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!

[gwerzal]

I use passivevid to display my youtube video's.

Would there be anyway to make this work with that.

[Defkalion]

Thanks RagingPenguin, I will be waiting.

[RagingPenguin]

Def, what version of the CMPS are you using? I have the 3.6.8 vbtest forum up and need to know so I can export it for you in the right format.

[Defkalion]

Hey, I'm using

CMPS v3.0.0

and

CMPS v3.0 RC2

on my two diferrent websites. I plan to use this mod in both. If I have to upgrade to a CMPS specific version just say so, don't waste any time on my account.

[Defkalion]

Ok I managed to make it work with CMPS v3.0.0.

The only problem is this:

It brings in my frontpage let's say 4 videos, but only one has a preview - the rest only have the thread title where the video was posted. So it only brings back videos that are posted like this:

[youtube]5da9sd43[/youtube]

bbcode type and not the codes that are posted like this:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-gVtWZ36_BA[/youtube]

Is this correct?

If so, is there any way to make it work with the second bbcode type also, or if that is not possible, to make it work ONLY with the second bbcode? Because all my members post the second type in the forums.

Thanks.

[RagingPenguin]

Yes, I tried it with an older CMPS as well and got the same result. The module was exported from CMPS 3.0.1 (vB 3.6 - vB 3.7) - Released 04-24-2008.

And yes! you can make it work with the second option. Go into the videomaxbit_video template and make the following change:

*DELETE TEXT IN RED - TWO INSTANCES*

<td align="center" valign="center">
	<div>
		<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="$videomaxbit[width]" height="$videomaxbit[height]" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/$videomaxbit[pagetext]">
		<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$videomaxbit[pagetext]" />
		<param name="play" value="$videomaxbit[play]" />
		<param name="wmode" value="$videomaxbit[wmode]" />
		<param name="quality" value="$videomaxbit[quality]" />
		<param name="loop" value="$videomaxbit[loop]" />
		</object>
	</div>
	<if condition="$videomaxbit[showlinks]">
		<div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[videomax_postedby]&nbsp;<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$videomaxbit[userid]">$videomaxbit[username]</a></div>
		<div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[videomax_inthread]&nbsp;<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$videomaxbit[threadid]#post$videomaxbit[postid]">$videomaxbit[title]</a></div>
	</if>
</td>

As long as your BB Code works you should be ok.

I'll put an option in v2 to specify full url use, or code only.

[RagingPenguin]

Originally Posted by gwerzal

I use passivevid to display my youtube video's.

Would there be anyway to make this work with that.

I am unfamiliar with that product. As such I cannot say with any certainty. Can you provide me with a link to said product?

[veenuisthebest]

hiii..

plz tell me if there's a way to display those videos on a separate page, say youtube.php
as I am not willing to display them on my vbadvanced page.. thanks !!

[gwerzal]

Originally Posted by RagingPenguin

I am unfamiliar with that product. As such I cannot say with any certainty. Can you provide me with a link to said product?

Hi

The link to the product is below

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ght=passivevid

If this can be done with this then your mod would be an excellent addition to my forum.

Its just that there is already a lot of video's on the site and it would be very time consuming to go and change each post and edit the video's

Thanks for looking anyway

Waiting hopefuly
Ben Jones

[RagingPenguin]

Originally Posted by veenuisthebest

hiii..

plz tell me if there's a way to display those videos on a separate page, say youtube.php
as I am not willing to display them on my vbadvanced page.. thanks !!

I am going to write a standalone page in version 2. However, you can create a "Module" page in vBa CMPS and show just that one module. In this, you can set it to say: 8 rows and 3 columns? or more? This page would show up in the vBa Nav menu. It's a good alternative until I get a real page written.

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gwerzal, I'll take a look at that tomorrow. bedtime now.