BB Code - Need help restricting to specific usergroups

[Peter Walker]

Hi nerbert,
I am open for ways of making this work. This feature is important for me as I release a lot of videos on my forum that only paying "premium" members should be able to see.

I solved this in the past by using realplayer .ram files in attachments, which contain a link to the actual video. This required the user to have real player installed - I want to use flash player or html5 video to do this now as I need to support subtitles. As this is what finances my forum costs, and I have 9 new videos waiting to be released, it is essential that I solve this somehow.

If we can somehow process the contents of an attachment, if access is denied then the user is not a premium member - that would work.

I am currently using vBulletin 3.8.7 Patch Level 3 (PHP5 is no problem with this version) and due to a lot of mods I am using, I have not upgraded so far, particularly as everything is working smoothly. I am considering upgrading directly to vBulletin 5 once that is stable enough and I can find replacements for the mods I need.

I run my own root server, so it is in my hands what software runs on it.

I could just place these videos in a forum that only premium members can access, but I want normal members to be able to see that a video is available and read the description, just not be able to play the video (this encourages more subscriptions).

I have all the other items in place, I just need to be able to restrict the showing of the video to premium members and preferably show everyone else an image instead.

If you need to test anything, I can setup a vbtest forum on my server for example. Again, my forum is using php5 without problems.

I see what you are saying about the parsing. maybe an option is needed to simply open up a new window and that is then capable of determining if premium or not?

I am open to any suggestions on how to resolve this. My members are eagerly waiting for the new videos...