SMF Media Gallery (SMG) - 2.0.5 is out! (December 2)

[tfs]

I had always wished that SMG would be able to access that info.  It's there in the JPG file, and SMG already retrieves Exif metadata.  It doesn't seem like a huge leap to retrieve the other stuff.

[willj]

I installed SMF Media Gallery and now that it is working fine I have found that the only way to allow regular members to rate and comment on images in the gallery is to set the permission 'Administrate Gallery' to yes.  Is there a way around this as ideally I should be the only person who can administrate the gallery.

Thank you.

[Nao 尚]

SMG IS to me the best mod out there to me. But it's very sad indeed that new features are added, instead of solving the current issues.

I can't solve issues by magic. When someone offers a bug report, it can be either of these:
- not an actual bug... A misuse of a feature.
- an actual bug, but that happens only on very specific cases... Not reproduceable anywhere else. If they don't give me access to their website, I can't help.
- an actual bug, but not explained correctly... In which case I can't reproduce either.
- an actual bug, explained correctly -- then I can fix if it's something I'm familiar with. (Remember, I only wrote half of SMG -- the other half is either obscure to me, or I'm familiar enough to play with, but that still leaves about a quarter of SMG that I wouldn't touch with a 20-feet pole.)

And now I got my own PS and have been able to add ffmpeg-php (who on earth can live without this feature),

Err... Me, apparently.

it's sad to discover that I actually can't use this feature after all, since both 1.x and 2.x versions doesn't run properly with this cool feature.

I'll try to fix all errors pertaining to FFMpeg before the final version is out. IIRC you did send me your server access data by PM, right? In which case I'll be able to start on it at some point, when I'm done with other issues...

[Nao 尚]

I had always wished that SMG would be able to access that info.  It's there in the JPG file, and SMG already retrieves Exif metadata.  It doesn't seem like a huge leap to retrieve the other stuff.

Video information? I think getid3 already gets enough of these for us... Video width, height and duration. Isn't that enough...?

[Akyhne]

I can't solve issues by magic. When someone offers a bug report, it can be either of these:
- not an actual bug... A misuse of a feature.
- an actual bug, but that happens only on very specific cases... Not reproduceable anywhere else. If they don't give me access to their website, I can't help.
- an actual bug, but not explained correctly... In which case I can't reproduce either.
- an actual bug, explained correctly -- then I can fix if it's something I'm familiar with. (Remember, I only wrote half of SMG -- the other half is either obscure to me, or I'm familiar enough to play with, but that still leaves about a quarter of SMG that I wouldn't touch with a 20-feet pole.)

I just don't get the way you guys release versions, but that's your problem. To me, a version which I know contains bugs, would be released as a beta or a RC version.

And now I got my own PS and have been able to add ffmpeg-php (who on earth can live without this feature),

Err... Me, apparently.

Why? How boring would a Youtube video be to have in a post in your forum, when all you saw was a black screen. Remember I talked you into adding the title of the original video where possible? How boring would a video look with a black background and no title?
The still shot of the video, makes it come to live.

I'll try to fix all errors pertaining to FFMpeg before the final version is out. IIRC you did send me your server access data by PM, right? In which case I'll be able to start on it at some point, when I'm done with other issues...

No, you don't have access to my PS. I didn't have it for more than 14 days. But if you want a few subdomains with full ftp and MySql access, let me know.

[tfs]

I had always wished that SMG would be able to access that info.  It's there in the JPG file, and SMG already retrieves Exif metadata.  It doesn't seem like a huge leap to retrieve the other stuff.

Video information? I think getid3 already gets enough of these for us... Video width, height and duration. Isn't that enough...?

No, it's JPG file data I'm talking about.  I'm not sure what the technical name for the data is, but I have 1200 photos that my brother scanned from our family archive.  He spent about a year identifying the photos and saving that info inside the JPG files.  To see the data you must right click on one of the photos and go to "Properties", and then the "Summary" tab, there's information in there that I wish I could display.  Specifically, there's Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords and Comments.

[Dragooon]

I had always wished that SMG would be able to access that info.  It's there in the JPG file, and SMG already retrieves Exif metadata.  It doesn't seem like a huge leap to retrieve the other stuff.

Video information? I think getid3 already gets enough of these for us... Video width, height and duration. Isn't that enough...?

No, it's JPG file data I'm talking about.  I'm not sure what the technical name for the data is, but I have 1200 photos that my brother scanned from our family archive.  He spent about a year identifying the photos and saving that info inside the JPG files.  To see the data you must right click on one of the photos and go to "Properties", and then the "Summary" tab, there's information in there that I wish I could display.  Specifically, there's Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords and Comments.

SMG already can fetch EXIF data that are added by most photo editing programs/cameras. If thats what you're talking about.

Sorry for being away guys, but exams have started. I gave my Science Practical today and got Maths tomorrow. Then got Science Theory exam, I won't be active till the 23rd.

[Nao 尚]

Woohoo! Dragooon's back!
September 23 you say? That's something like... A 4-month hiatus all in all?
I need help regarding permissions, BTW...
http://smf-media.com/community/index.php?topic=1143.0
Complicated topic.

[tfs]

SMG already can fetch EXIF data that are added by most photo editing programs/cameras. If thats what you're talking about.

Sorry for being away guys, but exams have started. I gave my Science Practical today and got Maths tomorrow. Then got Science Theory exam, I won't be active till the 23rd.

Good to have you back Dragoon!

The data is not EXIF.  I'm not sure what you call it, but you can see it on a Windows machine by right clicking on a JPG file and going to properties.  In there is a tab called "Summary" where there's extended data that is stored in the header of the JPG.  Here's what it looks like.  There's an advanced and simple view.

I think this may only be an option for JPG files.

[MUSTAfaINE]

http://www.metalfrm.com/index.php?action=mgallery

this is my mod page i made an album with using sql file.. but i didnt the second one please send me a sql file.. only i want this for months..

[Nao 尚]

1/ speak English here... Your message doesn't mean a thing.
2/ your site is not accessible to guests.

[Dragooon]

SMG already can fetch EXIF data that are added by most photo editing programs/cameras. If thats what you're talking about.

Sorry for being away guys, but exams have started. I gave my Science Practical today and got Maths tomorrow. Then got Science Theory exam, I won't be active till the 23rd.

Good to have you back Dragoon!

The data is not EXIF.  I'm not sure what you call it, but you can see it on a Windows machine by right clicking on a JPG file and going to properties.  In there is a tab called "Summary" where there's extended data that is stored in the header of the JPG.  Here's what it looks like.  There's an advanced and simple view.

I think this may only be an option for JPG files.

I believe that is EXIF data.

[MUSTAfaINE]

i set the permissions but use that please

member name  : deneme

pass: deneme

and i just want to say i couldnt add the second album and i set the first album in sql...

please send me a sql file which one has two or more than..

[tfs]

I believe that is EXIF data.

It's not found by SMG.  I'm looking at such a file on my forum right now.  SMG says "No Exif data found", but I just downloaded the file and looked at the properties, and there's lots of data there.  Title, Subject, Keywords, Comments and Author all contain information.

It seems like SMG is only showing the data entered by the camera.

[Nao 尚]

What is the origin of these files again?

[tfs]

What is the origin of these files again?

Any JPG file.  Right click, go to properties.  On the properties screen go to the Summary tab.  On the summary tab toggle between the simple and advanced views.  In there you can add information and save.

Sample file attached, made from Dragooon's sig.

[Nao 尚]

The attached image doesn't have any IPTC information, and its only EXIF data is "Software: Adobe ImageReady"...

[tfs]

The attached image doesn't have any IPTC information, and its only EXIF data is "Software: Adobe ImageReady"...

If you look at the file with a HEX editor you'll see unicode data in the header.

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That's the data that I see in the file properties.  I re-downloaded the file, giving it a unique name.  I'm running Windows XP, patched to whatever is the latest MS service packs and patches.  I right click on the file and select "Properties".  On the properties screen I have a "Summary" tab, and in that summary tab I see the data shown above.  Just like in the screenshot I posted to Dragooon a few messages back, which I'll attach again.

Perhaps this isn't Exif data but some kind of Windows proprietary data?  Or perhaps because it's UNICODE?

[Nao 尚]

Hmm, indeed... Probably Windows data or something. I don't really know.
At least, ACDSee Pro 2.5 doesn't see any of these, while the Properties tab in Explorer does.

Oh, I just found a few web pages that mention this is indeed Windows-specific metadata (for XP and above). Apparently it was new in XP and improved in Vista and W7 with the ability to customize the field names.
In any case -- this is not standard and can not be read with Exifixer (which SMG uses.)

[unformatted_]

Thanks for this Mod.

2 questions:
-It's possible to mass upload a list of hundreds of youtube vídeo links?
-It's available the portuguese translation?

thanks