Show Thread Enhancements - Embedded MP3 Attachment Player

This is a simple modification that will embed an "attached" MP3 player so the file can be played inline. It uses a simple flash player from Google. There are many MP3 player mods but none that I could find that would actually play an attached file and in my community this was a the most missed feature since the upgraded to 4.x.

Unzip and then upload the attached audio_player.swf to your server, then modify the path where it says http://www.YOURSITE.com accordingly.

Open up postbit_attachment and add this at the very bottom:

<!-- Embed Player -->
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.YOURSITE.com/audio-player.swf?audioUrl=attachment.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}attachmentid={vb:raw attachment.attachmentid}&amp;d={vb:raw attachment.dateline}" width="400" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" />
</vb:if>
<BR />
<vb:if condition="$show['guest']">
<a href="/register.php">Register for free</a> today to download files or play them directly in our embedded media player
</vb:if>
<!-- /Embed Player -->

I have added a register option for guests, if you have attachments viewable by guests though feel free to strip that out of this code.

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by junaid

very nice is it possible to get player and keep our web-server
cos it may be fast loading

I haven't tried but my guess is you can probably take grab the player from http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247...dio-player.swf then upload it to your server and use it that way. I can't guarantee that it will work but I don't see why it wouldn't. Of course, being Google I think it's probably going to have a better up-time percentage than most sites.

Originally Posted by sulasno

Do I upload a mp3 to the forum or will posting a link triggers the player ?

Originally Posted by COL NIL SATIS

where does this show mate???? i have put the code in but nothing is showing??? any ideas

Once the MP3 is uploaded it will show in the post below where the attachment is normally shown. Make sure the code is applied to the template(s) you are using.

[AURFSCAN]

im trying to make it work with this https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=161567

[AURFSCAN]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

I haven't tried but my guess is you can probably take grab the player from http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247...dio-player.swf then upload it to your server and use it that way. I can't guarantee that it will work but I don't see why it wouldn't. Of course, being Google I think it's probably going to have a better up-time percentage than most sites.




Once the MP3 is uploaded it will show in the post below where the attachment is normally shown. Make sure the code is applied to the template(s) you are using.

uploading google player to server and adjusting code to link to it does work

<!-- Embed Player -->
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="/location of player on your server/audio-player.swf?audioUrl=attachment.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}attachmentid={vb:raw attachment.attachmentid}&amp;d={vb:raw attachment.dateline}" width="400" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" />
</vb:if>
<BR />
<vb:if condition="$show['guest']">
<a href="/register.php">Register for free</a> today to download files or play them directly in our embedded media player
</vb:if>
<!-- /Embed Player -->

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

im trying to make it work with this https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=161567

This mod does the same thing, not sure what you mean work "with" it. It's a replacement.

[AURFSCAN]

google player is nice, the other one is nicer.. thats all

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

google player is nice, the other one is nicer.. thats all

Agreed, I was hoping he would update it for 4.0, otherwise I wouldn't have created this one.

[junaid]

I have issue this code
MP3 player is display all format of attachments like zip, rar
what is the solutions i am using vbseo

[junaid]

I disable vbseo and check this player view all type of attachments
It nice this only view MP3 or supported format extensions audios only

pls update code

[NashChristian]

Will this work with playing mp3's hosted on other sites, or must they be local on the vb site's personal server?

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by junaid

I disable vbseo and check this player view all type of attachments
It nice this only view MP3 or supported format extensions audios only

pls update code

I do not see a way around this, if your site has other attachment types (aside from images) this will show with it unfortunately.

Originally Posted by NashChristian

Will this work with playing mp3's hosted on other sites, or must they be local on the vb site's personal server?

No it won't, but there are several mods available for 4.0 that will do this for you though.