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;
}

[puertoblack2003]

well, my site is not an investment.It's a hobby so i don't loose anything..

[Delilahs]

Upgraded no problem and all my veoh vids work as well.

Admin links still don't work, so you may still need to use the work around on page 17

[hassshasss]

"Media URL contained invalid data" error with all services.

can anybody help me about this error? I just upgraded to new version.

I get this error when i click "retrieve information" button.

and error kode page up.
Warning: xml_parser_create() [function.xml-parser-create]: unsupported source encoding "ISO-8859-9" in [path]/includes/class_xml.php on line 215

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /xxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx/media/media_functions_constructs.php(57) : eval()'d code on line 1

help me please

[weetabx]

Um if this is a investment surly you would have tried on a test forum first ? i have mine as ahobbie too but i also have a test forum wich is a mirror image of the main site

Also if worried about it messing things up back up your site and database before doing any major updates like this

[weetabx]

Has anyone tried to get the myspace xml sorted ? i had a look and ive go no chance ....lol

[Martyn1983]

Hi,

Getting errors any time I try and link to a file via youtube. Say I'm putting in The Riverboat song by Ocean Colour Scene - I put in the URL and selected General Media. On the next page is plays fine within the page itself. I then hit submit and I get the following:

404:

Not Found

The requested URL /fiat/upload/media/m2-ocean-colour-scene-the-riverboat-song was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Mastergumble]

Originally Posted by hotslot

This add-on does not work with vbseo.

Ruined a $4,000 investment in a site. be very careful You could be next.

Propaganda...

If you really spending any money with your site i suggest you to see who the hell are you getting to work with it, this is running with vBSEO and without major problems...

For a $4.000 seems someone is sleeping at the laundry instead making it work!

[Delilahs]

Originally Posted by Martyn1983

The requested URL /fiat/upload/media/m2-ocean-colour-scene-the-riverboat-song was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

It's the wrong url you are putting in there.

try this one; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVlgNx_EWHQ

[Martyn1983]

Perfect, thanks!!! Such a simple error too :S

Cheers,
Martyn

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Footman

Jaxel - is their a way to add a video someone has already added to the media page into a forum post and have it played there as well, or is that some separate mod that links vids to posts?

I already have a custom bbcode for youtube in my posts, but just curious if there was a simple way to link the ones in own media tab to one of our posts.

Not yet... I had a [video] code in the previous version, but now that vb has made their own video code, it would be in conflict.

Originally Posted by monkeyboy1916

Okay, this is odd..

I haven't edited a Service since 4.0.4 so I'm not sure if this is just 4.0.7, but since 4.0.7 redid them I had to go back to edit what I had changed in the beginning. (Customizing height, width, etc)

Now in 4.0.7 everytime I go to edit a service and click "Edit Service" to save the changes I get:

"Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /media.php on this server."

Edit: I also get the same error when editing Categories..

Check your permissions... make sure to run the "Restore All Services" process after upgrading to 4.0.7... this is clearly defined in the changelogs.

Originally Posted by hotslot

This add-on does not work with vbseo.

Ruined a $4,000 investment in a site. be very careful You could be next.

This addon runs fine with VBSEO, it just doesn't run natively. There are very simple steps to get it run on VBSEO, and its your fault for not being able to do them. The problems you have had with your forum have nothing to do with this mod; they have everything to do with you knowing absolutely nothing about how to run a forum. Hell, you uploaded an .htaccess file to your forum root which asked for authorization from an htpasswd file that didn't exist... and you blame THIS mod for the fact that you can't access your forum?

In my experience, any attempt to make any system idiot proof will only challenge god to make a better idiot.

Originally Posted by hassshasss

"Media URL contained invalid data" error with all services.

can anybody help me about this error? I just upgraded to new version.

I get this error when i click "retrieve information" button.

and error kode page up.
Warning: xml_parser_create() [function.xml-parser-create]: unsupported source encoding "ISO-8859-9" in [path]/includes/class_xml.php on line 215

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /xxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx/media/media_functions_constructs.php(57) : eval()'d code on line 1

help me please

XML by design only supports a few select universal encodings. I recommend you change your language settings from ISO-8859-9 to UTF-8.

Originally Posted by Martyn1983

Hi,

Getting errors any time I try and link to a file via youtube. Say I'm putting in The Riverboat song by Ocean Colour Scene - I put in the URL and selected General Media. On the next page is plays fine within the page itself. I then hit submit and I get the following:


404:

Not Found

The requested URL /fiat/upload/media/m2-ocean-colour-scene-the-riverboat-song was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Either turn off SEO slugging, or update your htaccess file to support this mod's slugs.