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.

[GameOverViper]

Originally Posted by justicechick

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

Its still working fine for me on YouTube Gaming. Make sure your using the Share URL under the videos and not the browser URL.

[justicechick]

Originally Posted by GameOverViper

Its still working fine for me on YouTube Gaming. Make sure your using the Share URL under the videos and not the browser URL.

Thanks that was what it was. I need to remember to share that with my members.

[uarujoey]

Great product. I have had it for a several months now. I have always used the URL for the youtube video however and it worked fine.

Today, with out any changes made what so ever.... the videos stopped displaying... just a blank space.

Any ideas? This happened on 2 of my forums.

[felixxx999]

happened to me too! no videos!

[420]

same here, what's happening?

[420]

working now maybe youtube went down for a bit?

[dizzynation]

I dont even use this and it happened to my embedded videos as well, So i think it was youtube.

[420]

I agree because after checking, I am not using this plugin either.

Hope it was just a once in a lifetime issue.

[Disasterpiece]

Judging by your conversation, it may have been a youtube related issue. If the problem occurs again, try deactivating the plugin to check if it's really the plugins' fault, if so, post here again.

[BadgerDog]

We've been running this add-on since the beginning and it's been great !!

For some reason, we've started getting complaints from some members running Windows 7 and various IE versions, that all they get is a blank white window where video should appear..

Although I only use FireFox, Safari and Chrome on a MacBook Pro computer, I decided to start up a PC under Windows 7 using IE10 and sure enough, I get the same problem members have reported. I've attached a pic and you can see with the Windows 7 and IE10 combo, I get a blank white screen pic, although the video briefly flashes and appears before that happens, then there's a string of HTML code that is show to the bottom right of the empty video box.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks ..

Regards,
Doug