The latest version of Video Plus will automatically embeds videos from popular video hosting sites onto your website. A thumbnail appears next to articles that submit a supported website. When a user clicks on that thumbnail it pops up an ajax box with an embedded video. The embedded video and thumbnail are automatically inserted into your post by analyzing the url submitted in Submit Step 1. This module makes it SUPER EASY to let your users post videos to your Pligg website. Since users do NOT have to paste in embed code at any point you are making it easier for them, and more secure for your site.

If you are interested in adding additional video hosts to this module please read my second post which details how this module works. As mentioned in that post, not all video hosts are going to be compatible with this module.

Please consider making a donation if you use this module on your website so that we can continue to provide free modules like this one. Our goal is to raise $500 for this module in a years time. You can use the Chipin widget to the left to make a donation. Keep in mind that we could have kept this module as a Pligg Pro shop item and sold it, but we were hoping that donations would cover the cost of developing this module.

Why did I choose Lightview?
Quite simply, it was probably the best option for displaying multimedia content in a lightbox. Most of the other choices were either limited in their features or had the same problem with audio not stopping when you closed the ajax box. There were some other choices that all cost a lot more to run them legimately on your site, but I think that $4 USD is a fair price for something that will enhance your site. I suggest you try it out before buying though just to make sure that it does indeed work and doesn't break your site if you are using other javascript on your web page. This includes websites using the Wistie category dropdown menu on IE6 which requires jQuery.

If you are interested in trying this version out just grab the Video_Plus + Lightview file attached to this thread. I will not be providing any additional documentation than what is currently provided with the module since it is a commercial script that doesn't support me in any way. I suggest that you check out the documentation provided on the Lightview homepage for help. Please remember though that the original author is not responsible for supporting this Pligg module.

Supported Video Hosts:

1. blip.tv
2. cnn.com
3. colbertnation.com
4. collegehumor.com
5. comedycentral.com
6. funnyordie.com
7. guba.com (temporarily not working)
8. icefilms.info
9. keezmovies.com
10. liveleak.com
11. livevideo.com
12. magavideo.com
13. metacafe.com
14. own3d.tv
15. redtube.com
16. reuters.com
17. revver.com
18. spike.com
19. stagevu.com
20. thedailyshow.com
21. thenewsroom.com
22. vbox7.com
23. vids.myspace.com
24. video.google.com
25. vimeo.com
26. veoh.com
27. youare.tv
28. youtube.com

Installation Instructions:

1. Download the .zip attachment
2. Unzip it to your computer.
3. Upload the /modules folder into your Pligg root. This will add 2 Pligg modules to your site, Lightview and Video Plus.
4. Navigate to Admin > Modules and install the Lightview module
5. After installing Lightview install the Video Plus module.
6. From now on when someone submits a url in submit step 1 from a website that this module supports, it will automatically add an image that users can click on that will pop up an embedded video.
7. Mark as Installed to receive an email or private message when an update is released.

Requirements:

Lightview Module version 0.2 or above
This is included with the Video Plus download. Lightview is needed for the video popup javascript effect. If you want you can use another javascript library to popup the videos, but you will need to remove the requirement line from /modules/video_plus/video_plus_install.php and customize the /modules/video_plus/templates/video_plus_index.tpl file so that it fits your alternate javascript style.

Other Notes:

If a thumbnail-supported URL is entered into submit step 1, thumbnails should be automatically be displayed in your template. Youtube offers a total of 4 static images that can be used to insert into your template. We have assigned all 4 images as template variables that you can use in your link_summary.tpl or video_plus_index.tpl files. Below are examples of each of the template tags followed by a brief description.

1. <img src="{$video_thumbnail_large}" /> produces the one and only large 320x240 pixel thumbnail
2. <img src="{$video_thumbnail}" /> produces the first 120x90 pixel thumbnail
3. <img src="{$video_thumbnail_2}" /> produces the second 120x90 pixel thumbnail
4. <img src="{$video_thumbnail_3}" /> produces the third 120x90 pixel thumbnail

Example thumbnails from a Youtube video in the same order as shown above:





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Examples:

You can also take a look at the attached screenshots that demonstrate what an activated video popup looks like and what a story page looks like when a large Youtube thumbnail is displayed.

Changelog:

Version 1.2

• Added Funnyordie.com.
• Removed an extra double-quote ( " ) in the template file.
• The module will now use Lightview instead of jQuery. It seems to be a more popular solution, but please remember to donate to the Lightview author.

Version 1.1

• Added Redtube.com and Keezmovies.com, including screenshot thumbnails.

Version1.0

• Added own3d.tv, including screenshot thumbnails.

Version 0.9

• CNN and Reuters updates. Both services have slightly changed URLs. The video thumbnail will also now only apply to CNN and Reuters video pages, not their normal articles that don't contain any videos.

Version 0.8

• Youtube now autoplays. Added IceFilms.

Version 0.7

• Added video thumbnails for Metacafe and Vimeo. Each site that offers thumbnails handles it in a different way so they don't match the Youtube 3 thumbnail option.

Version 0.6

• Added CNN.com, CBSnews.com and JumpCut.com

Version 0.5 (updated jQuery module too)

• Added Reuters.com, TheNewsRoom.com, ColbertNation.com, ComedyCentral.com and TheDailyShow.com.
• Updated version number
• Added homepage and update url to install script. Please reinstall module to see changes on module admin page.

[yaro]

Thank You! ( I took but I did not install yet).

[jonnydep]

is it possible to run all the videos from this supported site in a costum flash video player?
Not embedded each player from each site.

[etrader]

Is there a way to show Ads on the popup window displaying the video? I mean bellow or above the embedded video inside the lightbox.

[emldns]

Also the 2nd issue is that on this page Upcoming | Don't Doodle only the first video has a thumbnail, please advise with this...

3rd issue is that when you do click to play a video & then close it, the video doesn't stop, you have to physically click the stop button on youtube for the video to stop..

I have the same problems. Dont know how to fix it...

[parati]

module works great, can anyone confirm if the video plays from the RSS feed for Comedy central

Comedy Central: RSS Feeds - Get recent videos, headlines and more

they embedd but no video plays...wondering what am doing wrong...or if something has changed in their feed

Thanks

[chuckroast]

Originally Posted by parati

module works great, can anyone confirm if the video plays from the RSS feed for Comedy central

Comedy Central: RSS Feeds - Get recent videos, headlines and more

they embedd but no video plays...wondering what am doing wrong...or if something has changed in their feed

Thanks

This module has nothing to do with RSS feeds.

[parati]

Not entirly true, i use this when i import videos rss feeds and it displays the video ....like youtube and metcafe....my issue is the videos not playing with comedycentral.....and i asked if anyone is using this and the videos are playing?

thanks

[chuckroast]

Originally Posted by parati

Not entirly true, i use this when i import videos rss feeds and it displays the video ....like youtube and metcafe....my issue is the videos not playing with comedycentral.....and i asked if anyone is using this and the videos are playing?

thanks

100% and completely and entirely true.
You can believe what you want, but I'm the guy that wrote this module and I can defiantly say that this module has nothing to do with RSS feeds and that's the reality of it..

When you mention metacafe and youtube it just happens to be a coincidence that they structure their RSS feeds in the same manor as direct URLS which when imported show up in the module...

So I'll say it again, this module has nothing to do with RSS feeds.

[xzyx]

Originally Posted by Yankidank

Seems that the Sidebar_stats module is breaking it. Viewing the source for the popup iframe gives this:

<br />
<b>Fatal error</b>:  Call to a member function assign() on a non-object in <b>/home/content/91/4865491/html/modules/sidebar_stats/sidebar_stats_settings.php</b> on line <b>30</b><br />

Disable sidebar_stats and see if that fixes it.

Hello, I have found a way to solve the conflict between Sidebar_stats and video_plus.
Here it is:

1. Open "sidebar_stats_settings.php" under '/pligg/modules/sidebar_stats'
2. Cut this line below at line 59:
if(is_object($main_smarty)){

3. Paste it to line 27 below "// don't touch anything past this line."


I guess somehow "$main_smarty" sometimes isn't an object, and this will stop the object code from running.

[etrader]

Originally Posted by parati

Not entirly true, i use this when i import videos rss feeds and it displays the video ....like youtube and metcafe....my issue is the videos not playing with comedycentral.....and i asked if anyone is using this and the videos are playing?

thanks

As chuckroast said, this module has nothing to do with RSS. Your RSS import can post new stories from RSS, including videos; then, your videos can be played by this module. Thus, if you want to use it with any RSS, you need to modify the video codes in video_plus.php to work with your importing video URLs.