Portal Software - VideoMax 1.0

Thank you for looking at this. It is my first 'product' for vbulletin. I hope you find it useful. Now on to the writeup...

Short Description

Simple YouTube video display module.

Long Description

This mod uses a cron based system to scan recent posts for bbcode-posted YouTube videos. The cron has two settings which can be found in the vBuletin options menu. These settings control the bbcode used to post youtube videos to your forum and the number of data rows to cache in a custom table. Also provided is a vBadvanced module for use in displaying the collected videos.

Cron Features
- BBCode setting
- Cache Limit setting

Module Features
- Cache Limit setting (to further refine your selection per module instance)
- Display Order (Random, Descending, Ascending based on dateline of the post)
- Maximum Rows
- Maximum Columns (per row)
- Maximum Characters (for truncating overly long thread titles)
- Player Width
- Player Height
- Automatic Playback (just in case you want to display a single item as a 'feature')
- Loop Playback
- Window Mode (opaque or transparent)
- Source Forums (to refine your selection by a forumid list)
- Show Links (to display Post By and In Thread links under the video)

Installation
- Ensure you have a working bbcode to post videos with (see below)
- Download the zip file and extract it
- Upload the *.php files to their proper locations
- Use 'Manage Products' in the admincp to install the product-videomax.xml file
- Use 'Upload Module' in the vBa CMPS cp to install the module-videomax.xml file
- Run the default cron once, manually, to get initial data.

Suggested BBCode
- works in all tested browsers (ie, ff, safari - latest versions each)

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/{param}">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/{param}" />
<param name="play" value="0" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="quality" value="medium" />
<param name="loop" value="0" />
</object>

Live Demo
- StarletRealm Forums

That's all there is too it. Enjoy!

[maasland]

Actually very nice, thanks. What I like most is the possibility to show tubes from a specific forum into a dedicated vba-page. It doesn't like apostrophes in the thread titles though. Any chance of fixing that while you're at it?

[chennairam]

How can i installed module true CMPS i can't see in setting in ADCP

[schlottkej]

Something to think about: Adding support for other videos. (Blip, GoogleVideo, MyspaceVideo)

[pcoskat]

The demo site here, doesn't seem to be working. Does anyone have a working demo? http://www.starletrealm.net/

Also, what is the possibility of getting this mod to work with Brightcove videos?

The question was raised about making this 'forum specific'. What's the verdict on that?

Lastly (and most critical for me), is there anyway to have it display video thumbnails, rather than the video itself, so that when I user clicks on the thumbnail they're taken to the post that contains the video.

thanks!

[Captain Tycoon]

Has this mod been dropped?