AV Player (Audio Video Player module)

[mw]

@drew
your site:
http://avplayer.webhop.net/cmsms/
is different from your path in the template, change:

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<param name="FlashVars" value="flv=http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/uploads/media/{$item->mediafile}{$item->parent_object->parameters}"/>

to:

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<param name="FlashVars" value="flv=http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/cmsms/uploads/media/{$item->mediafile}{$item->parent_object->parameters}"/>

[drew]

That was it - it is now working nicely!

btw, would you now what video formats are supported by the flvplayer. Is it just for flash videos?
The flvplayer forum looks to be a good place for flvplayer enthusiasts but my French is not so good.

Merci bien

[mw]

That was it - it is now working nicely!

btw, would you now what video formats are supported by the flvplayer. Is it just for flash videos?
The flvplayer forum looks to be a good place for flvplayer enthusiasts but my French is not so good.

Merci bien

Honestly I don't know if it supports other formats, I have only tried flv...
perhaps someone else knows?

[mw]

But even i have a question /problem that i can't solve currently:

Once the avplayer module is ready to work it is possible to set some userdefined fields to sort mediafiles into categories. But after i finished to sort all flv videos to a group/catergory defining (b) userdefined2 field i am not able to set up a seperate list for each group/category.
The tag
{cms_module module="avplayer" what="mediafile" userdefined2="xyz" listtemplate="thumbnail" lang="de_DE"}
does not work and shows all flv videos.

Who knows how2???

Thanks

map_1961

I just realized other options you may use to sort, sorry I did not get this sooner:

Order by field

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Let's say your level has a dropdown field named "myfield", and you wish to list elements sorted on that field. Create the following template (which I'll call "order_by_myfield"):

			<ul>
			{assign var="fieldflag" value=false}
			{foreach from=$itemlist item="item"}
				{if $item->myfield != $fieldflag}
					{if $fieldflag}</ul></li>{/if}
					<li>{$item->myfield}<ul>
					{assign var="fieldflag" value=$item->myfield}
				{/if}
				<li>{$item->name}</li>
			{/foreach}
			</ul>
		

and call it using {cms_module module="mymodule" what="item" listtemplate="order_by_myfield" orderby="myfield"}

taken from ctlmodulemaker faq

[stetman]

@Drew

I had the same problem. You can also use the tag for the uploads url:

mediafile}{$item-

[Kaylen]

Hi,

First I want to say, great module, just what I needed!!

But...

I have a problem with the AVPlayer. I am running CMS 1.7.1 and the latest from AVPlayer and it installed fine and I created an mp3 template just like the help mentioned and I created 4 media files.
Then I added the following to my page: {cms_module module="avplayer" finaltemplate="mp3template" what="mediafile"}

When only 1 mediafile is active it works great, the mp3 gets played.
When all 4 mediafiles are active I get an overview of the 4 mediafile, I click on one and then when I click "play" nothing happends...
I checked my page source and it does have the right location for the mp3, but it keeps waiting and waiting never playing a thing...








This: http://new.stellarexpress.nl/uploads/mp ... arfree/The Departure.mp3 is indeed the location of the mp3 and when I past this directly into my browser the song plays...

When I set it back to only 1 mediafile active (doesn't matter which one) the file playes inmediatly when I click "play".

Can someone please help me with this? I would very much appreciate it!!

Regards,
Kaylen

[mw]

to play a single song then you would uses "what=mediafile"
when you use:
{cms_module module="avplayer" finaltemplate="mp3template" what="mediafile"}
you are selecting just one file.  I'm not sure how you managed to list all your files with the above...

to list all titles under the parent called "music"
{cms_module module="avplayer"  parent="music" finaltemplate=mp3_template}  (providing you have a parent called "music" )

then you will see a list of titles to choose from and when selecting one it will play.

or more simply:
{cms_module module="avplayer"  finaltemplate=mp3_template}
will list everything regardless of parent

if you copy the contents of mp_template to the final_default then all you would need is:
{cms_module module="avplayer" }
which will do the same as the above.

[Kaylen]

Hi,

Thank you for your answer, but I have tried what you are saying now : {cms_module module="avplayer"  finaltemplate=mp3_template} with the same result as what I mentioned in my earlier post.

I get a list of mediafiles, but when I click one and  it opens another page with the player and I click play, the music doesn't get played....

Any more ideas? Thanks!

[Paul J]

Firstly, thanks mw for developing this module!

I'm working on a test page at the moment and have the same problem as Kaylen in that individual MP3s display and play just fine:

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{cms_module module="avplayer" finaltemplate=mp3-template alias=Druk}

but if I use the below:

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{cms_module module="avplayer" finaltemplate=mp3-template parent=Sieben}

to display a list of MP3s under one category (parent), I get a list of the files in the category, and when I click on one, the player opens on a new page with the correct title, but nothing plays. I also checked the source code, and the correct path to the audio file is listed.

Anyone else having this problem? I'd be grateful if anyone had any more ideas; thanks in advance! 

Paul

[mw]

Paul, can you post your mp3-template?
or show a link to your test page

[Paul J]

Paul, can you post your mp3-template?
or show a link to your test page

Thanks for replying.

The template is below, as I've removed the links to multiple files for the moment. The site is installed in a sub-directory of my own webspace while it's still in development.

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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"data="{$item->parent_object->location}" width="{$item->parent_object->width}"height="{$item->parent_object->height}">
    <param name="movie"value="{$item->parent_object->location}" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/tursa/uploads{$item->mediafile}{$item->parent_object->parameters}"/>
    <param name="wmode"value="transparent" />
</object>

[mw]

You can see a test site with mp3 files listed here:
http://courtenay.widget-it.com/index.php?page=avplayer-2

the mp3 template is pretty standard:

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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"data="{$item->parent_object->location}" width="{$item->parent_object->width}"height="{$item->parent_object->height}">
    <param name="movie"value="{$item->parent_object->location}" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/uploads{$item->mediafile}{$item->parent_object->parameters}"/>
    <param name="wmode"value="transparent" />
</object>

As your setup seems similar to the above the only thing I could suggest would be to hard code your server name instead of the smarty tag, from:

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<param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}

to:

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<param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http://www.myserver.com/uploads/etc

This is the list_default I am using in the above site:

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<h2>{$leveltitle}</h2><p>{$breadcrumbs}</p>
<ul>
{foreach from=$itemlist item="item"}
	<li {if $item->is_selected}class="active"{/if}>{$item->detaillink}</li>
{/foreach}
</ul>

Also, my mp3 template is named mp3_template, and I have placed it in the page like:

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{cms_module module="avplayer" finaltemplate="mp3_template" parent="mp3player"}

I noticed your template is named mp3-template (dash no underscore)

[Paul J]

You can see a test site with mp3 files listed here:

the mp3 template is pretty standard:

As your setup seems similar to the above the only thing I could suggest would be to hard code your server name instead of the smarty tag, from:

This is the list_default I am using in the above site:

Also, my mp3 template is named mp3_template, and I have placed it in the page like:

I noticed your template is named mp3-template (dash no underscore)

Thanks again for your help. I've just sent you a message with a link to a test page. Templates and things are as below:

mp3-template:

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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"data="{$item->parent_object->location}" width="{$item->parent_object->width}"height="{$item->parent_object->height}">
    <param name="movie"value="{$item->parent_object->location}" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http://{$smarty.server.SERVER_NAME}/uploads{$item->mediafile}{$item->parent_object->parameters}"/>
    <param name="wmode"value="transparent" />
</object>

Hard coding the server info didn't make any difference.

The sound files are referenced in the page as

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{cms_module module="avplayer" finaltemplate="mp3-template" parent=Sieben}

And the list_default is:

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<ul>
{foreach from=$itemlist item="item"}
	<li {if $item->is_selected}class="active"{/if}>{$item->detaillink}</li>
{/foreach}
</ul>

Thanks in advance for any more suggestions you may have.

Cheers

Paul

[mw]

Thanks in advance for any more suggestions you may have.

Are you using "pretty urls" ?

View the source of your page that holds the list and compare it to the page that holds my list:

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<li ><a href="http://courtenay.widget-it.com/index.php?mact=avplayer,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01finaltemplate=mp3_template&cntnt01parent=mp3player&cntnt01what=mediafile&cntnt01alias=sound-byte&cntnt01returnid=60">sound byte</a></li>
	<li ><a href="http://courtenay.widget-it.com/index.php?mact=avplayer,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01finaltemplate=mp3_template&cntnt01parent=mp3player&cntnt01what=mediafile&cntnt01alias=Schumann-1st&cntnt01returnid=60">Schumann.1st</a></li>
	<li ><a href="http://courtenay.widget-it.com/index.php?mact=avplayer,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01finaltemplate=mp3_template&cntnt01parent=mp3player&cntnt01what=mediafile&cntnt01alias=brahms-4th&cntnt01returnid=60">brahms 4th</a></li>
	<li ><a href="http://courtenay.widget-it.com/index.php?mact=avplayer,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01finaltemplate=mp3_template&cntnt01parent=mp3player&cntnt01what=mediafile&cntnt01alias=brahms2nd&cntnt01returnid=60">brahms2nd</a></li>
</ul>

[Paul J]

Are you using "pretty urls" ?

Yeah, example code below.

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<ul>
	<li ><a href="http://www.mysitename.com/avplayer/detail/file-name-1/96">Song 1 name</a></li>
	<li ><a href="http://www.mysitename.com/avplayer/detail/file-name-2/96">Song 2 name</a></li>
</ul>

Is that what the problem is? Won't this work with pretty URLs?

Thanks again for your help.

Paul