very nice and clean hack! works great!

good job man!! bravo...AGAIN....

Thanks for the CMPS addition.

This might have been mentioned already… I smell video integration with this hack in a future release. ;)

Video is one thing I haven't even thought of, yet it's very easy to integrate video using flash. The players aren't that hard to code either - I did take an interest in Crist with his AnyMedia product, and was hoping to see his source fla which he promised me when he released the 3.6 version. But I've not seen him online in ages. Shame nice mod as well.

I have played around with Flash Video before, mainly because the compression of the format is quite good and there is free convertors around, to allow streaming of flash video. But whether I'll take that road is another matter. Use of places like google and youtube video in forums is a good idea as long as the security is good, to protect the use of people posting malicious code. A re-direct in flash used to be quite easy to accomplish, which is why Flash player 9.0 was introduced not so long ago, allowing authors to add a new parameter to stop such code from causing problems.

Maybe in the future, we'll see!;)

Can you check and see if my player plays for you? http://www.gamingregime.com

It won't play for me. I've been to a couple of other people's sites and it doesn't play either. But, when I go to your demo site of the cmps block, it works fine. Maybe it's file lodge, idk. I am using IE7 on one computer and IE6 on another. It does the same thing on both computers.

It really depends where you host your files, the examples I put on www.filelodge.com - but there are others sites. Normally, at peak times the server load on some these sites can cause the mp3's to load very slowly, sometimes even minutes. Many people use http://www.myfilehut.com as an alternative source, I haven't used this one myself, but some people have said its better than file lodge for streaming.

The reason my demo works quicky on my site is because I've got them stored on a very fast server, which I use mainly for testing purposes, of large files.

Try alternatives, you'll probably find one thats better than file lodge.:)

The only real problem with it is the huge picture used to represent the player, is there a way I can make my own and change that? I could contribute to the project by making skins if you would like, i am not too bad at photoshop.

Hi Draygonia,

The skin isn't easy to change on this version, because of the way I designed it. Initially, it was just a player I designed for use on myspace.com profiles, but I never released it.

It could be changed, but many parts of it would need to be changed, currently is uses 36 movie clips, and quite a lot of actionscript to position the MC's from a top-left registration point - this makes it harder even just to resize.

The easiest way would be to just start a new player, and use all the actionscript I used in this version, and keeping all instances correctly named.

It only uses one image, which is set on a background layer as a movie clip, and part of the display screen has been masked in Flash. All the small buttons are designed in Flash, mainly to keep the file size to a minimum.

You are more than welcome to design a skin, using Adobe PhotoShop - all I would ask is that you either save the document as a PSD or export the graphics with a transparent alpha background in a PNG format. All button images really need transparent backgrounds, and normally 3 states depending on the function of the button. Saving images in any other format means they would all need to be masked in Flash, and that is a tedious job.

The next version I have planned will all be done in flash, which will create a very light-weight player, even with adding new functions.

ATB

Well, I can only make the skin, and even that is hard, I know nothing of flash or coding yet. But I can probably figure out how to make some cool skins :)

*clicks install*

Going to wait for some updates before actually installing this. Most of the AdminCp changes you have listed would make this much more usuable.

I think you have a potential HotM here. Cheers. :)

Thanks. That was the problem. Works perfect now. Great job on this. :)

Would be nice to have a 'Modification of the Month', but perhaps more for the future version as you mentioned!:)

I've already started designing the new player.:D with new ideas coming along at the same time. The AdminCP will make this modification much easier to setup and use.

It's just a matter of time...:D and a lot of new code!

Would it be much trouble to have a shuffle version of the current cmps version? If so, no big deal. I just liked having that feature.

The version with the 'shuffle' feature is in the first package. Simply download that version, and overwrite the vbPlayer.swf. You may need to empty your browsers cache after, to see the new version overwrite.

It's exactly the same player, with just the 'shuffle' enabled - only the swf 'call' code is different in the javascript.

:cool:

I was one of the first folks to install this when you posted it. I'm still using it. :) I love it, my users love it, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

*thumbs up* keep up the good work.

You take this thing where it can go and you'll have Mod of the Year on your hands. I wait anxiously for updates and truly applaud your work and effort.

Although it is a small mod, it is one of the best ones I have seen. The quality is what counts, not the size of the mod. :)

hehe... As I work in Flash mostly, I have to be pixel precise - being out by one pixel in a movie-clip in flash can cause all sorts of problems. Most noticeably is if pixel fonts are used and then not 'snapped' in place - they appear all blurred, like you see on many flash-based adverts! If a job needs doing, then I just don't cut corners - as you will notice in future I've got planned for this mod.

Today I've got quite a few parts done, but mostly costmetic - no programming yet, thats the fun part to come.

:D

hey this is gr8 hack :) btw without pop-up player...is it possible to have player in Whats Going On ???

Request for the CMPS addition:

A few people have mentioned the text is hard to read, mostly due to the small font squished into the screen area. I know the player is supposed to resemble an iPod - perhaps you could come up with an additional skin that uses a lot of the black area that's not being used in order to make the viewing area somewhat bigger & increasing the font size… just a suggestion.

Thanks

With this is version it is not possible due to the mod uses no queries on the vBulletin database. The version I am designing now has many new features, which is all controlled via the AdminCP, which will allow for other addons.

:)

The fonts I used in that skin, were to make the design as close to the Pod as possible, which is why they are so small - I would guess the player would vary depending on the monitor it is being viewed on, I designed it on quite a large TFT screen, so to me it looked fine. With the CMPS version, the only way to fit this it into a block was to decrease the player size, this leads to further problems, since the player was designed to be viewed at fixed dimension.

A new skin, which I started to design is shown below. The name on the player as change since this is the start of the new player, however I could release this version as a new skin, without AdminCP control until I have the the new one fully released. It will be quite awhile before I get the new version out, since it requires major coding (which I've already started!:) )

Let me know what you think, and I'll design the rest of the skin. The font used on this example where it says the title is '_sans' at 12pt. The way flash works is I have to embed all fonts used within the swf file, so the more fonts used the larger the file becomes.

:cool:

Looks nice. Can you make a skin to match the current player? It matches my site perfect.

Do you mean a 'black' gloss skin? With a blue neon effect on buttons, etc. Obviously, the display I would need to change to a blue look, and add a glass effect.

I love the skin. Keep it up syrus :)

Yes, the black gloss skin. The blue neon would look great. I think it would universally fit all of the darker and lighter styled websites out there. Thanks alot. :)

I suppose it would be something along the lines of a 'vista' look. Well, button-wise. I'll see what I can come up with.

With the new player it will be possible to change the colors of the player using just the AdminCP, making it much easier to color match a site.:)

Here's one I just designed... the jpg image doesn't really do the player justice, lost alot of clarity. But similar to the current design on colors, however the overall look when finished would be much better.

A button bank, could be designed and added to the right of the playlist window, I mean in an oval format.

Note: This is just an image, no working parts yet.;) (apart from a spinning disc on the display corner)..:D

I prefer the blue one over the gold (and text is easier to read with the blue) - I think black would be nice, too. The only problem I see is fitting that player into the CMPS left-column, unless you are designing it as a center module and if that's the case, the width is good but I'd cut down a bit on the height.

Anyway... overall, very nice work.

edit: I see that you added the gold one to the installation list. Is that designed to work with CMPS, too?

but please this is a request to have player in "Whats Going On" ..hope u have this in your next version :)

Very nice! That one would be perfect for my site. :)

Okay, I will get both the Silver and Black Gloss 'skinned' players coded.:)

Both will be full packages, and will include the following:

• An updated mp3 player engine, including volume, balance, etc.
• A non autostart and a autostart version of the player.
• A CMPS center block version (this is what the players were designed for).
• Example XML files (until I release a Pro version).
• Updated javascript files.

Please note that the development images maybe changed, they are only just 'rough' skins.

Ive installed it but I only see a blank page when the popups open :(

Ive tried with Firefox and IE and I get the same result.

www.macosh.com/foro

I just checked your website, the required vbPlayer.swf files is missing from your forum root.

Hope that helps!:)

Ive checked it. It is in my forum root.

Ive checked the value in ipod.htm and its fine.

But still no works

I just wondered what sort of timescale you were looking at for the new skins on the right and if they will also be available as a popup player instead of within a page?

It looks like the vbPlayer.swf file may be corrupt. Try uploading a new copy and overwrite the old one. I've not seen this problem before.:surprised:

If you need further help let me know.:)

this is really Great hack thank you so muchhhhhhh :D and Can someone please tell me how to put it like this image:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...0&d=1157745399

what mod do i have to add for that? Thank you...
KK

You're welcome!:)

That is done using the free CMPS portal available from www.vbadvanced.com

Instructions on how to intall it is here. You will also need to download the 3rd version of this modification, which contains the flashobject.js file to display the mp3 player correctly.

hey thanx buddy. I did all that steps for VB CMPS too. but still not showin..
http://forums.bollyjaan.com/gallery see its not showing. Also how about i wanna put it on homepage (http://forums.bollyjaan.com - there) too like on a side you know what i mean. :D I think i need a hack for it ?? pleast tell me
thank you :D