Major Additions - 8WayRun.Com - Media Library

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This is a new modification, spawning from the old VB 3.x Video Directory modifications.
For all intents and purposes, both my old Video Directory Remixed mod, and Survivor's original Video Directory mod have been discontinued. Neither of us are maintaining these older versions, they will not receive any future updates and we will not be providing any support. This version has a new name because it has been completely rewritten from scratch and is not being built on Survivor's old code. Because of this, if you are upgrading to this new version, from the old version, be sure to read this entire post in order to understand the upgrade process.

What is this mod?
Simply put, this mod is a directory for media. It supports URL inputs, in order to extract meta data and directorize media into a simple and easy to understand library. Users can add their favorite media from a select few online distribution centers (such as Youtube or Vimeo) and categorize and tag them as they see fit. This mod offers rudimentary support for the hosting of local media. An administrator can upload a media to the /customVID/ (default) directory; then add the media to the library using the URL code of "local:filename". Media hosted locally will be displayed using JWPlayer, but will not provide meta data, so that kind of information will need to be entered manually.

Demo:

http://www.8wayrun.com/media.php

Features:

• Integrated directly into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on tempaltes for easy re-skinning and styling.
• Simple to use administration features and usergroup permission settings.
• Landing page with the most recent, most popular and highest rated media.
• Ability to add media into a single category, while adding multiple tags.
• Ability to browse media through categories, tags, and user contributions.
• Summary tag cloud with a link to the entire list of tags in the system.
• Comment and rating system based on AJAX including graceful degredation.
• Individual RSS Feeds for newest videos, categories, tags and user media.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.

Installation:

If you are upgrading from before version 1.1, please install that version first.

1. Upload all the files in the "upload" directory of the attached zip file to your forum root.
2. CHMOD the /customVID/thumbs/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
3. CHMOD the /customVID/sitemap/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
4. Import the product file called "product-medialibrary.xml" in the Product Manager of vBulletin.
5. Set your usergroup permissions and media library settings in your administration control panel.
6. OPTIONAL: Enable the "Generate XML Media Sitemap" scheduled task in your administration control panel.
   
   NOTES: Make sure you decide what you wish to use for your thumbnail quality setting. By default, thumbnails are saved at 50% quality. At 50%, thumbnails will only be 2kb in size, but at the expense of quality. At 100%, thumbnails will be about 15kb in size, but will have the highest quality. I recommend setting it to 80%, which would leave thumbnails at 5kb in size with still excellent quality.
   
   Every time you change your thumbnail quality setting, you will need to run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" to see any changes.

Upgrading from VDR:

1. The "video*" tables from your previous installation of VDR need to exist in your database.
2. Enable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
3. Run the "Import Media from VDR" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
4. Disable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
5. Run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
6. You may now uninstall VDR once you confirm everything has been imported as intended.
   
   NOTES: You will mostly likely get at least one error while rebuilding media thumbnails...
   
   When you get an error, click the details link for that media. If the media displays some sort of error such as "This video has been removed" or "This video no longer exist", then that means that media is gone and you'll be unable to generate a thumbnail for that particular media. Use the available options on that media's detail page to DELETE it from your library. Then go back to your browser window which is rebuilding thumbnails and click the "retry from this position" link.
   
   If you got an error for a media, but after clicking the details link you can find no obvious error with the video; then the error could have just been a simple syn/ack failure. Just click the "retry from this position" link and the system will try to rebuild that thumbnail again.

Known Bugs:

There is a conflict with this modification and some of Valter's VSA modifications that will prevent navbar permissions from being handled correctly. I don't know exactly who's fault it is; but I'm pretty sure there are no errors in my code that would be causing this problem. There is a work around for this however.

Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager > "media NAVTAB"

Find the code:

    $perms = media_permissions();

Replace with:

$perms['rate'] = true;
$perms['comment'] = true;
$perms['submit'] = true;
$perms['playlist'] = true;
 
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',','5,6')))
{
    $perms['modtags'] = true;
    $perms['modcategory'] = true;
    $perms['modservice'] = true;
}

[Gn_Snake]

Originally Posted by Rahstyles2008

Exactly i was talking about it doesnt overwrite it right? also do you gotta problem with it not autoplaying?

Exactly, i tried youtube and metacafe, the first works with autoplay, the second did not play

[Footman]

I like the sound of this mod but have a question. Firstly my apologies if this has been answered before but 33 pages seems a lot to read through...

A member hotlinks a youtube video they link and it's posted on a separate "Video" page/tab?
Can a member upload a personal video they've recorded and have it played as well?
Are all the videos a member links to and/or has uploaded themselves, shown in their profile as some sort of video album, similar to the photo album in the profiles?

I'd love to offer this sort of service to my members where they can build their own video album and have it shown on a separate video tab for other members to view. Perhaps with some kind of rating system of sorts.

Once again my apologies if this has been answered already.

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Rahstyles2008

Okayyyy.. let me ask again.. how do you rewrite the discription to overide the discription on the youtube??????????????????????????????????????????? ?????

Why don't you just type a description into the text box? When you click Submit Media on the submit form, it does not do ANY retrieval from feeds; so it is technically IMPOSSIBLE for this problem to exist. The information is passed from the text box; not from the feed. So I have no idea what this issue is, you are having. Sounds to me like User Error. You can add a video with no description simply by adding a description to the text box:

http://test.8wayrun.com/media/m1494-...in-vs-sterling

Originally Posted by Mastergumble

The problem with mysqli was reviewed btw ?

Ok not working still, can we expect that ability on next upgrade?

I don't understand how people can say "there is an error, please fix"... without telling me what the error is.

Originally Posted by Rahstyles2008

Also.. the auto play does not work.. with this new update

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=457
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=479

Originally Posted by Gn_Snake

I only work service Youtube, metacafe does not work ... you are thinking how to fix it?
Over more, when recovery information from the service and then edit the description does not save changes.

Metacafe works fine for me. Maybe its a browser problem? What browser are you using?

Originally Posted by Footman

I like the sound of this mod but have a question. Firstly my apologies if this has been answered before but 33 pages seems a lot to read through...

A member hotlinks a youtube video they link and it's posted on a separate "Video" page/tab?
Can a member upload a personal video they've recorded and have it played as well?
Are all the videos a member links to and/or has uploaded themselves, shown in their profile as some sort of video album, similar to the photo album in the profiles?

I'd love to offer this sort of service to my members where they can build their own video album and have it shown on a separate video tab for other members to view. Perhaps with some kind of rating system of sorts.

Once again my apologies if this has been answered already.

I'm not quite sure what you're asking... but videos can be sorted by which user uploaded them, and there is a rating system.

[Mastergumble]

I jaxel sending you a pm shortly

[desi-boy]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Are you sure you put the code in the CONFIGURE box and not the DESCRIPTION box?

Also, lower the CACHE time... since vbCMS doesn't give you the option to put the code into the configure box when you create it... it could have cached in an EMPTY box... and it would be some time before it refreshes with the code. Another example of vbCMS being SHIT.

lol

it'z in CONFIGURE box ...

[Footman]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

I'm not quite sure what you're asking... but videos can be sorted by which user uploaded them, and there is a rating system.

Ok I'll try and clarify.... I understand they're able to link to YouTube,. I was wondering of the member can upload a personal video, to my forum somehow which is then run locally off my server? Secondly, is there an "album" of sorts in their profile showing the videos they've uploaded and/or linked to (youtube)?

Rating system... Excellent!

[COL NIL SATIS]

Originally Posted by monkeyboy1916

Any chance to get a Sideblock version of the Widget?

That would be cool !!!

[Gn_Snake]

Metacafe works fine for me. Maybe its a browser problem? What browser are you using?

I use IE

Thanks

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Footman

Secondly, is there an "album" of sorts in their profile showing the videos they've uploaded and/or linked to (youtube)?

You mean like this?
http://test.8wayrun.com/member.php?1-Jaxel

With the new meta tag system I put in place for video hosters... anyone who wants a new hoster file for a specific service, just send me a PM with a link to the service and an example video.

[keng]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Its got nothing to do with what I support. It has everything to do with what the RSS standards support; which do not support 1251 charsets. However, since you are on a russian forum, your language is supported in UTF-8. Try switching to UTF-8 and see how your forum reacts.

I have problems too.

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