Major Additions - Links and Downloads Manager

What this is and does

LDM is a general-purpose tool for managing libraries of links and files, and handling uploads and downloads in a flexible way, while tracking and control user access. It has a range of integrated media players and a large library of 'plugin' extras.

Installation and Usage Explained in the on-line Wiki, with a brief explanation in the file instructions.txt in the release zip. The recent revision history is given in the first post of this thread.

Please use carefully and always backup your database before upgrading. Post reports of problems and suggestions for enhancements in this thread.

14.06.09 Version 2.3.0 is now the the officially-supported version. Works with 3.7 and vb 3.8. Please post comments in this thread

22.06.08 Version 2.2.9-post1 - This is the previous supported version. Works fine with all versions of vb 3.6 and vb 3.7. All standard features except profile integration and forum prefix selection work fine with vb 3.8.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

Can someone please verify if the conflict between Yahoo event script and embedded players exists in Firefox 3? For more info on this bug, you can read my posts #903 & 908. You can reproduce and verify the bug by:

1. Create a forum with HTML code enabled (remember to allow admins only to post if this will be a permanent forum).
2. Create a thread and post with this sample object tag from youtube:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zzSpPaCIG0g&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zzSpPaCIG0g&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

3. Save and view the thread. The embedded flash player will temporarily show for ~1 sec. when the page loads, but then disappears (if autostart is enabled, video should play but still does not show). Refreshing the page and clearing the cache does not help.

After testing, please post if the flash video remains displayed or disappears. I have not tested in Firefox 3 myself because I'm still waiting for several Firefox 3 bugs to be fixed and Firefox 2 still has a relatively large usage base (~18%) so this bug needs to be fixed. Much appreciated for any help.

With firefox 3 on my pc (running vista sp1), the video shows completely ok and reshows after a page refresh. Ditto IE7, ditto Safari.

Are you sure that this isn't down to the version of Flash on your system?

[sparklywater]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

That's close to what the force_saveas settings does. Clearly I need to test it some more.

To specify the mp3 mimetype, go to vb/admincp/attachments/attachment manager.

Edit mp3, and change the mimetype box to Content-type: application/force-download. Remember what it used to be in case you want to go back again.

I have just tried that and in Internet Explorer it does not pop up the download box when clicking on the link (it starts downloading to temporary folder automatically).

[TsirhCitna]

Originally Posted by TsirhCitna

I'm still having this same issue with anyone who is not an admin.

So any ideas on this? With no way to see the progress of the upload via the swf uploader this mod is useless for me. No user is going to wait for a 100MB upload without knowing what is going on.

[RikiB]

Is there any way to use the JW player to link to streaming video content, one hosted on the same server using the rtmp, and rtmpe protocol?

-Riki

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by AndrewD

With firefox 3 on my pc (running vista sp1), the video shows completely ok and reshows after a page refresh. Ditto IE7, ditto Safari.

Are you sure that this isn't down to the version of Flash on your system?

I don't think it's the Flash version - I have the latest - version 9.0.124.0

Thanks Andrew for testing this bug on Firefox 3. I had another person confirm that this bug does not exist in Firefox 3, but is a problem in Firefox 2 so I'll assume that's the case for now. It's never been a problem on IE7. Andrew, don't waste your time on this bug - it should be fixed by Yahoo and/or Mozilla, or I guess the user will be required to use Firefox 3.

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by TsirhCitna

I'm still having this same issue with anyone who is not an admin.

I can't really help without access to your site. If you want me to take a look, send me a PM with site details and two usernames/passwords - an admin and a user affected by the problem.

[sparklywater]

I need to update the JW media player to version 4.1 http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player .

Is it possible to do this myself with my current installation if I upload the new files with the same filenames?

[sparklywater]

Originally Posted by RikiB

Is there any way to use the JW player to link to streaming video content, one hosted on the same server using the rtmp, and rtmpe protocol?

rtmp is supported in the latest version of JWPlayer:

"The 4.1 release introduces an new streamer flashvar (RTMP + HTTP), token-based security, color flashvars and a lot of fixes and enhancements."

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player

[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

I need to update the JW media player to version 4.1 http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player .

Is it possible to do this myself with my current installation if I upload the new files with the same filenames?

I had some problems with that approach, because the handling of the flash variables has changed. I have the new version working correctly but with some new templating. I'll post it this evening.

I have not yet tested the rtmp handling.

[sparklywater]

With the current version of JWPlayer, there is a problem in IE 6 + IE 7. When returning to an embedded audio page after the first visit, the whole player becomes blank / black (but it appears correctly on the first visit). I have seen this on two different PCs, one with IE7 and one in IE6, but the problem doesn't exist in Firefox.

Here is an image to show the blank player:

I'm just hoping that the problem goes away with the new version of JWPlayer.

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