Major Additions - 8WayRun.Com - Media Library

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This is a new modification, spawning from the old VB 3.x Video Directory modifications.
For all intents and purposes, both my old Video Directory Remixed mod, and Survivor's original Video Directory mod have been discontinued. Neither of us are maintaining these older versions, they will not receive any future updates and we will not be providing any support. This version has a new name because it has been completely rewritten from scratch and is not being built on Survivor's old code. Because of this, if you are upgrading to this new version, from the old version, be sure to read this entire post in order to understand the upgrade process.

What is this mod?
Simply put, this mod is a directory for media. It supports URL inputs, in order to extract meta data and directorize media into a simple and easy to understand library. Users can add their favorite media from a select few online distribution centers (such as Youtube or Vimeo) and categorize and tag them as they see fit. This mod offers rudimentary support for the hosting of local media. An administrator can upload a media to the /customVID/ (default) directory; then add the media to the library using the URL code of "local:filename". Media hosted locally will be displayed using JWPlayer, but will not provide meta data, so that kind of information will need to be entered manually.

Demo:

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

Features:

• Integrated directly into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on tempaltes for easy re-skinning and styling.
• Simple to use administration features and usergroup permission settings.
• Landing page with the most recent, most popular and highest rated media.
• Ability to add media into a single category, while adding multiple tags.
• Ability to browse media through categories, tags, and user contributions.
• Summary tag cloud with a link to the entire list of tags in the system.
• Comment and rating system based on AJAX including graceful degredation.
• Individual RSS Feeds for newest videos, categories, tags and user media.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.

Installation:

If you are upgrading from before version 1.1, please install that version first.

1. Upload all the files in the "upload" directory of the attached zip file to your forum root.
2. CHMOD the /customVID/thumbs/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
3. CHMOD the /customVID/sitemap/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
4. Import the product file called "product-medialibrary.xml" in the Product Manager of vBulletin.
5. Set your usergroup permissions and media library settings in your administration control panel.
6. OPTIONAL: Enable the "Generate XML Media Sitemap" scheduled task in your administration control panel.
   
   NOTES: Make sure you decide what you wish to use for your thumbnail quality setting. By default, thumbnails are saved at 50% quality. At 50%, thumbnails will only be 2kb in size, but at the expense of quality. At 100%, thumbnails will be about 15kb in size, but will have the highest quality. I recommend setting it to 80%, which would leave thumbnails at 5kb in size with still excellent quality.
   
   Every time you change your thumbnail quality setting, you will need to run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" to see any changes.

Upgrading from VDR:

1. The "video*" tables from your previous installation of VDR need to exist in your database.
2. Enable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
3. Run the "Import Media from VDR" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
4. Disable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
5. Run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
6. You may now uninstall VDR once you confirm everything has been imported as intended.
   
   NOTES: You will mostly likely get at least one error while rebuilding media thumbnails...
   
   When you get an error, click the details link for that media. If the media displays some sort of error such as "This video has been removed" or "This video no longer exist", then that means that media is gone and you'll be unable to generate a thumbnail for that particular media. Use the available options on that media's detail page to DELETE it from your library. Then go back to your browser window which is rebuilding thumbnails and click the "retry from this position" link.
   
   If you got an error for a media, but after clicking the details link you can find no obvious error with the video; then the error could have just been a simple syn/ack failure. Just click the "retry from this position" link and the system will try to rebuild that thumbnail again.

Known Bugs:

There is a conflict with this modification and some of Valter's VSA modifications that will prevent navbar permissions from being handled correctly. I don't know exactly who's fault it is; but I'm pretty sure there are no errors in my code that would be causing this problem. There is a work around for this however.

Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager > "media NAVTAB"

Find the code:

    $perms = media_permissions();

Replace with:

$perms['rate'] = true;
$perms['comment'] = true;
$perms['submit'] = true;
$perms['playlist'] = true;
 
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',','5,6')))
{
    $perms['modtags'] = true;
    $perms['modcategory'] = true;
    $perms['modservice'] = true;
}

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Footman

well, I've finally gotten around to installing 0.6 and I have to say it was seamless and painless. Unlike some other mods out there. Very well put together. I do have an issue, but it seems it's not too important. I get the following error message on the top of the screen when I open the "media" tab.

Notice: Use of undefined constant E_DEPRECATED - assumed 'E_DEPRECATED' in /media.php on line 13

Video from youtube still loads and plays perfectly.

A feature request: Allow the smilies we have to show in the comment box. Unless I missed a setting somewhere.

marked installed and 5 stars :up:


typo alert:::
::: #3 of the installation instructions reads - " Import the product file called "product-media.xml" in the Product Manager of vBulletin." The file name in the package is "product-medialibrary.xml"

Fixed in next version... apparently... E_DEPRECATED has been... uhh... deprecated...

Originally Posted by COL NIL SATIS

still the same Rob mate,i still cant post a comment either Gahhhhhhh!!!! its ok when we upload a vid but No comments can be added at all by admin or members....any ideas Jaxel ???

Just tested it on your website... comments work fine.

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

I have done fisheye menu for media.php

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhHGw5bvz0

If Jaxel is interested I can share the files, and he can ignore/use/recode to his hearts desire and release if he sees fit, as it is his MOD

Regards

The thing I dont like about the fisheye is that the menu covers the input box. You cant click on the input box if your mouse is anywhere near the menu. And as we add more hoster services, the menu will get bigger and bigger till you can't click on anything.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Where does this show up mate i have it so i can admin but i dont see any option on the media.php page :/

Any chance on info on this one Jaxel

[your24hourstore]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Any chance on info on this one Jaxel

in the red box area

[your24hourstore]

Originally Posted by Delilahs

If you look at the code, it's set at three at the moment, you can just change that to whatever number you like,

$output = date(vB::$vbulletin->options['dateformat']) . "<br />\n";

ob_start();
require_once(DIR.'/media/media_functions_hrefs.php');

$medias = vB::$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "media ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 2");

while ($media = vB::$vbulletin->db->fetch_array($medias))
{

what file are we looking for ?...media .php or lol i refuse to search them all

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by harleyparts

in the red box area

Thanks i dont get all of them all i get is this

[Footman]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Thanks i dont get all of them all i get is this

Ok that image is just a TAD too big... lol

The link you're looking for isn't in Admin CP. It's on the forum page under the Media tab. You adjust the categories straight from the forum... if you have the permissions set correctly.

[TimberFloorAu]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

The thing I dont like about the fisheye is that the menu covers the input box. You cant click on the input box if your mouse is anywhere near the menu. And as we add more hoster services, the menu will get bigger and bigger till you can't click on anything.

Fair comment,

The issue we have is no one will post videos.

So we asked them why.

Essentially, the interface scares the majority. Which I find mad. But they dont realise how to add videos etc.

I havent tried this yet, but as you know: using a related video url from youtube doesnt work with vb, how does this effect Media Library ?

Can the URL be pruned automatically of the ( &feature=related )

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Footman

Ok that image is just a TAD too big... lol

The link you're looking for isn't in Admin CP. It's on the forum page under the Media tab. You adjust the categories straight from the forum... if you have the permissions set correctly.

Hmm did you not see my second screen thats the page it should be and the skin is in building

[hotslot]

When will the upload function be available? I will try this again once it is

Until then I better just sit back and watch and learn.

[Footman]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Hmm did you not see my second screen thats the page it should be and the skin is in building

Nope... I didn't scroll far enough to the right to see the whole 3000px image. Having said that, isn't that the link right there saying "categories: random media?"