Major Additions - Video-Directory

Video-Directory - developed by vBPoint.org

What is this?

This add on gives your users the possibility to collect their favourite videos from some video-webpages (supported at the moment: MyVideo, YouTube, Sevenload and Metacafe) and to provide them in the forum. The videos can be commented and rated.

The Administrator has many possibilities of settings and can create video-categories and administrate the video-directory.

List of features:

• Completely integrated in vBulletin
• Many possibility of settings for the Administrator
  • Many possibilities of settings
  • permissions of usergroups
  • Administration of categories
  • Administration of video-webpages
    • Incl. import and export
• Very simple installation
• Homepage can be configured easily
• Videos are integrated in the forum
  • Videos can be voted with AJAX
  • Commets to videos can be posted
  • Videos can be reported
  • User can see other members watching the video at the same time
• Simple search-function
• RSS-Feed of videos
• Advanced WOL-integration
• Advanced vBSEO-integration

Installation:

1. Upload all files from the directory "root" (Keep the structure of folders)
2. The directory of videothumbnails and includes/videoserviceapi needs 777 permissions
3. Import the product-videodirectory.xml from the admin-controllpanel
4. After importing the product DON'T close the window, follow the installiton instructions!

History:

• 1.0.0 RC 1 - First release
• 1.0.0 RC 2 - Improvements and correcting some errors - many thanks to Hapi for reworking the templates!
• 1.0.0 RC 3 - Correting some bugs: 38409, 38496, 38548, 38611
• 1.1.0 Beta 1 - "Major Release"
  • Correcting some bugs
  • New: Search function
  • New: Reporting funvtion for videos
  • New: Import/export funtion for Video-Webpages
  • New: Improvements for guests
  • New: Best voted videos on Mainpage
  • New: vBSEO-Integration
  • New: Simplified installation
• 1.1.0 Beta 2 - Small Bugfix-Release
• 1.1.0 RC 1 - New Feature (Members who are watching the same video at video details page), Bugfixes (Missing File for comments added, vBSEO CRR fixed)
• 1.1.0 RC 2 - Added two new videohosters (sevenload and metacafe), added rss feed, added thumbnail-preview when adding a video, MyVideo Class optimized, some bugs fixed

Roadmap for Version 1.2.0:

• Tag-function for videos
• Favourite Videos (AJAX)
• Watchlist (AJAX)
• [s]User watching the same video at the moment[/s] - Added in Version 1.1.0 RC 1
• Video-comments per AJAX, to avoid reload
• "Video-Profile" for user
• Moderation
• [S]New Videos in forumhome[/S] (See addons)
• [s]RSS-Feed for Videos[/s] - Added in Version 1.1.0 RC 2
• Integration in statistic-block in profile

Developer notes:

Do you want to enhance the video-directory, but some hooks are missing? Do you want to enhance the templates and you need some template-hooks? No Problem! Send a PM and the hooks will be integrated in the next version!

Developer-Blog:

Feel free to check out our Developer-Blog at vBPoint.org!

[GoTTi]

ya i did and i followed the directions, not working

[Surviver]

Originally Posted by Levi75

could you give integration with www.doobatune.com ?

Originally Posted by LightInClouds

If you can add Blip.TV as the hoster it will be wonderful.

I nominated this for MOTM.

I will see waht i can do

@all who get the "redeclare"-error: Check your CHMod! (Try to chmod the files class_myvideo and class_youtube also)

[mkduser]

Originally Posted by GoTTi

ya i did and i followed the directions, not working

Same for me

[Kaleem]

Originally Posted by mkduser

Same for me

Do that to the files inside the folder videoserviceapi

[mkduser]

Originally Posted by Surviver

I will see waht i can do

@all who get the "redeclare"-error: Check your CHMod! (Try to chmod the files class_myvideo and class_youtube also)

Originally Posted by LightInClouds

Do that to the files inside the folder videoserviceapi

I did .... i chmod almost every file of video-category lol .... i want to work

[Surviver]

Try the following:

Delet the two Videohosters
Delete the file class_xxx from the includes/videoserviveapi
Import the Files hoster-MyVideo and hoster-YouTube via the ACP

[rooban12]

I got this error msg "The api-file isn't wirteable"
What do I do now?

[Surviver]

Originally Posted by rooban12

I got this error msg "The api-file isn't wirteable"
What do I do now?

Set CHMOD 777 to includes/videoserviceapi and its subfolders/files.

[SwollenCranium]

edit

[rooban12]

I did change the CHMOD to videoserviceapi, MyVideo and YouTube folders
but still same...