Major Additions - Video-Directory Remixed

This mod has been rewritten for vB4x here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=240677

This modification is based on the Video-Directory modification by Survivor and vBPoint.org.
His mod is NOT dead, its still alive and kicking; but he has informed me that he just doesn't have the time to maintain it and give support. So until he is able to work on it agian; I've been doing a series of updates.

What is this mod?

This mod adds a fully featured and fully integrated video directory archive to your forums. Users can add their favorite videos from their favorite video service to the directory. I only support a few select hosters; but the hoster scripting is XML base, so any user can create their own scripts for any number of hosting services. The old MyVideo and Sevenload scripts from Survivor's version will still work, but they wont pull in Keyword/Tagging information, nor the video length time codes.

Basic Feature Listing:

• Fully integrated into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on templates for easy reskinning and styling.
• Fully administratable and a myriad of settings for personalization.
• Complete customization of permissions based on usergroups.
• Landing page for broad information and fully featured tag cloud.
• Category profiles for videos.
• Contribution profiles for users.
• Keyword profiles for tag cloud.
• Built in comment system for videos.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.
• RSS feed of videos.

Product Demo:

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

Installation Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. CHMOD /videothumbnails/* and /includes/videoserviceapi to 777.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Follow the on screen instructions to configure your video hoster settings.
5. Refresh your administration control panel to see the new navigation links.

NOTES:
vBulletin 3.7.0 instituted a new avatar-thumbnail system. There is a high probability that you are unaware of this new system and may have failed to setup your vBulletin to make use of it. Make sure that a directory called /thumbs is located in your avatar directory and CHMOD it to 777. Then go into Maintenance > Update Counters and run the Rebuild Custom Avatar Thumbnails process.

Upgrade Procedure:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" directory to your forum root.
2. Take note of the information stored in Limits of Videos > General Settings.
3. Import the product "product-videodirectory.xml" in your Product Manager.
4. Re-establish your previous Limits settings in Videos > General Settings.
5. Re-import ALL of your hosters and settings in Videos > Manage hosters.
   • You MUST remember to re-import your hosters after upgrading.

NOTES:
You may lose your category dataman when you upgrade. If no categories are listed after an upgrade, you will be required to rebuild your category dataman. Its very easy to rebuild it if you need to. Simply go into Videos > Manage categories, select ANY category and hit [Edit], then click [Save]. Your category dataman will automatically be rebuilt.

Roadmap for the Future:

• Moderation
• Favorites
• Playlists

Don't forget to click INSTALL!

If you want to donate, I'm all for it... as I'm an unemployed computer programmer...

[FFTFTCEd]

Thanks for your answer.

[l_amhed]

Sorry for the repost but I geuss it was drowned in the flaw of the other answers.

"Hi there !

First thanks for this hack, this is a reaaallly good idea !
All was working like a charm, and didn't do any changement in your hack, but since it is insalled I tried some other hacks (maybe there is a correlation) and I just pay attention yesterday that the :
General settings
Video detail settings
Video tag settings

Options in the AdminCP don't 'work' anymore. I mean when i click on the links nothing is appearing (even if I can access the 'Video-directory Details' via the VB options menu).

EDIT: I found that my problem is related to the XML cp_nav file
<link>options.php?do=options&amp;dogroup=videodire ctory</link>
I don't know why but the &amp; is not parsed when I 'over' the link in my adminCP with my mouse it's written "options.php?do=optionsdogroup=videodirectory" instead of "options.php?do=options&dogroup=videodirectory ". I don't know why and moreover and don't know how to fix such a thing heheh.

(hope my english is understandable by the way)"

[Chadi]

Feature request:

- place member usergroup submissions into moderation queue automatically.
- who's currently viewing this video
- who's active in video directory
- user video uploads (local)
- mp3/wav support (both local and online)
- comments moderation

Thanks.

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Chadi

Feature request:

- place member usergroup submissions into moderation queue automatically.
- who's currently viewing this video
- who's active in video directory
- user video uploads (local)
- mp3/wav support (both local and online)
- comments moderation

Thanks.

Moderation queue I will work on for next major release...

MP3/Wav support technically already exists... They work the same as video embed codes, just use audio embed codes. Just get me the per-video XML feed of your requested music site and I'll do a hoster file for it.

[Al-Mothafar]

Feature suggested:
• Support direct links ..
• Make Playlist ; some videos on youtube divided to more than 1 part , like Lessons or another series videos..
• Last commented videos on main page that has last videos etc..

And thank you for this hack , I am really translate phrases to Arabic and edited some lines to work fine ..

[Lahoria]

when i try to add a youtube video I get "The url is invalid."

how do i fix this

[fluentdesigns]

Just started having problems with youtube videos, everytime I try to add a video I get the following error.

The response of the video server cant be read.

Any ideas?

[Al-Mothafar]

Originally Posted by fluentdesigns

Just started having problems with youtube videos, everytime I try to add a video I get the following error.

The response of the video server cant be read.

Any ideas?

Some times happen to me when i try to add some , and i solve it by following
* first check the url of video , and note its case sensitive
* refresh the add-video page , and try again

[Forumi Shqiptar]

How come that every time i install this mod and when i go to the user manager to edit the permissions of a usergroup instead of editing the permissions it adds another usergroup with the same name and everything so for example.

If i want to edit the moderators group permissions it adds another moderators group into the usergroup permission.

Now that ive un-installed this it still does it so ive to reupload the vbulletin files again and update all the hacks from the beggining because of this.
So does anyone has this or its only me?

[Glynn58]

Any chance of having a password protected catagorie where we could add adult content ( not porn in my case but adult comedy )

This would be a boost for an already excellent Add-on

Thanks