Major Additions - Video-Directory

Video-Directory - developed by vBPoint.org

What is this?

This add on gives your users the possibility to collect their favourite videos from some video-webpages (supported at the moment: MyVideo, YouTube, Sevenload and Metacafe) and to provide them in the forum. The videos can be commented and rated.

The Administrator has many possibilities of settings and can create video-categories and administrate the video-directory.

List of features:

• Completely integrated in vBulletin
• Many possibility of settings for the Administrator
  • Many possibilities of settings
  • permissions of usergroups
  • Administration of categories
  • Administration of video-webpages
    • Incl. import and export
• Very simple installation
• Homepage can be configured easily
• Videos are integrated in the forum
  • Videos can be voted with AJAX
  • Commets to videos can be posted
  • Videos can be reported
  • User can see other members watching the video at the same time
• Simple search-function
• RSS-Feed of videos
• Advanced WOL-integration
• Advanced vBSEO-integration

Installation:

1. Upload all files from the directory "root" (Keep the structure of folders)
2. The directory of videothumbnails and includes/videoserviceapi needs 777 permissions
3. Import the product-videodirectory.xml from the admin-controllpanel
4. After importing the product DON'T close the window, follow the installiton instructions!

History:

• 1.0.0 RC 1 - First release
• 1.0.0 RC 2 - Improvements and correcting some errors - many thanks to Hapi for reworking the templates!
• 1.0.0 RC 3 - Correting some bugs: 38409, 38496, 38548, 38611
• 1.1.0 Beta 1 - "Major Release"
  • Correcting some bugs
  • New: Search function
  • New: Reporting funvtion for videos
  • New: Import/export funtion for Video-Webpages
  • New: Improvements for guests
  • New: Best voted videos on Mainpage
  • New: vBSEO-Integration
  • New: Simplified installation
• 1.1.0 Beta 2 - Small Bugfix-Release
• 1.1.0 RC 1 - New Feature (Members who are watching the same video at video details page), Bugfixes (Missing File for comments added, vBSEO CRR fixed)
• 1.1.0 RC 2 - Added two new videohosters (sevenload and metacafe), added rss feed, added thumbnail-preview when adding a video, MyVideo Class optimized, some bugs fixed

Roadmap for Version 1.2.0:

• Tag-function for videos
• Favourite Videos (AJAX)
• Watchlist (AJAX)
• [s]User watching the same video at the moment[/s] - Added in Version 1.1.0 RC 1
• Video-comments per AJAX, to avoid reload
• "Video-Profile" for user
• Moderation
• [S]New Videos in forumhome[/S] (See addons)
• [s]RSS-Feed for Videos[/s] - Added in Version 1.1.0 RC 2
• Integration in statistic-block in profile

Developer notes:

Do you want to enhance the video-directory, but some hooks are missing? Do you want to enhance the templates and you need some template-hooks? No Problem! Send a PM and the hooks will be integrated in the next version!

Developer-Blog:

Feel free to check out our Developer-Blog at vBPoint.org!

[Jaxel]

Well I jsut got the TIME LENGTH field working... which means in the future, videos can have information about the length of the video. This information, like the tags is stored LOCALLY... which means videos that don't have time fields right now, wont magically get these time fields when you install my updates. Just like the tags, you must manually put in this information yourself. However; unlike the tag system, there is no easy way to do this without doing it straight in your database.

[father guido]

Here is a minor issue. If I create a category for a specific user group and add videos - that category is hidden, as it should be, from all other user groups. However, the videos are accessible by clicking the name of the contributor as that shows all the videos added by that member. It essentially circumvents the permissions.

[inciarco]

The Mod Looks Nice, Very Promising.

Is it possible for you to Instruct the code needed to be placed on the XLM Files to Import New videohosters?

Is important for Admins to be able to Provide all the Video Embeddings they want; it's like on the Auto Media Embedding Mod, the Admins have the Option to Include as much Video Services as they want, only by knowing the Embedding Code provided by the Video Service.

Could you please provide the Instructions to do that with this Mod?

My Best Regards.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by edytwinky

After the installation, is it still required that you have a folder chmodd 777? I don't like to keep folders open like that

You have to CHMOD a folder if you want dynamically created content like this. It's unavoidable. But as long as your folder is protected by the index.php file, it's unlikely it's going to be security risk to anyone who didn't already have access to the server to begin with.

[lingstar]

Hello,

Might someone share what is the hook I need to add
to display a 3 random video thumbnails on the main
page of my site? I'm running CMPS.

Thanks in advance,

Barbara

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by father guido

Here is a minor issue. If I create a category for a specific user group and add videos - that category is hidden, as it should be, from all other user groups. However, the videos are accessible by clicking the name of the contributor as that shows all the videos added by that member. It essentially circumvents the permissions.

No it doesnt... while yes, the video does appear to them, when they click on the video, they get a permission error. So they can see that the video exists, they just cant watch it. If you ask me, thats even better, because it lets people know "hey, if I want to watch this video, I have to register". In fact, I'm changing the programming so that it doesn't hide the categories...

*EDIT*

Okay! You will be happy to know... not only did I fix this little error... but I did TWO better.

1. Fixed the error... now if a video is in a non-allowed category for a viewer's permissions, it will not show up on the user's listings... (fixed in tag-search too)

2. Fixed other errors... now if a video is in a non-allowed category, it wont show up in the small-bits either! (related videos, random videos, etc)

3. Added "Can see hidden listing" permission... Now you can assign usergroup permissions so that people can see listings for videos thats they dont have permission to watch! This is in response to a request someone previously asked for. Now you can set it so that unregistered users can see all the video listings, but they wont be able to watch. It will entice people to register for your forums.

[EWGF]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

I fixed the Ajax stuff... dont worry... I'll upload my new version on Monday when I get back from Magfest.

EWGF... thats exactly how you do it... the HDEF thing only works with my NEW youtubehd xml... the old HD xml works as follows...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?fmt=22&v=OX6H7t1wXZI

I changed it to HDEF instead because it makes it easier. Download my new XMLs, as it has three settings to control the API.

Hmm, I'll just wait for your new xml, since I can't get the current ones to work.

Meaning this one:
Attachment 91152

[father guido]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

No it doesnt... while yes, the video does appear to them, when they click on the video, they get a permission error. So they can see that the video exists, they just cant watch it. If you ask me, thats even better, because it lets people know "hey, if I want to watch this video, I have to register". In fact, I'm changing the programming so that it doesn't hide the categories...

*EDIT*

Okay! You will be happy to know... not only did I fix this little error... but I did TWO better.

1. Fixed the error... now if a video is in a non-allowed category for a viewer's permissions, it will not show up on the user's listings... (fixed in tag-search too)

2. Fixed other errors... now if a video is in a non-allowed category, it wont show up in the small-bits either! (related videos, random videos, etc)

3. Added "Can see hidden listing" permission... Now you can assign usergroup permissions so that people can see listings for videos thats they dont have permission to watch! This is in response to a request someone previously asked for. Now you can set it so that unregistered users can see all the video listings, but they wont be able to watch. It will entice people to register for your forums.

You are a Rockstar! Thank you

[chikkoo]

Hi.. Jaxel,

Thanks for replying my queries/suggestions.

1) I hope Survivor will take a note of it. I don't want to bother him by sending a PM to him.
2) I was thinking, we can just add another URL, it will replace the old url and contents. If difficult just leave it.
3) Hope it will be added in the next update.
4) Hope this too added in the next update.
5) Good news, thanks.
6) I can't figure it anywhere, would you mind thowing some light on it?
7) I thought it must be easy, if difficult just ignore it.

Thanks once again for providing such a wonderful mod.

Originally Posted by Jaxel

I said in a previous post that this customization will be coming in my next version in a few days.

1) I wont be able to help you with that, ask Survivor
2) That cant happen; the APIs draw information from the URL; the URL itself isn't even stored anywhere.
3) I have that in my verison... sort of... its just the level system like in VBA CMPS Nav Module
4) Already done in my version...
5) coming soon sometime this week...
6) doesn't this already exist?
7) not worth the effort for me, to add this.

Originally Posted by chikkoo

Hi..

Thank you for this very nice Mod.
I just installed it recently, may I suggest some feature that you may look into it.
If they already exist, somebody guide me where to find them.

1) A preview button to view the movies, before pressing the add video button.
2) Edit video to enable editing of the url of the video.
3) Sub-Categories, with categories.
4) Top poster link at the Video Statistics to bring all the videos posted by the user, instead of showing the profile of the poster.
5) ability to import keywords, or add tags.
6) ability to add parameters to hide related video, and other information.
7) Unregistered/Guests can view the categories and other information, but not playing option.
8) Showing Duration of the clips at thread/summary display.

[ArnyVee]

Jaxel, you are really kickin' @$$ with this mod! Since this mod is unsupported, those of us that are not coders would be limited to what we could do with the mod. So, I know that I really appreciate the work that you continue to put into this mod! :up: