Major Additions - Video-Directory Remixed

This mod has been rewritten for vB4x here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=240677

This modification is based on the Video-Directory modification by Survivor and vBPoint.org.
His mod is NOT dead, its still alive and kicking; but he has informed me that he just doesn't have the time to maintain it and give support. So until he is able to work on it agian; I've been doing a series of updates.

What is this mod?

This mod adds a fully featured and fully integrated video directory archive to your forums. Users can add their favorite videos from their favorite video service to the directory. I only support a few select hosters; but the hoster scripting is XML base, so any user can create their own scripts for any number of hosting services. The old MyVideo and Sevenload scripts from Survivor's version will still work, but they wont pull in Keyword/Tagging information, nor the video length time codes.

Basic Feature Listing:

• Fully integrated into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on templates for easy reskinning and styling.
• Fully administratable and a myriad of settings for personalization.
• Complete customization of permissions based on usergroups.
• Landing page for broad information and fully featured tag cloud.
• Category profiles for videos.
• Contribution profiles for users.
• Keyword profiles for tag cloud.
• Built in comment system for videos.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.
• RSS feed of videos.

Product Demo:

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

Installation Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. CHMOD /videothumbnails/* and /includes/videoserviceapi to 777.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Follow the on screen instructions to configure your video hoster settings.
5. Refresh your administration control panel to see the new navigation links.

NOTES:
vBulletin 3.7.0 instituted a new avatar-thumbnail system. There is a high probability that you are unaware of this new system and may have failed to setup your vBulletin to make use of it. Make sure that a directory called /thumbs is located in your avatar directory and CHMOD it to 777. Then go into Maintenance > Update Counters and run the Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails process.

Upgrade Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. Take note of the information stored in Limits of Videos > General Settings.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Re-establish your previous Limits settings in Videos > General Settings.
5. Re-import ALL of your hosters and settings in Videos > Manage hosters.
   • You MUST remember to re-import your hosters after upgrading.

NOTES:
You may lose your category dataman when you upgrade. If no categories are listed after an upgrade, you will be required to rebuild your category dataman. Its very easy to rebuild it if you need to. Simply go into Videos > Manage categories, select ANY category and hit [Edit], then click [Save]. Your category dataman will automatically be rebuilt.

Roadmap for the Future:

• Moderation
• Favorites
• Playlists

Don't forget to click INSTALL!

If you want to donate, I'm all for it... as I'm an unemployed computer programmer...

[MagicThemeParks]

I would use Jaxel's Dance Party

LOL...actually, whatever you call it, it's a great mod! :up:

[Jaxel]

Hey guys, can you give me a list of your Hosters? I'm writing an import script and right now I have...

switch ($videoservice)
{
	case "YouTube":		$serviceID = 1;	break;
	case "YouTubeHD":	$serviceID = 1;	break;
	case "Vimeo":		$serviceID = 2;	break;
	case "VimeoHD":		$serviceID = 2;	break;
	case "Metacafe":	$serviceID = 3;	break;
	case "Dailymotion":	$serviceID = 4;	break;
	case "Veoh":		$serviceID = 5;	break;
	case "VeohHD":		$serviceID = 5;	break;
	case "MegaVideo":	$serviceID = 6;	break;
}

Is there anything I am missing?

[MagicThemeParks]

Viddler is one that I'd add, let me keep thinking of others.

[EquinoxWorld]

megavideo would be sweet..

[Jaxel]

I really don't like Megavideo, because they put popups in their videos, and don't have an autoplay option... but I've added them.

They are now $serviceID = 6;

[Jaxel]

I'm having problems with the sidebar element... if someone could take a look at it for me and explain to me what I'm doing wrong, I would appreciate it.

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

[Verionia]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

I'm having problems with the sidebar element... if someone could take a look at it for me and explain to me what I'm doing wrong, I would appreciate it.

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

I really like the site, good job :up:. Will you include video/media modules for vb 4.0 you can include in the forum home below navbar or sidebar?

[Mark Fortune]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Hey guys, can you give me a list of your Hosters? I'm writing an import script and right now I have...

switch ($videoservice)
{
	case "YouTube":		$serviceID = 1;	break;
	case "YouTubeHD":	$serviceID = 1;	break;
	case "Vimeo":		$serviceID = 2;	break;
	case "VimeoHD":		$serviceID = 2;	break;
	case "Metacafe":	$serviceID = 3;	break;
	case "Dailymotion":	$serviceID = 4;	break;
	case "Veoh":		$serviceID = 5;	break;
	case "VeohHD":		$serviceID = 5;	break;
	case "MegaVideo":	$serviceID = 6;	break;
}

Is there anything I am missing?

Yahoo Videos?

Thanks for the hard work.

[Veer]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

I don't know if thats what I'm gonna finally call it. I'm trying to think up a name. Video Directory is Surviver's mod, since I am no longer using his codebase, it would be wrong of me to continue calling it that.

Yep, your right, its okay to change the name to something else but there is a thing you should not forgot that we have lots of old video URLs submitted and saved in search engines and users bookmarks, if your going to change the URLs like video.php to media.php do you have any solution in mind? and btw I have currently installed old Video-Directory Remixed in my vb4 installation, just disabled.

Thank you

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Veer

Yep, your right, its okay to change the name to something else but there is a thing you should not forgot that we have lots of old video URLs submitted and saved in search engines and users bookmarks, if your going to change the URLs like video.php to media.php do you have any solution in mind? and btw I have currently installed old Video-Directory Remixed in my vb4 installation, just disabled.

Thank you

You can use HTACCESS to convert old video URLs into the new media URL.

Has anyone been able to help me with my sidebar problem? DIVs are so much more confusing than TABLEs.