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8WayRun.Com - Media Library
Mod Version: 4.1.7, by Jaxel (Coder) Jaxel is offline
Developer Last Online: Dec 2012 I like it Show Printable Version Email this Page

vB Version: 4.0.x Rating: (221 votes - 4.62 average) Installs: 927
Released: 17 Apr 2010 Last Update: 27 Oct 2010 Downloads: 7276
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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"

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  #2851  
Old 13 Jul 2012, 19:22
michal72 michal72 is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Ted Clore View Post
Can someone point me to something that will tell me how to use a video from my own site?
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showp...postcount=2154
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  #2852  
Old 13 Jul 2012, 19:48
Ted Clore Ted Clore is offline
 
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Thank you, worked like a charm.

This is a nice mod.
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Old 22 Jul 2012, 01:02
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How do I correctly add sharing capabilities? I used Shared This one, but it doesn't change the numbering correctly for the media mod. It only applies to the forum's main domain apparently.

Second problem, even if I copy/paste a link from a video page to Facebook, it only picks up the main domain. Everything else on the site outside this mod works fine though as far as sharing goes, etc. I'm using VBSEO as well and did apply the edits for rewrites in VBSEO for the mod.

How can I fix this problem?

Thanks.
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Old 23 Jul 2012, 20:11
Ted Clore Ted Clore is offline
 
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OK, where do I find the instructions for entering links. I had them and have no idea where they went. I can't find the instructions for linking to a file on my own site.
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Old 24 Jul 2012, 10:29
CharlesSimeth CharlesSimeth is offline
 
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I get the message most of the time: Could not parse media URL.
I was abel to upload one video, but since then no more luck.
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Old 24 Jul 2012, 12:22
michal72 michal72 is offline
 
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Originally Posted by CharlesSimeth View Post
I get the message most of the time: Could not parse media URL.
I was abel to upload one video, but since then no more luck.
For each site like youtube or vimeo you need to install service (xml file). There are some installed by defulat with 8wr Media,but not all and some are not up to data. Pls consult my signature for moste popular services. You can also create by yourself a new service. There is some tutorial in the package.
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Old 25 Jul 2012, 17:33
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I'm looking for .xml from ehow - i.e
http://www.ehow.com/video_4418239_sa...4-643c789278d4
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Old 26 Jul 2012, 21:05
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Originally Posted by Chadi View Post
How do I correctly add sharing capabilities? I used Shared This one, but it doesn't change the numbering correctly for the media mod. It only applies to the forum's main domain apparently.

Second problem, even if I copy/paste a link from a video page to Facebook, it only picks up the main domain. Everything else on the site outside this mod works fine though as far as sharing goes, etc. I'm using VBSEO as well and did apply the edits for rewrites in VBSEO for the mod.

How can I fix this problem?

Thanks.
Would be fully grateful for any help on this, thanks folks
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Old 29 Jul 2012, 00:26
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what does it mean when i get an error that says this

Could not parse media URL
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Old 31 Jul 2012, 23:09
Hijinx Hijinx is offline
 
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First off, Great Mod, I love what it I will be able to do with it.

Secondly, and possibly more importantly is I am new to Vbul, Im running 4.2.0 P2 and I got everything working except for one thing. How do I add videos? I have changed all the permissions I got the Tab on my Nav Bar, Everythings uploaded to customVID...and Im stuck. How do I add the local videos?

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Tyvm!
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Old 05 Aug 2012, 19:03
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is it possible to import all videos from a channel to a specific category?
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Old 09 Aug 2012, 09:19
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Nice!
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Old 11 Aug 2012, 04:07
champendk champendk is offline
 
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Where do i see the settings of this mod, and where do i create categories and so on.

The mod works fine, but i want it setup the same way as 8wayrun.com, cause on my site it doesent look good with all the tags and description without getting an possibility to edit it ?

Hope someone can help
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Old 13 Aug 2012, 23:03
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i have a problem >> look :
http://im28.gulfup.com/2012-08-14/1344898858611.png

its working fine with english words except sites language which is Arabic

any idea ?
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Old 20 Aug 2012, 11:10
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youtube one is broken now, was working. now it says cannot parse.
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