About Video Tube |
Video Tube HistoryVideo Tube began as a simple XOOPS module with one purpose which was to provide a means for webmasters to easily embed YouTube videos of their choice on their site. The main focus in designing the software was to keep the interface clean and simple. The initial release of version 1.0 made its debut on April 14, 2008. |
Video ServicesYouTube was selected as the video service of choice due to it's popularity and the ease of working with the API's they provide. API stands for application programming interface. The API's provide functions allowing us to build our own software application (Video Tube) that interacts with the YouTube servers.Due to user requests more services were added. Daily Motion, MetaCafe and blip.tv were each selected based on the video feeds they provide and the fact that an authentication id is not required to access the video information. |
Software RequirementsYouTube information is retrieved in a format known as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). This means the video info can be parsed in javascript functions so there are no special software requirements. Daily Motion, MetaCafe and blip.tv information is retrieved as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds which employ XML namespaces. To read and parse this info, which is performed in PHP, SimpleXML is used. Therefore, PHP5 must be installed on the server to take advantage of using these other video services.If your server is still operating on PHP4, Video Tube will still work but you will only be able to use YouTube. Daily Motion, MetaCafe and blip.tv are disabled. |
Video Tube Basic Features
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