Embedded media player in post

This is my first mod for VB, I personally need it on my site because it's focus is MP3's, it may be able to be customized for other uses I would think. What it does is embeds Windows Media Player into the body of the post (as well as the regular attachment) using bbcode and plays the attached MP3 file. What this does upon completing the upload is allows the user to copy and paste the URL to the attached file if they choose.

Also, since this bbcode is the Windows Media Player it may also be able to play .avi, .wmv, .mpg etc. So to broaden this you can change the [MP3] [/MP3] tag to something else like [MEDIA] [/MEDIA] for example.

There is no option to secure this to specific groups, however you can use Princeton's Allow Group to Read Titles / Not Content modification as an alternative.

Better template formatting, also maybe add a javascript function so that a user can click to add the line of code to the post.

If you find this useful please Click Install

Update: Added an option to allow only certain groups to add the option to view/paste the URL in their post.

[SpaceStar]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Did you get this worked out? I just checked and was able to play it in the embedded player on your site.

Was that an answer to my question Eric? :ermm:

[ericgtr]

I went to your site and it works for me, that's all I was saying

[SpaceStar]

Yeh I have tried it now and yes it is working - thanx a lot eric

[chariotdriver]

Short Noob question,
I'm just getting my Vb set up and I'm searching for hacks to have a coder install for me. I'm possibly needing this one as I'm about to attend a convention and will be trying to find a means to show Video that I have edited to the members in a easy to find means.
I had played with insertion of links to a .wmv file just to see how it worked. It did but of course it opened a window to do this in.
If i get this hack, and save the video to wmv, will the user have to download anything for this to play in that post that I drop it in. And also does it work for the version that I have?
Thanks,

[csidlernet]

thanks it looks cool *installs*

[madkidz]

I dont know what I did wrong with this, but for some reason I cant see in the manage attachment "valid file extensions, ...mp3" as one of them. Can some one help me out.

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by madkidz

I dont know what I did wrong with this, but for some reason I cant see in the manage attachment "valid file extensions, ...mp3" as one of them. Can some one help me out.

Did you add .mp3? If you haven't you will need to in Admincp > Attachments > Extensions & Sizes

[madkidz]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Did you add .mp3? If you haven't you will need to in Admincp > Attachments > Extensions & Sizes

Yes I did. I have it as mp3 and not .mp3. For the mime type can I leave it as the default Content-type: unknown/unknown

[ericgtr]

I use:
Content-type: audio/x-mpeg

But it should still show up either way as long as it's in the extension list, not sure though so try adding this and see if it makes a difference. Also, you may want to try to upload the file anyway and see if it allows it.

[madkidz]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

I use:
Content-type: audio/x-mpeg

But it should still show up either way as long as it's in the extension list, not sure though so try adding this and see if it makes a difference. Also, you may want to try to upload the file anyway and see if it allows it.

OK I got it to show up. Thanks, but the only problem now is that its saying "File Too Large. Exceeds PHP's limit of 2.00 MB. " How could I increase this.
By the way this is cool once I get it working, do you have a donation set up to contribute for this hack.