BB Code Enhancements - AME3 - Auto Media Embeding and Video Extender

From the makers of Smooth and Jazz comes the singing sensation my mom has been waiting months for:

AME3. Bigger. Badder. Bestest.

NOTE ABOUT vB4.0.3: ------------------------------------------------------------

vBulletin 4.0.3 has changed the way video codes are handled and in the process, inadvertently broke AME3. I have submitted a bug report and believe that the issue will be quickly resolved. There is a manual fix you can apply for 4.0.3 here in the interim.
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AME3 is the sequel to the multi award winning AME 1x and AME 2x systems. AME3. This time, its different.

Vote for AME3 as MotM!

If you like AME3, you'll love AME'fy for your profiles!

AME3 does 3 things:

• It allows users to simply paste URLs into their message without having to use the video bbcode or video popup box.
• It allows you to add, edit and customise the video definitions that ship with vB4
• It allows you to import community created definitions to extend the system in ways you otherwise couldn't.

Now you can use AME anywhere you can use video bbcode: posts, blogs, visitor messages, the CMS, etc...

Note that I am releasing this early for beta testing and general feedback. There is currently a bug in RC2, RC4 and 4.0.0 that will prevent AME from working however there is a workaround posted below.

I have written a pretty comprehensive readme and attached it seperatly to this post. I suspect both this post and the readme will get updated as AME3 becomes finalised.

[Sushubh]

and we are supposed to use the definitions from the 3.8 section?

[The Geek]

No, those are specific to AME2.5x

[Sushubh]

mmm so where are the definitions for this version for vb4? i am missing something i guess!

[The Geek]

AME is designed to allow users to create, modify and share definitions with one another. AMR3 comes supporting all of the sites vB4 supports and there have been a couple others released in this thread. Whether other users start to create and share more is up to the community, I suspect DJ (who has done ~180 definitions for AME2x) will most likely take the lead on porting many of his over, but until then its up to the community.

[Sushubh]

ah alright thanks! i was trying to import the old ones but of course it did not work out... i would try to see if i can make my own for the services that are popular on the forum.

[ericgtr]

Thanks for the update, I have a question regarding embeded MP3 attachments, I would like those to play inline in this version. Does this do that and if so can you direct me on how to implement it?

[Digital Jedi]

One more quick question, Geek. When creating a def through the AME CP you get some empty closed off tags on creation of the XML. e.g. <regex_scrape /> Do those tags need to be there when I create the XML from scratch?

Oh yeah, what was that about semicolons again?

[ToNetU]

why i have to rebuild posts [AME CP > tools] each time i post video link?
i think it should convert automatically after i post the video link without rebuilding it via AME CP?

am the only one who has this issue or it works like this!? [wierd]

thanks for this Mod. Geek

[The Geek]

Why on earth would you need to do that? Did you follow the installation instructions to edit your hook?

[KURTZ]

hi Geek, i've a trouble when i try to cache the ame ... i got this:

Warning: dir(/cache/) [function.dir]: failed to open dir: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/ame_cache.php on line 95

also i tried to leave blank (obviously i've cmodded 777 the ame folder)

Cannot write to . Check permissions on folder. File caching disabled until resolved.