params">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=somecode&some=params</a>

and converts them using the default vB video bbcode parser.

Code can be modified to fit your needs, altough there shouldn't be much to add.
If you're the special performance-freak, I'm curious if you can enhance data/query-performance. So let me know if you do.

INSTALL:

- Download attached XML File and import it as an addon.

Changes since 1.3:
- Now works properly on iPad

Changes since 1.2:
- Supports mobile devices with fallback-display if browser doesn't support flash/embed codes
- Allows the user to specify the above mentioned replacement code for mobile browsers
- Minor improvements & Fixes

Changes since 1.1:
- Moved regular expression and index position into admincp settings to allow easier changing in the future
- supports new youtube link format: "http://youtu.be/*somevideocode*"

Changes since 1.0: (or: why should I download that mod again?)
- Added Link parsing in post-preview mode and in post reviewbits (the latest posts you see under the new reply form)

Now every post containing youtube-links should display the embedded video instead.
Works with any number of youtube-links and any kind of text surrounding them.

Let me know if you have trouble/questions.

[wally07]

this works perfectly on 4.2 patch level 2.

Thank you!

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by testerv

Would it take a lot of work to make this work in vb 3.8.x?

I would even go so far as to claim it works in vb3 as well. The way the post system works hasn't changed much.

Would you want to try it out on a test forum if it works?

[testerv]

I'd give it a try.

[djbaxter]

This add-on breaks the built-in vBulletin video bbcode for Facebook videos: see Posting videos from facebook.

[Disasterpiece]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

This add-on breaks the built-in vBulletin video bbcode for Facebook videos: see Posting videos from facebook.

Hum, people actually use facebook videos and post them on forums? Silly world.

Jokes aside, I'll see what I can do.

[ehmud]

Great it is

[PoorGuysGarage]

installed, works perfect. Thank you!

[Naijasite]

wooo thanks works perfectly

[littlebigdunc]

wow this is amazing nice work

[justicechick]

I had this installed in my vb 4.2 and it was working great, then it suddenly stopped working.