Audio Extension - Help

nathan

I'd like to use the same concept as is present in the current ExtentedTextFormatter to convert a custom tag I have into OTHER html. For example. I want to have a tag like this. <mp3 src="my-music.mp3" title="my-song-title"> This is nice and simple for the the users to remember. I then want the extension to come through and wrap some object and embed code around that with the source of the object being something like this: player.swf?mp3=my-music.mp3&title=my-song-title... I really have no idea how to do this, so any guidance will be appreciated.

Toivo

could this be as model? http://www.1pixelout.net/?page_id=34&cp=66

nathan

Um... I am not sure. I did look into it and the actually flash application could be used (but I have a different one). I am not sure of the actual text/ tag replacement though. I would like to know how this is handled in Vanilla.

nathan

I still haven't been able to get this working. Can anyone lend a hand?

Dinoboff

Have you try to do like the youtube tag

nathan

I had not seen that, so thanks.

I think this regular expression should do the trick, although I am not entirely sure how to use it :P
preg_replace('/\<youtube\>([a-zA-z0-9]+?)\<\/youtube\>/', '<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/$1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>', $String); return $String;

I would, however, like to have this as an extension like the ExtentedTextFormatter - as a standalone extension - rather than part of the BBCode StringFormatter.

I would be using FULL URL's with the flash program I have, so, I would be giving it something like this: http://my-domain/some-music.mp3, instead of the "sdaqweo1fe" way of this solution, where only the move name is used, not a ful url.

I am sorry for the vagueness of these requests, but I have never used Regular Expressions before and php is not my strong suit. I am a designer by trade.

nathan

I actually just got it working. I used a combination of the youtube tag and the extended text formatter. I will tidy it up tonight some time and try and have it ready for the add-ons page. I'll be using the following flash app to handle the music/ mp3's. http://www.1pixelout.net/?page_id=34&cp=66 I'll have it ready ASAP.

erissiva

Nathan - Something to consider. That Wordpress mp3 player seems pretty cool. However, I know a concern of mine (and many users) will be the lack of audio control on the player itself. For example, I usually am out of reach of my speakers volume knob, and many songs/video clips/applications use varying levels of audio. Therefore, it is rather handy to be able to control each level of sound.

Perhaps something more like this script might be more suitable:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_MP3_Player

nathan

I JUST saw that one myself. I am using a custom player myself, so the player I am going to package is not for me, it is for everyone else, so I will take a look and see how that one works. It is probably used in a similar fashion to the other ones. Thanks for the link though.

erissiva

No prob. ;-)

jimw

There's another mp3 player called dew that a friend told me about.

erissiva

jimw - I think this is what you were talking about? That one has even less control over the mp3 files themselves.

Felipe

Here is the homepage of the dewplayer (fr). I wonder whether dew translated the text in english or not? Nonetheless, options are quite self-explanatory and the 2nd option of the form 'couleur de fond' means 'background-color'. For playing two or more mp3s, use 'multi' version and separate URLs with '|' (pipes).
With these versions you can change the volume at once when creating the link but there are no options to change it while playing. It was intended to be a simple, usable, well-designed and quite light mp3 player, neither the lightest one nor Concorde cabin. :-)

Adding a volume slider introduced a few problems in dewplayer-vol (1.5) like the need to stop the sliders from going to -300% or +500% and added a kB so he wasn't satisfied (but it does work). In case you need something more complex, it's not the best choice, mainly because the dewplayer #1 advantage is simplicity.
(his work is under CC-license attribution and no derivatives work, just in case)

A few more link to wonderful blindtests dew created with its dewplayer, in case you would want fresh ideas on blogs/forums: classical and movie themes blindtests (for the latter, 4, 6 and 8 are in french)

erissiva

Oh - I found a different mp3 'Dew Player'. Bizarre.
The one Felipe links to is much better.

garymardell

lol you can make the volume go super loud ont hat dew player (one with volume control)

nathan

I am actually working on modifying my own player in the hope of releasing it with the extension. It would (hopefully) have volume control, have a little slider to change move o differnt parts of the audio track. If that fails, then I will use one of the other options you have posted that had the features you requested.