LFS Video upload page!

[Martinss]

About two months ago i thought, that searching LFS videos on youtube might be pretty hard, so i created site specially for LFS videos. :D

http://www.lfsvideo.net

-Max file size 200MB
-Similar to Youtube (phpmotion source)

Post suggestions or bugs here or send them to PM. :)

Also it would be nice if you post suggestions for new video categorys.

BUGS & FIXES
----------------------
To do list:
1. Add group admin feature to edit groupdescription


Fixes:
1. PM now sends if message contains " '/ charecters
2. Corrected <br/> tag displaying in video discription
3. Added group admin feature to delete group

[Zachary Zoomy]

WOW! looks great!

[Fredthebest]

Awesome! :thumb:

Good Work!

[evilpimp]

Very nice! Great work :)

[zeromussov]

Good work:thumbsup:

Video quality is pretty good. Site needs some more attention, but it's a good start:)

[squidhead]

is the aspect ratio a problem of videos or the site?

[evilpimp]

is the aspect ratio a problem of videos or the site?


Heh wondering the same thing. The cars look squished..

[Martinss]

is the aspect ratio a problem of videos or the site?

I think that is problem of videos. Because Test and Injection video looks good.

[evilpimp]

I think that is problem of videos. Because Test and Injection video looks good.

cars in injection look squished to me they should be a bit more wide. I think its problems with whoever made the video's though.

[legoflamb]

very nice Ill upload once i get the email to confirm my registration.

[Martinss]

very nice Ill upload once i get the email to confirm my registration.


Doesen't send confirmation? Tell me your username, i'll activate it.

[Ferroc]

Nice :thumb: Good work :)

[aroX123]

Very nice, then i dont need to spend so much time looking for vids on youtube..
If i want to see a car drifting (I dont want to) i just choose it:tilt:

Great

[RayFinkle]

Very nice.

[Martinss]

Changed converted video size to 550x400. So squished problem is solved i think. :)

[revennge]

It's very nice from you :D

[squidhead]

I still am quite skeptical for some reason

[Martinss]

And the reason is? :)

[ddd9022]

Nice!

[AndRand]

man, I was waiting for such site :thumb:

[The Very End]

Good site :)
May I ask what the max video size / lengt etc is? :)

[Töki (HUN)]

Great! Screw you Stage6, we have this!:D

[kaynd]

Nice job but are you sure you can support a server with that high bandwidth traffic?
Youtube has advertisements to keep it running.. What do you have to keep this project alive especially when it is focused on such a small part of viewers?

[evilpimp]

Good site :)
May I ask what the max video size / lengt etc is? :)


-Max file size 200MB
-Similar to Youtube (phpmotion source)


:P in his first post.

Great! Screw you Stage6, we have this!:D

Erm I dnt think this will be as good quality as Stage6 lol. Super alien vids like unekova and lynce's vids will probably still be on Stage6 lol

[Mp3 Astra]

Nice stuff. I'll put the Blame Game videos on there now... :thumbsup:

[anbiddulph]

:P in his first post.



Erm I dnt think this will be as good quality as Stage6 lol. Super alien vids like unekova and lynce's vids will probably still be on Stage6 lol
stage6 is teh gone :(

[evilpimp]

stage6 is teh gone :(
NEVER!

Stage6 is da best. Even though it takes years to load a good video on it its worth it lol. But for sure it'll be easier to find the kind of video's your looking for in this site ;P

[The Very End]

:P in his first post.



Erm I dnt think this will be as good quality as Stage6 lol. Super alien vids like unekova and lynce's vids will probably still be on Stage6 lol

:doh: sorry :(

[Mp3 Astra]

What upload speeds are people getting? I'm getting 16kb/s.

[speed1]

Nice site! It looks very good.

[Martinss]

Nice job but are you sure you can support a server with that high bandwidth traffic?
Youtube has advertisements to keep it running.. What do you have to keep this project alive especially when it is focused on such a small part of viewers?

I have 1500gb bandwith traffic in month, so about 50gb a day. Now it is producing ~1gb a day, i think it will be enought. :)

For today i don't have anything to keep this project alive. :D
MP3 Astra - server is located in USA, so thats why. :)
I'm getting 200kb/s up. :D

edit: Maybe somone can give idea for new video categorys in lfsvideo.net?

[eight8acht]

How about Rallye and Cruising?

or a Review Section where we can put videos about reviews for wheels, sound systems or something like that

[anbiddulph]

its ace!!!!!

nice quality aswell =]

[Drift King CZ]

Good idea & good work. :thumb: Now let's tell the others who didn't read this thread :). Get all the videos to one website :).

EDIT: Do you have any logo, banners, icons... for propagation?

[hadesko]

oh gr8
next video I'll upload here:tilt:

[Martinss]

eight8acht - will add these categorys. :)
Drift King CZ - don't have have them, but i will ask somebody to make. :)

[Drift King CZ]

Martinss I tried you send this message on lfsvideo.net:

Hello, I created group ,,LFS Action" and I typed bad description so I tried edit it, but it is not able to or I didn't find it and the same when I wanted delete the group. So I deleted myself from the group and now it's a group without admin.

And sorry, it was an accidents - I sent some reports so... Sorry.

And a while ago I sent you a test message, because when I tried to send this message 1st time, I was redirected on white page... Adress was still the same ,,http://www.lfsvideo.net/emailcompose.php".
And again the white page, so I'm trying 3rd time.
4th time... 5th time...

M1k3

Strange... When I just typed ,,test", it worked and message was sent. But when I typed something longer...

[Martinss]

Ehh. The problem is in " ',.-' " ", etc charecters. When they are too much - it just won't send. Maybe somone could get a little help? My coding skills are 0 at PHP. :D

if ($_POST['submitted_reply'] == "yes") {
$member_username = $_POST['member_username'];//check if form has been submitted
$subject = 'Re: ' . $_POST['subject'];
;
$message = "";
$todays_date = $config["date_format"];
$template = "templates/main_1.htm";
$inner_template1 = "templates/inner_email_compose.htm";//middle of page
$TBS = new clsTinyButStrong;
$TBS->NoErr = true;// no more error message displayed.
$TBS->LoadTemplate("$template");
$TBS->Render = TBS_OUTPUT;
$TBS->Show();

@mysql_close();
die();
}

Problem is that $message don't like special charecters - am i right?

And Drift_King_CZ - thanks for the reply. ;)

[PioneerLv]

Great work Martinss! Added to bookmarks. ;)

[Martinss]

Just checked developers site of phpmotion - message problem doesen't seems to be solved. :( I will try to add some other message system.

[Drift King CZ]

No problem Martinss :).

if ($_POST['submitted_reply'] == "yes") {
$member_username = $_POST['member_username'];//check if form has been submitted
$subject = 'Re: ' . $_POST['subject'];
;
$message = "";
addslashes($message);
$todays_date = $config["date_format"];
$template = "templates/main_1.htm";
$inner_template1 = "templates/inner_email_compose.htm";//middle of page
$TBS = new clsTinyButStrong;
$TBS->NoErr = true;// no more error message displayed.
$TBS->LoadTemplate("$template");
$TBS->Render = TBS_OUTPUT;
$TBS->Show();

@mysql_close();
die();
}

Hmm try this. I don't know if it will be work...
In manual was:

<?php
$str = "Is your name O'reilly?";

// Types: Is your name O\'reilly?
echo addslashes($str);
?>

And by the way the problem are only " and '.
. , - is ok. It doesn't make problems. I know sure.

EDIT: If it won't work, try this... If this won't work too, so I don't know.

if ($_POST['submitted_reply'] == "yes") {
$member_username = $_POST['member_username'];//check if form has been submitted
$subject = 'Re: ' . $_POST['subject'];
;
addslashes ($message = "");
$todays_date = $config["date_format"];
$template = "templates/main_1.htm";
$inner_template1 = "templates/inner_email_compose.htm";//middle of page
$TBS = new clsTinyButStrong;
$TBS->NoErr = true;// no more error message displayed.
$TBS->LoadTemplate("$template");
$TBS->Render = TBS_OUTPUT;
$TBS->Show();

@mysql_close();
die();
}

[Drift King CZ]

Just checked developers site of phpmotion - message problem doesen't seems to be solved. :( I will try to add some other message system.
I think there's an error when server sends the data to a database. It is confused because there is many times this: ". And this is also used in syntax of PHP... The function I typed to the code should add this: \ before these symbolsl: " and '. It is because when I will type to the message: Hello franky, group ,,LFS Action\"... The message will be sent thanks to the symbol: \.

EDIT: I think :D.

[Martinss]

Theres problem in only ' this symbol. Because when i send part of your message like this:


Hello, I created group ,,LFS Action" and I typed bad description so I tried edit it, but it is not able to or I didn't


It returns white page, but when i send like this:


Hello, I created group ,,LFS Action" and I typed bad description so I tried edit it, but it is not able to or I didnt


It sends. And your code also don't work. :(

EDIT: could htmlspecialchars(); help in this case?

[Drift King CZ]

Hmm, so I don't know :/. I also don't know PHP too much. I think someone will soon help.

[Martinss]

Very nice! Almost perfect. It sends now message... but only one thing:

Hello, I created group ,,LFS Action&quot; and I typed bad description so I tried edit it, but it is not able to or I didn&#039;t find it and the same when I wanted delete the group. So I deleted myself from the group and now it&#039;s a group without admin.

And sorry, it was an accidents - I sent some reports so... Sorry.

And a while ago I sent you a test message, because when I tried to send this message 1st time, I was redirected on white page... Adress was still the same ,,http://www.lfsvide o.net/emailcompose.p hp&quot;.
And again the white page, so I&#039;m trying 3rd time.
4th time... 5th time...

M1k3

Now idea, how do "decode" this? :D

[Drift King CZ]

It WORKS? Man it works? :P
How to decode? I don't think it is because of my update, I think it is problem in PHPmotion.

Just look for example at this video description...
http://www.lfsvideo.net/play.php?vid=94
Do you see? I think PHPmotion has a problem with links...

EDIT: Aha you maybe mean this: &quot;
I think it is code for the symbol: "
Hmm lol...

[Martinss]

There is htmlspecialchars_ decode, but only works on PHP5, my host has PHP4 :(

Yes, know about links - it is in my "to do" list. :)

[Drift King CZ]

There is htmlspecialchars_ decode, but only works on PHP5, my host has PHP4 :(

Yes, know about links - it is in my "to do" list. :)
Hmm try it... Try the htmlspecialchars_ decode... Just try it, maybe it really won't work cause of the PHP4, or maybe will. By the way it is bad if theres really only php4 :/.

EDIT: I'm gonna race some competition in 30 minutes... But after I will open my Magic Book (PHP5, MySQL, Apache - Creating web applications) or find out something on internet...

[Martinss]

What a idiot i am. :D

Your addslashes($message); works, i just putted it in wrong place.


$member_username = $_POST['member_username'];//check if form has been submitted
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
;
$message = addslashes($_POST['message']);
$todays_date = $config["date_format"];


Now it works perfectly. :) Thank you Drift King CZ. :)

Now just still two bugs to fix:
1. Links
2. Description edit on group

[Drift King CZ]

3. Delete group.

No problem :thumb:. And don't call me Drift King CZ please, I hate my LFSworld nick, I was an idiot when I created nick like this... :D

EDIT:Hmm when a group is private the others cannot see the group... I thought it's like that you will send a request to join and admin will accept it or not. Wouldn't be better? And how can I join private group, when I can't get on it's Group Home Page?

M1k3

[Martinss]

Will try to fix this too. ;)

[Drift King CZ]

Yes, make also the private group visible for everyone :-).
Next thing: NiTRo_SvK joined my group, but his video (http://www.lfsvideo.net/play.php?vid=95) isn't in Group Home Page. Why? Is it so that there are only videos, which members of the group add since they are in the group?

EDIT: Aha, LFSHades, who just also joined my group told me that he has to add it at the group.

[Martinss]

Correct link/text displaying in video

Done! Two more bugs / features to go! :)

[Drift King CZ]

You mean the description of video? Do users have to update the descriptions? Because I still see the bad links etc.

[Martinss]

Yes, they need to update them. :) Because problem were in posting - when you write description and enter new line with hitting "enter" - this enter then displays ar <br />

[Martinss]

Added "Delete group" feature. :)

[Drift King CZ]

Good job. By the way - rating. There is 5 stars in the line. But when I want give the highest rating, which star should i click on? Last on left or right?

[Martinss]

Last on right. :)

[Lampost22]

Very nice. Remembering my Demo-Times I was searching for some S2 content to decide whether to buy LFS S2 or not. The demo was quit fun and interesting but I didn't know what to expect from S2. So a video with great S2 action would have accelerated my decision by quit some time. With this video portal we should gain another million S2 drivers. :D

[RacerAsh3]

Caaaaaaaaaaaarazy, looking good :) Good luck to you and your site :)

[Damo74]

NEVER!

Stage6 is da best. Even though it takes years to load a good video on it its worth it lol. But for sure it'll be easier to find the kind of video's your looking for in this site ;P

Actually, its true that Stage6 is gone. Divx have shut it down completely. So no more from there, so this site is a good alternative! Or you can use the secret html tag on Youtube videos to get a better quality stream.:thumb:

By the way, just add &fmt=18 to the end of the address for the youtube video.:shhh:

[Drift King CZ]

One of the main problems is slow loading of video.

[squidhead]

I guess I should give it a try

Edit: problem no1 - doesn't send confirmation mails to inbox.lv
Edit2: it was built in spam filtering problem...it doesn't like the "noreply" in the sender's adress
Edit3: ditch the reset button in uploading videos menu

Edit4: file name is 28 characters including ".avi"
I get this
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/ste_fly/error.jpg

[Martinss]

Remove spaces in the filename. ;)

[squidhead]

did that, worked
40kb/s

I uploaded this movie to YT in a matter of 10 minutes, this will take me 48 minutes with this movie...
speed isn't on a brilliant side :(

[Martinss]

You have lattelekom internet provider? Right? For me speed is 200-400kb/s up. :) How i already said - server is located in UK. :)

edit: And that is your choice to use it or not. If it meets all your requirements - use it, if not - use youtube instead. ;)
I have future plans on dedicated server, to host this (if all will go right and there will be lot of LFS users).

[squidhead]

You have lattelekom internet provider? Right?
Balticom...
Speedtest.net has just shown 320kb/s up with London...(considering i am running a few downloads at the moment, and still uploading the video to lfsvideos.net)

regular speed in LV
http://www.speedtest.net/result/225828933.png


it's not my provider's problem I believe

[Martinss]

Well...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/240747211.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/240748884.png

And

http://img.lejup.lv/images/2160.PNG

So maybe your nonLatvian internet speed is poor. :rolleyes:

[squidhead]

I doubt that, I will have to turn off Any sort of downloads/uploads and check it out...
but I can already say that I have uploaded a file twice as big to Filefront in less time...

[Martinss]

Maybe current server internet connection don't like you. :D

[blackcarmafia]

NIce :thumb: great joob ....

[Martinss]

squidhead thanks for that video - now found one bug - cuts long videos. :) Will try to fix this. And can you give me that file what you uploaded throught skype or host somewhere? I will try to upload it after fix. My skype: martins.se

[squidhead]

must agree, quality is better than YT...video gets cut early...
Edit:
speed with UK seems to be ok
http://www.speedtest.net/result/240779433.png


also I'd rather use MSN or ICQ

[Martinss]

Squidhead you cutted that video, or there is bug? If you didn't cutted it, then can you give me the original file? I will test it later.

[squidhead]

Squidhead you cutted that video, or there is bug? If you didn't cutted it, then can you give me the original file? I will test it later.

didn't cut it, I got another long vid if you want to test it out
http://files.filefront.com/head2head+vol3+Medium+Qulavi/;9677951;/fileinfo.html
140mb
test on this one
8+ minutes

[Martinss]

Oh. Thanks i'll test it out. :)

[Martinss]

Fixed the problem with videos getting cuted off - all now is okay. :)

[squidhead]

cool, you may remove the video I gave you now :smileypul

[Martinss]

Okay - also your uploaded video too?

[squidhead]

I guess so, I saw what I wanted to see :nod:

[Mp3 Astra]

MP3 Astra - server is located in USA, so thats why. :)
I'm getting 200kb/s up. :D


How i already said - server is located in UK. :)

Is it in the USA, or the UK? :)

[Martinss]

Crap again. :D In the USA. :)

[Martinss]

Added site statistic. I see, thats there is almost no activity. Please post here if you have some issues uploading videos. :)

[FOX 1977]

The site looks good, but you got most viewed, most recent....how about most rated? :scratchch

[Martinss]

Will try that. :)

[PioneerLv]

Buffering. Why buffering is so long? To watch 5 mins long video i need to wait for at least 10 minutes.

[Martinss]

Because server is located in USA. U have Lattelecom internetprovider? If yes, then thats your problem.

[pine-fin]

What about a divxwebplayer? Would be nice to get full quality and not crappy youtube quality :(

I really liked stage6 and the option to go fullscreen and the video didnt turn into pixelcrap.

[Martinss]

I think that divxwevplayer is imposible to add to lfsvideo, or if it is possible there is neede so much coding. If you see some videos - there's not crappy youtube quality - it is much better than youtube quality.

[pine-fin]

Yes, but I mean that if you want to view fullscreen, the video looks like crap because of the stretching. Would be nice if we make 1280* res movies and view them as they are (like stage6 did). Now the player shrinks the video into a tiny window and you cant view it in full res :(

[Martinss]

I have only 30gb of space. ;)

[Martinss]

:)

[DHRammstein]

I will click plenty, nice site, keep it up!

[Dalek0220]

Wow. Can't believe I noticed this! Heh heh, I've got a decent video and could put it on there.

*clicks ad*

[Martinss]

:)

[Krammeh]

You do realise that requesting a user to click the link is just against the terms and conditions of google adsense as clicking the link yourself.

If I were you I would edit your forum post here, and ask the others to edit theirs too - as you will soon enough get banned from Google Adsense.

Beleive you me, its happened to me before!

[Martinss]

Done. :)

[JO53PHS]

I'm having problems uploading. Every time I try to upload, the webpage kinda expires while it's uploading :(

[JO53PHS]

Ok that ^ is all sorted but now I'm having aspect ratio problems.

It's squashing my 16:9 video into a 4:3 frame which looks, to be honest, awful :S

[wOoOzZy]

What can I use to convert the mpr or spr replays into a format that can be uploaded to the site?

[JO53PHS]

Nothing, because they're not video files. Basically what they are (I think) is a set of *instructions* that tell AI to do exactly what you did.

You can use FRAPS to record stuff though :)

[JasonJ]

What can I use to convert the mpr or spr replays into a format that can be uploaded to the site?HELP IS HERE (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=219)

[wOoOzZy]

Thanks

[Martinss]

Is there someone who want to take over this project (not for free, lol)? I don't have too much time for it, also site visit number is very poor. Hosting is ending by middle of august, i think.

[Drift King CZ]

I'm just getting know that maybe someone could remove the banner heading on lfsvideo.net. I mean the banner in header of lfsforums.net where are all the banners randomly showed. I can still see it sometimes.