actually it uses a smarty template that many of those scripts use. I've seen it on several of the scripts for sale. It's very common.

My guess is the proprietary parts have to do with the encoding and file transfer processes. Most of the ones for sale have encoded files, this one has full source, and was created by his programmer, I've seen the code.

Obviously not in grammar and spelling

lol - ok

I'm more awesome than Malicious.

Just sayin'

took a look.
I gotta agree
its the same script.

Impossible. no one could possibly be more awesome than I.
I am infinitely awesome to the tenth power.

i have to agree, OC is just a whore

Thanks.

Maybe he has been ripped off by his coder..... if thats the case, then sorry.

But you need to sort it out - I know AlstraSoft are bastards when it comes to this stuff. They have been doing it for years and every script they produce gets ripped and they do everything they can to stop it.

I contacted,

http://www.alstrasoft.com/contact.htm

I will provide them a copy of my code. I will sort out any further problems with them directly.

Good move.

good to see this being settled, Chris is one of the LAST people i would call a scammer...

Nice stuff FFmpeg was having some troubles with WMV when we tried it on a project..

Thanks,

If anything is not right with this code I'm going to have a talk with my programmer. I just can't believe he would do something like that though as I have used him for over 3 years with no problems. Yet, there is enough of a similarity to have a look.

FFmpeg has had its troubles in the past, but it seems to be better. You just have to install a lot of bullshit to make it work, I went through that last weekend, redoing everything. It seems to be maturing as a product.

One thing Chris told me, they only update via the CVS, so to get the newest version, you should use that.

:1orglaugh

Cool thanks for the info. Goodluck to you guys

Compare this code from ./siteadmin/groupvideos.php with yours.

That should give you the answer.

this looks like an interesting thread.. one of few today :(

Alstrasoft doesn't do code. He's just a guy buying scripts from coders around the net but is not a coder and will be like "WTF? is this jibberish" if you send it to him to compare.

so whats the verdict? is he a scammer?

Looks like he was taken by his coder......

He has been pulled on this before though, so you would have thought he would have checked then.

you're the interweb police. :2 cents:

So if you see people losing money on something like this you wouldnt say anything? - Nice

Ran difference on all three,

mine,
videoshare
moviecms http://www.moviecms.com/demo/

All show differences, yet very small.

Like I said, I will talk with them

wow.. you're not only the interweb police.. you're telepathic?

it was a joke. lighten up. :thumbsup

:disgust

if you need good developers, hit me up.. sounds like your current one won't be around much longer :(

He has a point. He could have contacted me directly and dealt with it but he chose to peruse drama instead. thats cool, this is GFY and that comes with it. There are several of these scripts now that I look and all have pretty similar code, I have tested 5 so far. But like I said, he has a valid gripe, they are close, so I will look into it.

The same I would have done if he came to me personally. He's just acting like a child, one that thrives on attention.

i was half-joking when i said it.. but yea, i would have icq'd you directly.

i dont think we've spoken before, kudos on the ntfu situation and not bending over. :thumbsup

Thanks,

that was a headach for sure lol.

i dont know this guy, but when i first saw his sig the first thing i thought was "100 bucks says hes selling alstrasoft or some other rip"

seriously :)

You where pulled on this before and you just told the person to fuck off.

I would have contacted you directly if I hadnt already seen that.

Thats also why I dont have much sympathy if you where done by your coder - you should have looked closer when you where pulled last time.

As far as "thrives on attention", you couldnt be any further from the truth.

heh, i followed it at the time.. i figured they were gonna send you to gitmo.. mr enemy combatant :1orglaugh

you're letting the terrorists win :warning

what is your connection to the alstrasoft people?

where was I pulled on this before ? I don't recall ANYONE bringing this to my attention until today? Please share..

well..cant blame anyone for being duped on programming..i think it is fairly common

Yea, forgot about that. He contacted me privately and asked about the template. Nothing about the code came up.

Nothing at all - is that relevent?

Can you explain this Spermy?

Why?

ok... I know part of the story regarding this script because I did my research a few months ago because I was interested in purchasing it. The original creator of this script worked closely with a programmer to create this youtube clone for his own site. Something ugly happened between him and the programmer so the programmer decided to leak the script to the public by posting it to warez sites and such for revenge. The script was 98% done at that point with a few bugs here and there. The person who ultimately funded this project to hire this programmer is now supposedly going after people reselling and many claim they have "resale rights" but what they are doing is just selling the warez script for cheap. I mean, who sells the script for $60 bucks and gives resale rights?

Anyways, the companies like alstrasoft, etc that sell this script probably just got the source from one of the p2p sites and modified it a little to complete it and sell it to the public.

My point is, everyone is stealing form the original creator so nobody wins here.

Thats interesting - Im suprised Alstra would do that - they pull in fairly large amounts of money and it seems like a big risk.

After spending ALL day sorting this out thisout this is what has happened.

It's just like the guy before me said.

The original script creator is

It was stolen from him and released some time ago.

Alstrasoft, MovieCMS, VideoShare, etc, have all STOLEN this script from him and released it. He is taking action on them now as they are the largest distributors of the script.

Unfortunately the code has been blasted everywhere and now shows up in a million open source projects and sites. All my programmer did was see the code examples from open source sites and use it. From what I understand that is very common.

I contacted the REAL owner of the script, paid for it with FULL re-sale and development rights.

I hope this will make Chris and damian2001 happy and like I said before this script was coded for me and I DID NOT at any time steal anything from anyone.

I would appreciate a public apology from damian2001 though I doubt you man enough to give one.

Actually, I have already said that if it was a problem with the coder then I apoligise earlier in the thread.

If your story is true then I am more than man enough to say sorry.

..... but not quite yet.

You know,

you should put the effort you have used in trying to defame me in something more productive, anyway knock yourself out sport, you're a class act.

I like the fact that XanX went to jail, begged for money - and now drives a Lexus. And you guys still call him "a stand up guy" .. its pathetic

HUSH YOU!

You were/are selling a stolen script. You had no right to sell it.

You where told that there could be a problem before - you told that person to fuck off and didnt look into it - you carried on selling it.

You where either scamming or at the very least guilty of gross stupidity.

The writing was on the wall at least a week ago - you chose to ignore it and put your customers in direct risk of losing their money and maybe even worse.

100 scammers