Here are the steps to follow:

1. Download the latest copy of PHPViddler.
2. Extract PHPViddler into system/libraries/phpviddler/ in your CodeIgniter installation.
3. Load the PHPViddler library (as needed) like this:

   // Load PHP Viddler and setup
   $this->load->library('phpviddler/php5viddler');
   $viddler = $this->php5viddler;
   $viddler->apiKey = 'your_api_key_here';

4. Use $viddler->function_name() after that.

I’ve just set up a local CodeIgniter installation and had multi-file uploading working within about 30 minutes using PHP Viddler with PHPViddlerUploadify (an extension of both PHPViddler and the JavaScript framework jQuery) for easy file uploading.

We hope that you enjoy using PHPViddler with CodeIgniter as much as we do.

As of next push, those of you, who are hopelessly firewalled, will be able to record not only using the default port 1935, but also over ports 80 or 443, too. No user action is needed, Recorder does the magic automatically.

The Viddler Drupal module, which we’ve just added to our Project Directory, makes it easy to record video with your Web cam, upload videos directly to Viddler, and use your video’s metadata throughout the site.

Thanks to the talented people at OmniTechPro for getting this project off the ground. The module is open source, so feel free to use it and make it better!

What does this mean for you? It means that now you’re able to install the plugin from within your blog’s Wordpress admin. It also means that anytime we release an update to the plugin, like we just have with version 1.2.3 which is now available, you will be notified of this update from within the plugin panel in Wordpress.

Wordpress 2.7 has made it as easy as ever to find, install, and update plugins that will enhance your blog’s features. We hope the Viddler Wordpress plugin is one of them.

Today we’ve just launched a new article How to: Encode High Quality Video for Viddler. We’ve had this article requested from us several times and we’re happy to finally offer it. Nothing too special in the article itself, really, no rocket science – however it is nice to have an easy to read reference on how to get the best out of your Viddler videos.

If you have any questions or would like to have something appended to the article, or would like to request a new article, please feel free to leave a comment.

We’ve got a new template designed by Viddler’s Lead Designer Andrew Smith which will facilitate our needs not only for the Developer site but also for a few other sub-level domains we’ll be launching in the next few weeks.  Andrew provided me with a style guide of sorts and so now I’m put to the task of getting both Wordpress and MediaWiki, the two applications we use to pull off this site, to bend to my will.

Everything should work ok, but will look a little wonky while I’m updating. If you have any concerns, let me know.

Changes in beta 0.2

• Sharing via Twitter now works, even when logged out of Twitter.com.
• Window is now resizable.

We still need to fix the Firefox 3 RC1 issue that Evan Sims pointed out, as well as figure out how to make the bookmarklet work on pages where a Viddler video is embedded, and not just on Viddler.com.
Thanks for all of your feedback so far!

To upgrade or install

To update your bookmarklet, just delete the old one, and use this new one: ViddlerPop!

As always, if you have any questions, just ask.

This is where ViddlerPop!, a new bookmarklet we’re playing with, comes in and saves the day.  Now instead of keeping a browser tab open dedicated to a Viddler video, I can watch this video in its own window.

Here is a quick video demonstration of how this first version works.

Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think of the bookmarklet, how you’d like it to improve, and if you find any bugs.  Thanks in advance!

Installation

To install ViddlerPop! just drag the ViddlerPop! link to your browser’s bookmarks bar – or, right-click and “Add to bookmarks”. I believe in Firefox it is right-click and “Bookmark this Link”.

Questions?  Fire away!

Please stay tuned!

First off, if you haven’t checked out part one and part two of the phpViddler series, you’ll want to do that first, as some of that code will be necessary for recording.

As explained on the wiki page, there are 2 steps to embedding the video recorder on your site:

1. Get a record_token using either Viddler.users.auth with get_record_token set to “1″ or Viddler.videos.getRecordToken.
2. Use the returned record_token to embed the recorder on your site.

Getting A Record Token

In order to embed the video recorder, you’ll need to pass a “record token,” which is a one-time use key that allows the user to record a video. There are two ways to get the record token, so I’ll go through both.

During User Authentication

When you use the user_authenticate() function (covered in part 2), you can pass a third parameter to return a record token, which is then returned along with the sessionid:

<?php
$sessionResponse = $viddler->user_authenticate('user', 'password', '1');
$recordToken = $sessionResponse['auth']['record_token'];
?>

After Authentication

If you already have a valid sessionID, but you haven’t yet generated a record token, you can use the video_getrecordtoken() method, which takes a sessionID as a parameter. Here’s how you’d use it:

<?php
$recordToken = $viddler->video_getrecordtoken($sessionID);
?>

Personally, I prefer grabbing the token during authentication, since it cuts down on the number of API calls I have to make, but it really depends on the situation.

Note: While sessionIDs expire, as you no doubt learned in part two, record tokens never expire but can only be used once. So if you generate a record token for the user when they login, you can keep this token until it is used for as long as you’d like.

Embedding the Video Recorder

Now that you have your record token, it’s time to embed the video recorder. Thankfully, phpViddler makes it easy again with the video_getRecordEmbed() function. To use it, just pass it a record token:

<?php
echo $viddler->video_getRecordEmbed($recordToken);
?>

And with that, your users are ready to record videos right from your site!

Knowing When Recording is Finished

After your user successfully records a video, you’ll likely want to send them to a new page, or call some other action. Luckily, the video recorder calls a javascript function, recordDone() when it’s finished. To implement this, you’ll have to add something like the following to your record page:

<script language="javascript">
function recordDone(username, user_video_number, video_id) {
  // Alert the user that recording is finished
  alert('Thanks '; + username + ', you've recorded video #' + user_video_number + ' with id ' + video_id);
 
  // Send user to new page
  top.location('http://newpage.com');
}
</script>

As you can see, recordDone() receives 3 arguments, which you can use however you’d like:

• username: The user who recorded a video
• user_video_number: The number that appears in the video’s Viddler URL, e.g. http://www.viddler.com/explore/kyleslat/videos/24/
• video_id: The video’s unique ID, which can be used to embed the player.

So, there you have it, with a few simple lines of code, users are now able to record video directly from your site! Next up, we’ll be tackling uploading videos, so stay tuned.