[PLUGIN] Audio/Video player with RSS enclosure hack

[C.R.T.]

What does it do:

It allows users to insert Dewplayer (for playing mp3) and Windows Media Player (for wmv, mpeg etc) in their posts. It is possible to use other audio/video players by changing the configuration file. By applying the RSS enclosure hack, it is also possible to make these media files detectable and dowloadable by podcasting/vodcasting catcher software.

How to install:

1. If you want to use Dewplayer, download and upload it to your server.

2. Download the attached zip file.

3. Change the "http://your/blog/dewplayer.swf" parts in _mediaplayer.conf.php to wherever you placed Dewplayer.

4. Place the files in these locations:
_mediaplayer.conf.php in plugins
_mediaplayer.renderer.php in plugins/renderer
_mediaplayer.toolbar.php in plugins/toolbar

5. Activate the plugin as you normally would.

Once installed and activated, a toolbar will be added to the editing area. Simply enter the media file URL in the "Audio/Video" text box and click "Add".

To use other audio/video players:

In _mediaplayer.conf.php, change the values of audio_player_html and video_player_html to the HTML code for displaying your choice of player. Use _FILE_ as the placeholder for the media file location.

To enable RSS enclosure:

Backup your xmlsrv/rss2.php and replace it with the rss2.php in the attached zip file.

This RSS hack is largely based on the excellent work of turbo2ltr, but it does not require CURL.

This plugin is developed and tested on v0.9.0.11.

Enjoy! Comments welcomed.

See here for v1.8 plugin

[starpause]

just for reference, here's the dewplayer page bablefished to english.

now, i've got dew player working, and the plugin seems to work, but the rss2.php replacement fails to render a feed. instead, i get this error:

[C.R.T.]

I guess the $resolve_extra_path is something new in v0.9.1. Thanks for making it work on v0.9.1! (I should have upgraded my b2evo but I guess I'll wait a little while longer for the final Phoenix release)

[Nick]

Is this also a valid option for version v1.8?

[C.R.T.]

It does not work for v1.8 yet. I have only recently started to upgrade my b2evo to v1.8, and it is my plan to make this a 1.8 plugin.

[mikih]

hello,

have you done it? I need that plugin asap. If you need help, give me feedback.

Mikih

[C.R.T.]

Here you go, the 1.8 plugin.

Some slight variations to its usage:

1. After you installed the plugin, you would have to go to the plugin admin page to tell it what file extensions to handle and how to render. This information was hard coded in the previous version. With this version, you can add/change the types of players easily without hacking the code.

If you want to use Dewplayer and Windows Media Player as in the previous version, enter these values for the plugin setting:

File types:
.mp3

HTML:

[mikih]

hello,

thank you very much! that is really great. I`m new in the b2core api but i will try to extend it like die file manager so that you can choice between image tag or media tag.

Thanks Mikih

[poopoo]

yes, I like this also, I like the fact that hides the files.

So, Is there any way to even better hide the location of the files?

or maybe a bit off topic but, is it possible to not alow direct access to the media folder...yet still use the player?

[gbrusella]

For QT movies use:

[C.R.T.]

I use this to embed Flash:

[rcxAsh]

I just upgraded to 1.8.2 and decided to try this plugin out.

I'm having some issues though.. the plugin inserts a comment into my blog entry, but when I publish the entry, the comment just stays a comment. It is not rendered as the html I entered in the settings panel.

I'm not sure what I'm missing.

[C.R.T.]

Hi rcxAsh,

Have you checked whether the "Apply rendering" setting in "App Settings, Plugins" is set to "always"?

I am running it on 1.8.1 and have not upgraded to 1.8.2 yet. If this is a common issue for 1.8.2 I will have to fix it later.

[rcxAsh]

Thanks, C.R.T., that seemed to do the trick!

This is a really neat plugin!

[werner]

Hi

I'm running 1.8.2 with the MediaPlayer installed as above and everthing looks fine, I go to the Post tab and above then content I see the
Audio/Video: Add

But when I click on add nothing happens and the javascript console in firefox tells me
mplayer_add is not defined

any ideas whats going on ???

thx werner