Better Download Video Mod

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08-27-2007, 02:31 PM
leki

Better Download Video Mod

This mod allows all users or just registered users to download videos, unregistered users will be directed to the login/signup page if they try to download and then redirected back to the video once logged in. Choice of download type, the FLV file, orginal video file or both.

on view_video.tpl find

Code:

{if $allow_download == 1} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img] Download {/if}

Now choose one of the options below:

If you want only registered users to be able to download the FLV file replace with

Code:

{if $allow_download == 1} {if $smarty.session.UID ne ""} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {else} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {/if} {/if}

If you want only registered users to be able to download the orginal video file replace with

Code:

{if $allow_download == 1} {if $smarty.session.UID ne ""} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {else} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {/if} {/if}

If you want anyone to be able to download the FLV file replace with

Code:

{if $allow_download == 1} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {/if}

If you want anyone to be able to download the original video file then you dont need to make any changes.

If you want both the FLV and orginal video available to download then just put both the FLV and orginal video code on the same page.

Now i just need to figure out if its possible to make a "only paid subscribers are able to download" option.
08-27-2007, 03:52 PM
karlmay

oh great :D thanks leki, i was asking for these options :)
08-27-2007, 08:42 PM
browniegirl

Just curious -- if you allow the user to download the flv file, it will NOT obtain our logo watermark, correct? -- Whats the point of letting them download the vid instead of making them come back to view
08-27-2007, 11:06 PM
SportsGamingTV.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by browniegirl

Just curious -- if you allow the user to download the flv file, it will NOT obtain our logo watermark, correct? -- Whats the point of letting them download the vid instead of making them come back to view

That is what I wonder about this feature too. I would much rather have someone embed the video so that it retains a watermark that is clickable back to my site.

Perhaps others have a practical reason for wanting this though.
08-28-2007, 01:15 AM
leki

well people can download the FLV file if you have downloads enabled or disabled. but yes it wont have the watermark as that is just a image overlayed on the top which can also be removed from the emeded code by a user if he wants.

i dont allow embeded on my site but allow FLV download (they already streamed the file using the bandwidth so may as well have the file saved to there HD if they wish.) i also hope to have paid members able to download the orginal video to be an incentive to subscribe.

i dont have the watermark feature enabled on my site as there is no point having a big watermark on linking to my site when they are already on my site!

however i do hardcode a text watermark into the videos, this cant be removed and is on all downloded FLV video files.

so basically i just have "mysite.com" pop up at the bottom of the vid for a few seconds....just text and not clickable but at least if the video gets spread round then users who view it can find my site.

if anyone is interested in having a hardcoded watermark like i explained above tell me and i'll post a mod on how to do it.
08-28-2007, 01:44 AM
SportsGamingTV.com

Well, having the watermark link to your site is good if your videos are getting embedded elsewhere. But since you do not allow embedding, that wouldn't make much sense for you. :)
08-29-2007, 08:49 PM
browniegirl

Quote:

Originally Posted by leki

well people can download the FLV file if you have downloads enabled or disabled. but yes it wont have the watermark as that is just a image overlayed on the top which can also be removed from the emeded code by a user if he wants.

i dont allow embeded on my site but allow FLV download (they already streamed the file using the bandwidth so may as well have the file saved to there HD if they wish.) i also hope to have paid members able to download the orginal video to be an incentive to subscribe.

i dont have the watermark feature enabled on my site as there is no point having a big watermark on linking to my site when they are already on my site!

however i do hardcode a text watermark into the videos, this cant be removed and is on all downloded FLV video files.

so basically i just have "mysite.com" pop up at the bottom of the vid for a few seconds....just text and not clickable but at least if the video gets spread round then users who view it can find my site.

if anyone is interested in having a hardcoded watermark like i explained above tell me and i'll post a mod on how to do it.

PLEASE -- do explain how you "hardcore" the url or website name
08-29-2007, 08:55 PM
SportsGamingTV.com

I think what leki is talking about is using a video editing program of some kind to type the text of the url directly onto the video so that it can't be removed.
08-29-2007, 08:58 PM
leki

well its all done by vshare using mencoder....so its not any extra work for you.

I'll see if i can get time to write up a guide tonight.
08-29-2007, 09:51 PM
leki

here is the watermark mod/guide http://forums.buyscripts.in/viewtopic.php?p=6470#6470
09-18-2007, 07:45 PM
karlmay

Re: Better Download Video Mod

When i try to download a FLV video with Firefox, it open me a new page with the flv code instead of downloading the file.

Like this:

Code:

FLV??? ?????J???????? onMetaData??? ?duration?@Fâ€˜Ã«â€¦Â¸R? videodatarate?@tÃ…$â‚¬kp?lastkeyframetimestamp?@FË†â€œtÂ¼j?lastkeyframelocation?A<â€“Ã?????creator? YouTube, Inc.?metadatacreator?YouTube Metadata Injector.?haskeyframes?hasmetadata? keyframes?times ???.???????????ÃµSÃ·ÃŽÃ™â€¡??Ã¶ffffff??Ã·xÃ”Ã½Ã³Â¶F??Ã¸â€¡+IÂº??Ã¹â„¢â„¢â„¢â„¢â„¢Å¡??ÃºÂ¬1&Ã©y??Ã»Âº^5?|Ã®??Ã¼ÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃ??Ã½ÃŸ;dZÂ¬??Ã¾Ã*â€˜hrÂ°!?@????????@?â€°7KÃ†Â§Ã°?@bMÃ’Ã±Âª?@Â©Ã»Ã§lâ€¹D?@â€°7KÃ†Â§Ã°?@â„¢â„¢â„¢â„¢â„¢Å¡?@Â»dZÂ¬?@"ÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃ?@&Âª~Ã¹Ã›"Ã‘?@(ÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃ?@,Dâ€œtÂ¼j?@,ffffff?@,Ë†Â´9Xb?@,Âª~Ã¹Ã›"Ã‘?@,ÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃ[email protected]â€œtÂ¼j?@/Â»Ã§lâ€¹Câ€“?@1ÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃŒÃ?@2Â»Â¥Ã£SÃ·Ã?@3Â»Â¥Ã£SÃ·Ã?@4Ã®Ã™â€¡+?@7ÂªÃ€Æ’nËœ?@8ÃÃ³Â¶EÂ¡Ã‹?@:ÃÃ³Â¶EÂ¡Ã‹?@<"IÂº^5?@>Ë†rÂ° Ã„Å“?@@D9XbN?@AÃ®Ã¹Ã›"ÃÃ¥?@BÂ»Ã†Â§Ã¯ÂÂ²?@D333333?@EÃ·lâ€¹Câ€¢Â?@FnÃ¹Ã›"ÃÃ¥?@Fwlâ€¹Câ€¢Â?@Fâ‚¬??????@FË†â€œtÂ¼j?

It only do this with firefox, works fine with IE. Any idea why?
09-18-2007, 09:53 PM
leki

Re: Better Download Video Mod

you probably have your firefox options set to view the file in firefox rather than download it.
09-18-2007, 10:11 PM
karlmay

Re: Better Download Video Mod

Quote:

Originally Posted by leki

you probably have your firefox options set to view the file in firefox rather than download it.

Yes, its what I thought, but i tried to find or modify some download options in my firefox browser and it didnt fixed anything.

Here is a flv video link that you can try to download using firefox. Tell me if you can download it please.

http://worldadstv.com/flvideo/1190149202636709181.flv
09-18-2007, 10:38 PM
leki

Re: Better Download Video Mod

cant you right click on it and save the file?
09-18-2007, 10:45 PM
karlmay

Re: Better Download Video Mod

Yes, its working that way
09-22-2007, 01:28 PM
KnoPPerS

Re: Better Download Video Mod

hey,

can the Download only aviable for Gold Packages etc?
09-24-2007, 02:31 PM
leki

Re: Better Download Video Mod

if there was smarty code for packages then yes it would be easy to give paying members extra features...but currently no
04-28-2008, 11:49 PM
gary

Re: Better Download Video Mod

Hi,

This doesn't seem to work for me. I am using verison 2.6

This is the text mentioned in this mod
"{if $allow_download == 1}
[img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img] Download
{/if}"

In version 2.6 the text in view_video.tpl has been changed to:

"{if $allow_download == 1 && $video_info.vtype eq 0}
[img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img] Download
{/if}"

Now when I make the change and try to download the video I get the message "user not found"

Any suggestion on how to get this working :)

Thanks

What I want to do is allow anyone to download the flv version of the file.
04-29-2008, 10:13 PM
grynmoors

Re: Better Download Video Mod

I don't allow for downloads on my sites since the .flvs are not watermarked with my domain names, otherwise I'd probably allow it...but this is a great addition to the script! Thanks for "vSharing" :D

Speaking of branding the videos...anybody got a good resource for that or how to do it? Oh, never mind, I'll either search the forums or start another post on that subject....
05-21-2008, 05:10 PM
maddog93

Re: Better Download Video Mod

how do you add it in?
05-22-2008, 08:52 AM
Foxxy

Re: Better Download Video Mod

Unfortunately, I had to remove the original files from the video folder. They were taking up too much room. I backed them all up on my computer in case I ever wanted to use them, but when it started taking up more than 100GB of space on my hard drive, I ended up having to remove them from there as well.

Oh well.
05-22-2008, 09:01 AM
grynmoors

Re: Better Download Video Mod

Too bad you couldn't have burned them onto a cd/dvd or something. Dang.
05-22-2008, 04:53 PM
Foxxy

Re: Better Download Video Mod

I thought about it at the time, but since it was over 100GB, it would have taken a decent stack of CDs, and it would keep growing every week.

I guess if people were paying a 0.25 or 0.50 per download it might be worth it, but for a free site it's not really worth the trouble. If I ever get to that point, I'll just have to reconvert the flv files into mpg, and have someone write a custom download script. That's more trouble, but it would give me more consistency anyway. Those other files ranged from flv to mov to wmv to whatever. It was really kind of junky, and I think the ones that had used another site for the upload source didn't even appear there at all.
11-02-2008, 06:59 PM
pocholo

Re: Better Download Video Mod

What about allow downloads only for paid members?

You can program the code in any way with the UID and Pack_id data from the database?
01-17-2009, 12:46 AM
bigoboy

Re: Better Download Video Mod

I get USER NOT FOUND when the download icon is clicked on

Not sure why this is?
Any help would be greatfull
01-17-2009, 03:59 AM
bigoboy

Re: Better Download Video Mod

Code:

[img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download

Figured that would work but it didnt

Got it

Code:

{if $allow_download == 1 && $video_info.vtype eq 0} {if $smarty.session.UID ne ""} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {else} [img]{$baseurl}/templates/images/download.png[/img]Download {/if} {/if}