Show Thread Enhancements - Playing Attached Media Files Inline

What this hack does::

This hack allows your users to upload media files via your board file management and play the media fields within their post.. It is adivisable to have one inline per post.


Foreword:

This hack might not work on all system due to different configuration, platform, and such. I will try to help you all as much as I can.

This hack will use your board attachment system to run mp3, wma, wmv, flash files. It is a bit server intensive. So be warned

Security Risk:

It has been known that flash files can be used to exploit and compromise certain securities on user computer. You might want to verify your flash attachment before enable flash playing inline on your forum.

Files To edit: 0
Queries to run: 0
Uses Product: Yes
Template Edits: 1


Open postbit_attachment and add to very top

<tr>
<td width=450 colspan="2">

<if condition="$show[realattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_real] $realfilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[realattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>


<if condition="$show[movattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_mov] $movfilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[movattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>

<if condition="$show[flashattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_flash] $flashfilename </legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[flashattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>

<if condition="$show[pdfattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_pdf] $pdffilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[pdfattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>

<if condition="$show[aviattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_avi] $avifilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[aviattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>

<if condition="$show[mpgattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_pdf] $mpgfilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[mpgattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>
<if condition="$show[mpegattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_pdf] $mepgfilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[mepgattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>



<if condition="$show[wmaattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_wma] $wmafilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[wmaattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>

</if>

<if condition="$show[wmvattachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_wmv] $wmvfilename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[wmvattachments]



</div>
</fieldset>

</if>
    
<if condition="$show[mp3attachment]">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>

$vbphrase[attach_mp3] $mp3filename</legend>

<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[mp3attachments]

</div>
</fieldset>

</if>


</td>
</tr>

Demo:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=24797
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=24798
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=24799
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=24800


Attachment Content Types:

WMA ? Content-type: audio/x-ms-wma
WMV ? Content-type: video/x-ms-wmv
MP3 ? Content-type: audio/x-mp3
SWF ? Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash
AVI ? Content-type: video/x-ms-avi
MOV ? Content-type: video/quicktime
MP4 ? Content-type: video/quicktime
MPEG ? Content-type: video/mpeg
MPG ? Content-type: video/mpeg
RAM ? Content-type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
RM ? Content-type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
SWC ? Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash




NOTE: This hack use your board attachment.php to play those specified media files. Therefore, you will have to set up user right to download attachement in under forum permissions.

Playing inline attachments under firefox has proven to be problemsome since I noticed firefox does not pass the cookie info in for the inline video playing. So if you want attachments to play inline in firefox you must set it so that guests can view attachements. (I am currently looking for fixes to this if possible)


This is a clean up and rerelease of this hack: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99871

If you have that hack installed just install the product file and you will be good. If you have her one before that then follow her template reverses from that thread.

I tried to contact the author but they havent been on the site in well over a month. Pms and emails were unresponded to. I will remove this hack if the hack author requests.


Whats fixed:

Fixed the problem with attachments being shown multiple times when more then one of the same file type was uploaded in a single post.
Cached all the templates used by this hack.

[csavern]

Or Could someone tell me what template to revert to get all them cats of defined off there
Defined is located under the paper clip it got a drop down menu and about defined there about 50 times

[m1thr0s]

I notice that flash (swf) files don't display properly if you choose the browser to play them. I am guessing that this is because the browser has no way to set the html parameters for the swf file so they come out full screen in a new window and just generally look awful.

is the solution to this to find a stand-alone swf file player?

[jGas]

sorry but...i can't make it works with firefox!

from usergroups i select unregistred and make that they can download attachments..and still don't works!

than i edit the forums permissions of the unregistred..and it still doesn't works!

can you help me? thanks!


EDIT: now it works!

[Aeolian]

Is it possible to keep the mod ON only for a specific forum?

Thanks

[jGas]

for me it works but for a lot of users of my forum it doesn't...why?

is there nobody that can help me?

thanks.

[snoop1979]

we need and update for this exelent hack, need firefox and other browsers fix

[royal666]

Thanks for this excellent hack, but is there any update a working version of it, please would be appreciated..