YouTube Integration Released!

[Andrew Green]

This is a youtube integration modification. It integrates the youtube API into your website, allowing you to view, search and browse youtube's library from your site. It also includes a playlist system, allowing you and your users to create both public and private playlists. Private playlists can be edited and viewed only by their owners. Public lists are viewable by all, you can choose which user group can edit the public lists, and which can suggest videos, which are then approved or denied by the moderating group.

What this is not is a video hosting application, it works only off youTube's API, which is read only. You cannot upload video's, rate videos or otherwise post information too youtube.

In addition it creates a custom BBCode "youtube" unless it already exists. At bottom of each video there will be the BBCode as with the video id plugged in for users to copy and paste into threads.

The Pro version allows users to suggest videos to public playlists, the lite version does not. That's the only difference. I thought about taking more out, but I dislike crippling programs, so if you like it I hope you decide to go with the pro version :)

Lite version is here:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1439774

Pro version can be purchased here: ($20)
http://vbgaming.org/forum/payments.php

[jdelasko]

Is this legal? Any copyright issues?

[Andrew Green]

It's legal, uses google's API: http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/overview.html

[Andrew Green]

As a little update, the pro version should be getting a additional feature of being able to add videos from other sites (metacafe, google, dailymotion, etc) to playlists. Won't be able to search those videos through it, but should be able to add them manually. Also won't have as much info as youtube videos, basically a title, description & thumbnail. Running time for most of them.

ETA - Next week or so, at least for the three sources listed.

[guarrand]

Got the lite installed and love it!
Great work.

One thing i miss though is, when you select a video at youtube, you see a list of "similar" video's posted next to it. Ones that also have the same tags.... could you implement something like this in the Lite version also?

P.S. when i have it tasted and my users like it, i'll buy the pro version.. no doubt about it!

[Andrew Green]

yes, related videos is possible with the API, I'll see what I can do. (Forgot about those) :)

[guarrand]

yes, related videos is possible with the API, I'll see what I can do. (Forgot about those) :)
Cool m8, thanks alot :D

[sreeja]

Is it the modifications are allowed inthe case of you tube.