New media embed option for our forum - edit: it's broken

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So the main maintainer of phpbb came up with a pretty cool media embed option, and i've got that bad boy installed now.
2018-10-21 20_16_18-(22) Endless Sphere - Post a new topic.png

Just click on this and enter the URL and it figures the rest out. No more copying sections of the URLof a youtube video, etc.

As you can see, it is not perfect, but it does work for a few things.

Facebook test: x
[media]https://www.facebook.com/groups/endless.sphere/[/media]

Soundcloud test: :bolt:
[media]https://soundcloud.com/neptronix/neo-geo-cd-fatal-fury-2-mais-theme[/media]

Youtube: x
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpzXIPXdAQ[/media]

Twitter: :bolt:
[media]https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1053063107843514368[/media]

..you get the idea!
 
Here's a list of sites it's said to work for.

Strangely, no youtube.. because our youtube bbcode conflicts with it ( this is dumb ).
Perhaps i will patch the code later so that it does it's job properly.

MediaEmbedAcp.jpg
 
I know, i know..

It doesn't work for some stupid arbitrary reasons.. i am probably going to hack on the code if i don't get a response from the phpbb people..

Nonetheless, it works for a lot of sites. Feel free to test a few things out in this thread if ya want..
 
neptronix said:
So the main maintainer of phpbb came up with a pretty cool media embed option, and i've got that bad boy installed now.

This is a great update.
I noticed all my stuff is coming up, as I am big web browser url poster..
this really helps because I am surprised how many times I repeat my self because people just don't read anything on here they just don't look at it, but clicking on easily absorbable media links now embedded will really help.

My post here looks great
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=70349&start=575#p1421629

I wouldn't worry about Youtube, because its become super advert riddled, more so than most media, everything on Twitter video is advert free.

This FoxNews youtube video was super advert riddled (unless you got youtube red subscription) but the official foxnews site its advert free!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frviKqDWRl4

https://video.foxnews.com/v/5851667173001/?#sp=show-clips

Well they didn't auto embed there but they did on my post on the subject https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=89002&start=2500#p1421639

I noticed my signature is totally gone, what's up with that?
 
Ugh. This happens when you are not logged in. Thank you for noticing it.. it's something i would have not even seen during testing.

This is a dealbreaker.
I'd hack on it and fix it these two things, but there is another issue.. phpbb team says they will not support it in the future as we upgrade, and the youtube bug... they are offering no help.

Their response:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/mediaembed/support/topic/197356?p=659231#p659231

I'm considering this a dead end and removing the option.
 
TheBeastie said:
I noticed my signature is totally gone, what's up with that?

Thank you for letting me know about this. Posts made in the last ~14 hours will not have their signature still, but posts made after this one will have it on by default. So it was a short blip.

Sorry for the bug. I did a lot of surgery yesterday on the site yesterday and missed some small things.
 
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