New feature: Auto Media Embedding (AME)

SRW Ex-World's Worst Site Admin

I have added a fine new modification to the site that allows people to post videos easily. What is it? Read on...

This is from the author of the mod over at vbulletin.org:

From the inventors of Swiss Cheese and the Egg comes AME - The Automatic Media Embedding System.

AME is derived from GAL 6 base code but instead of linking keywords, it converts URLs that users paste or enter in their posts into inline embedded video streams.

Big credit goes out to mfyvie for the original concept that jazzed me up enough to lift code that I have been working on to radically improve his fresh idea. Though the same goal, I have taken a totally different approach to his initial release. This mod is 100% steaming fresh code straight from the Geeks oven of love.

First... the overview

AME scans new and edited posts for pre-defined patterns of URLs (i.e. youtube's). If it finds a match, it swaps the url tag for an ame tag.

When a post get parsed for bbcode and an ame tag is found, instead of hammering away at the post with umpteen bbcodes, AME quietly figures out which pre-defined embedding should be placed there and... viola', you have a pretty little embedded video like this:

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This is significantly faster, has much lower overhead and is much easier to manage than loads of bbcodes or a than scanning every single post as the user views it to see if there are any conversions that need to be made.

Now for the bells and whistles

AME:

is lightweight as it does all of her chores without the overhead of having 1 bbcode per pattern or trying to parse a post every single time it gets displayed with a bunch of patterns. This radically reduces overhead and speeds up the processing. The only time ame will kick in is after creating a new post or after editing an existing one (or if an ame tag is found in a post)

is extensible. She allows you to add, edit, delete, import and export patterns. That way you can decide which services to support, how they should look and then share them with others! For instance, check out the amazon definition here.

can extract the title (requires your server to allow url wrappers with fetch_contents)

can rebuild your old posts to convert your 'other' mediaish tags into URL tags.

can rebuild your old posts to convert URL tags into ame tags where needed

can convert her codes BACK to url codes so you're not stuffed with a bunch of dead tags if you uninstall!

won't uglify your site by having videos appear in quotes, php, code or html blocks (blech!)

can be globally disabled

can be excluded from forums

can exclude usergroups

can be toggled on/off per post

would cook dinner for you if she had arms

can wrap the output in a 'container' with original URL

has a super comprehensive admincp help system. Yes, I actually took the time to add all the info you need into vB's admincp help system. If you ask a silly question in this thread that is addressed in the help system, you will be taunted.

is fully phrased

has hooks around integral operations so you can extend it

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SRW, Jul 4, 2007

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Platoon 86 Loony

Awesome

Platoon 86, Jul 4, 2007

#2

ParanoidMike Doctor of Slackerism

kickass

ParanoidMike, Jul 4, 2007

#3

DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

Nice!

DawkinsINT, Jul 4, 2007

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New feature: Auto Media Embedding (AME)

SRW Ex-World's Worst Site Admin

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ParanoidMike Doctor of Slackerism

DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

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