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.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by BBR-APBT

Looks to be working great, so far so good no errors. I test ran all the admin settings

Thanks for your help

[Bram H]

I was too fast and pumped to upgrade to vb4 yesterday that i uninstalled the previous AME version. Now the board is left with url's between ame tags
Will that be solved once I install this version AME3?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by Bram H

I was too fast and pumped to upgrade to vb4 yesterday that i uninstalled the previous AME version. Now the board is left with url's between ame tags
Will that be solved once I install this version AME3?

There is a tool in AME3 that will convert your old [ame] tags into vB's new [video] tag or a url if you don't have a mactching definition.

[Bram H]

Damn talking about fast support here Really appreciated The Geek!! vBulletin would be a pita without guys like yourself! Keep up the great work that you do for everybody. Thank you.

/mark installed and runs to the matrix f.k.a admincp!

[BBR-APBT]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Thanks for your help

Not a problem thanks for the fast support.

Now maybe you can help me with a video code once I figure out one I can do more.

This is for Photobucket videos in which a lot of my users post.
regex URL this converts just fine I think.

http:\/\/(?:[\w\d]+\.)?photobucket\.(?:[\w\.\/%-_?]+)\?.*action=view&current=([a-z0-9-_]+\.flv)

it parses to

[video=photobucket;TesTTube.flv]http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm133/amonday7/?action=view&current=TesTTube.flv[/video]

Now here comes the problem.
I added this in the embed box

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="361" data="http://photobucket.com/player.swf?file={vb:raw code}">
	<param name="movie" value="http://photobucket.com/player.swf?file={vb:raw code}" />
	<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
</object>

But when you view the thread nothing shows for that video but all your defs work fine. Its just my Photobucket that is the problem. You see any problems?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by BBR-APBT

Not a problem thanks for the fast support.

Now maybe you can help me with a video code once I figure out one I can do more.

This is for Photobucket videos in which a lot of my users post.
regex URL this converts just fine I think.

http:\/\/(?:[\w\d]+\.)?photobucket\.(?:[\w\.\/%-_?]+)\?.*action=view&current=([a-z0-9-_]+\.flv)

it parses to

[video=photobucket;TesTTube.flv]http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm133/amonday7/?action=view&current=TesTTube.flv[/video]

Now here comes the problem.
I added this in the embed box

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="361" data="http://photobucket.com/player.swf?file={vb:raw code}">
	<param name="movie" value="http://photobucket.com/player.swf?file={vb:raw code}" />
	<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
</object>

But when you view the thread nothing shows for that video but all your defs work fine. Its just my Photobucket that is the problem. You see any problems?

Just been looking into this one. Photobucket may be a little complex - it looks like it will need a scrape at the minimum. Let me see what I can whip up

[gnosisprod]

Am I correct to assume that AME3 isn't compatible with vb3?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by gnosisprod

Am I correct to assume that AME3 isn't compatible with vb3?

Thats right. Use AME 2.5x for vB3.8x

[movslow]

Is this safe for 4.0 Gold?

[The Geek]

Fixen em as I findem

Just updated package with a new admincp/ame.php file which fixes a rare issue with custom embed code changes not properly compiling into the bbcode_video template.

Also whipped up this definition for photobucket. I have only tested it on 1 url variation though so I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't need some additional tweaks.