Mini Mods - [YouTube] Integration with Links & Downloads Manager (LDM 2.2.6)

Intro/About:
If you're not familiar with Links and Downloads Manager you should be! It's one of the most robust hacks for vBulletin out there and allows you the Administrator to add vast amounts of content to your board on your own, or via your board members. This hack, for LDM 2.2.6 and vB 3.6.X will allow your links to YouTube videos to play inline within LDM.

This hack requires:

• 1 template edit (AdminCP ==> Styles & Templates ==> Styles Manager ==> (your style) ==> Links and Downloads Manager ==> links_playbit)
• 1 file edit (./includes/local_links_include.php)
• 1 new plugin
• 1 new gif file

So, let's get started, this whole process should take no more then 5 minutes, and please make sure you backup before you start, I am not responsible if you somehow hose your site. (Although this is such a small mod I can't imagine you could, but I've been wrong before)

In your links_playbit template find:

<td align="center">

Add AFTER:

<if condition="$player=='youtube'">

			<object width="425" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/$url">
				<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$url" />
				<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
				<em><strong>ERROR:</strong> If you can see this, then <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a> is down or you don't have Flash installed.</em>
			</object>

</if>

The above width and height can of course be altered to suit your needs.

In your ./includes/local_links_include.php file find (around line 2590):

PHP Code:

            $musicbox_template    = '<a href="'.$LINKS_SCRIPT.'.php?action=play&amp;linkid='.$linkid.'&amp;catid='.$linkcatid.'&amp;page='.$pagenumber.'" '.$musicbox_window.' title="'.$vbphrase['ll_playme'].'">%s</a>'; 


Add AFTER:

PHP Code:

            if(stristr($linkurl, 'youtube.com/watch?v=')) {
            $lc_urlType = "youtube";
            $is_musicbox = 1;
            } 


Great! The hard part is over! Now, add the included Plugin, and upload the gif image to your Links and Downloads Icon Cache, for me, my Icon Cache is located at http://www.amacny.com/vb/images/ldm it's the directory where all your extension gifs are located. Make sure that the Plugin is turned ON. You should now be able to add entries to LDM for YouTube, and have them play within your own website!

Live Demo/Example: http://www.amacny.com/vb/local_links...=53&linkid=506

If you're getting an error stating that it's an Invalid Filetype. Go into your LDM settings, and edit 1 of these options, either: musicbox_filetypes, or musicbox_filetypes_divx, or musicbox_filetypes_quicktime, or musicbox_filetypes_realplayer. Remove ALL entries in the setting you choose.

Until I can make this mini-mod work WITH all those settings intact, this is the quick-fix. Chances are you're not using ONE of those players.

Don't forget to click

[Alfa1]

Can this be used as a vbadvanced module? If so, how?
I want to show my latest video on my CMPS pages. Not just the title. I already have that. I want to show the player with the latest video on my CMPS pages.

[chorton]

I rechecked my work and it all looks fine to me..still getting invalid file type.

[|oR|Greg]

I have updated the hack with the following:

If you're getting an error stating that it's an Invalid Filetype. Go into your LDM settings, and edit (musicbox_filetypes). Remove ALL entries in this setting. Until I can make this mini-mod work WITH all those settings, this is the quick-fix.

Alfa, if you figure out how, let us know. That's not something I'm interested in exploring at this time.

[chorton]

If your using mp3 etc you can also just remove the mov extension from
musicbox_filetypes_quicktime
Filetypes that can be played through QuickTime.

That will still play both formats using the jukebox.
check www.versionist.com

[|oR|Greg]

Cool, so basically, if you just disable 1 of them it still works? What about DIVX?

[chorton]

Yea thats better yet. Know one use that anyways. Remove divx and put mov back in and it works

[|oR|Greg]

Updated the instructions with:

If you're getting an error stating that it's an Invalid Filetype. Go into your LDM settings, and edit 1 of these options, either: musicbox_filetypes, or musicbox_filetypes_divx, or musicbox_filetypes_quicktime, or musicbox_filetypes_realplayer. Remove ALL entries in the setting you choose.

Until I can make this mini-mod work WITH all those settings intact, this is the quick-fix. Chances are you're not using ONE of those players.

[chorton]

works great on www.versionist.com

Any ideas on the google code? I can help if you need me too

[Alfa1]

Any news on this hack? It's mighty interesting to have with google video...

[|oR|Greg]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Any news on this hack? It's mighty interesting to have with google video...

This is now working as you can see on my forum.

http://www.amacny.com/vb/local_links.php?catid=7

HOWEVER... I am not releasing the GOOGLE version because Andrew is going to include both the Google and YouTube versions in the next release of LDM which is coming soon. He may or may not also release additional sites which I suggested. We'll see.