What changed:
Added shared YouTube publish-date scraping helpers in
[includes/db.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/includes/db.php).
New YouTube imports now set videos.created_at to the original YouTube
publish date when available.
Manual Add/Edit saves now also try to correct timestamps for
YouTube-backed videos.
Added Admin Dashboard → Upkeeping → Correct YouTube timestamps in
[admin/index.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/index.php),
with batch size control for backfilling existing records.
Renamed the admin table column from Added to Date, since it may now
reflect original publish date.
Documented the behavior in
[README.md](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md).
What changed:
Added shared thumbnail helpers in
[includes/db.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/includes/db.php):YouTube
direct thumbnails
Dailymotion direct thumbnails
oEmbed thumbnails for Vimeo, Wistia, TikTok, SoundCloud, Spotify, etc.
optional first-frame thumbnail generation for local uploads when ffmpeg
is installed
Added an “Auto-grab thumbnail” checkbox to
[admin/add.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/add.php)
and
[admin/edit.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/edit.php).
Reused the new shared downloader in
[admin/youtube_import.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/youtube_import.php).
Documented the behavior in
[README.md](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md).
What changed:
Added pretty URL helpers/default setting in
[includes/db.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/includes/db.php).
Added root rewrite rules in
[.htaccess](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/.htaccess):/v/<slug>
/all
/search/<query>
Added Admin → Settings “Public URL Style” toggle in
[admin/settings.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/settings.php),
defaulting to pretty URLs.
Updated public/player/catalogue/embed/admin preview links to use the
configured URL style.
Added redirects from legacy ?v= and ?q= URLs to pretty routes when
rewriting is enabled.
Documented deployment and fallback behavior in
[README.md](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md).
Added [admin/youtube_import.php (line
1)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/youtube_import.php:1),
which:
Accepts a channel URL, @handle, or UC... channel ID.
Scrapes the channel /videos page.
Extracts videos from ytInitialData.
Shows a preview with checkboxes.
Imports selected videos into videos and video_sources.
Stores each video as a canonical YouTube watch URL with mime_type =
text/html, so the existing YouTube embed playback path handles it
correctly.
Downloads scraped thumbnails into media/thumbs/ when possible.
Skips duplicates by matching existing remote YouTube URLs.
Also wired it into the admin navigation in [admin/index.php (line
172)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/index.php:172),
[admin/add.php (line
199)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/add.php:199),
[admin/edit.php (line
267)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/edit.php:267),
and [admin/settings.php (line
109)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/settings.php:109).
Updated [README.md (line
81)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md:81) with
usage notes.
What changed:
[includes/db.php (line
227)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/includes/db.php:227)
now classifies YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok,
Instagram, X/Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Google Drive, Wistia,
Streamable, Loom, plus direct Dropbox/GitHub media rewrites.
[index.php (line
235)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/index.php:235)
renders provider URLs as iframe embeds, while uploaded/direct files
still use Video.js.
[embed.php (line
198)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/embed.php:198) now
supports those provider embeds too.
[admin/add.php (line
260)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/add.php:260)
and [admin/edit.php (line
383)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/edit.php:383)
now describe external URLs as embed-capable and store recognized
provider URLs as text/html.
[README.md (line
63)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md:63)
documents provider embed support.
Changed:
[includes/db.php (line
43)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/includes/db.php:43)
adds source_type and source_url, with an automatic migration for
existing SQLite databases.
[admin/add.php (line
260)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/add.php:260)
and [admin/edit.php (line
383)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/edit.php:383)
now let each source be an upload or an external URL.
[index.php (line
226)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/index.php:226) and
[embed.php (line
193)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/embed.php:193)
resolve playback URLs based on where the source lives.
[catalogue.php (line
79)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/catalogue.php:79) now
has public search for published videos only.
[README.md (line
63)](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md:63)
documents local vs remote sources and public search.
Ty Clifford