Embedded media player in post

This is my first mod for VB, I personally need it on my site because it's focus is MP3's, it may be able to be customized for other uses I would think. What it does is embeds Windows Media Player into the body of the post (as well as the regular attachment) using bbcode and plays the attached MP3 file. What this does upon completing the upload is allows the user to copy and paste the URL to the attached file if they choose.

Also, since this bbcode is the Windows Media Player it may also be able to play .avi, .wmv, .mpg etc. So to broaden this you can change the [MP3] [/MP3] tag to something else like [MEDIA] [/MEDIA] for example.

There is no option to secure this to specific groups, however you can use Princeton's Allow Group to Read Titles / Not Content modification as an alternative.

Better template formatting, also maybe add a javascript function so that a user can click to add the line of code to the post.

If you find this useful please Click Install

Update: Added an option to allow only certain groups to add the option to view/paste the URL in their post.

[ericgtr]

I think I see it now, try this:
[MP3]http://www.sats-general.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=$attach[attachmentid].mp3[/MP3]

You don't need to use /vb that is an example of your vb directory, not what you actually need to use, it's supposed to be specific to your url which is /forum.

[Rickie3]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

I think I see it now, try this:
[MP3]http://www.sats-general.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=$attach[attachmentid].mp3[/MP3]

You don't need to use /vb that is an example of your vb directory, not what you actually need to use, it's supposed to be specific to your url which is /forum.

thankyou so much its working a treat now,excellent suport from you,your a saint thankyou

[Rickie3]

just to let you know i updated to the latest version of firefox,and the media player is working great

[VBUsers]

excellent hack installed and working with no problems

[ericgtr]

Update: Added an option to allow only certain groups to add the option to view/paste the URL in their post. Still working on securing the actual BBcode to specific groups.

[Jaxx]

How would you make it so people would have to sign in to view the video? I don't want to lock the forums down to that as quite a few of my members do read while in guest mode, but i'm not wanting to just allow anyone to click on the video's that might not be registered either.

[ericgtr]

At the moment there is no option for that, I've had a very difficult time trying to secure the custom bbcode.

[yinyang]

is there a way to do this not as an attachment, but as a url link? in other words, use [MEDIA] http://www.someotherwebsite.com/video.wmv[/MEDIA]

that would be incredible!

[Snitz]

Originally Posted by yinyang

is there a way to do this not as an attachment, but as a url link? in other words, use [MEDIA] http://www.someotherwebsite.com/video.wmv[/MEDIA]

that would be incredible!

yes, i'd like that feature too
along with the upload thingy

[MauriceReed]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Do you have your files set to upload to the filesystem instead of the database? I would recommend it, especially if you are allowing mp3 files.

as a n00b, im not following that instructiuon m8.
im having the same problem, where i have uploaded the attachment, it shows underneath the player, al is well, except i cant hear the file playing, and the player just seems to stick on "connecting"......

uploaded all ok, all the filepaths are right......scratching my head now....lol