[Plugin: Audio Player] Version 2.0 beta released

I’m creating the AudioPlayer object in JavaScript:

AudioPlayer.setup("flash/player.swf", {
                    width: 1,
                    initialvolume: 100,
                    transparentpagebg: "yes",
                    noinfo: "yes"
                    });

AudioPlayer.embed('audioplayerid', {soundFile: 'audio.mp3'});

Later, I’m changing the file being played with:

AudioPlayer.load('audioplayerid', 'audio2.mp3');

My problem: when I access my page from an internet URL (e.g. https://www.example.com/index.html), everything works fine. If I access the exact same code locally (e.g. file://z:/webfiles/index.html), the AudioPlayer.load function fails with the error “getPlayer(playerID).load is not a function.”

Apparently the Flash object does not expose the load() function if the URL it lives at is file:// anything. It will also fail to expose the load() function in other cases, such as when you have set the CSS style of the Flash object to hide it in any way (display: none, width:0; height:0;, etc).

Any info or help on this?

Oh one more thing: it sucks that the only support forum for this rather nice audio player is a single 10-page-long thread that’s being ignored entirely by the developers.

Possible solution to no audio/buffering in IE7. After trying various versions of flash, I decided to hit the reset button in Tools, Advanced. Voila, suddenly I have audio. I turned each of the addons back on one at a time and tested the player.. Finally, narrowed the conflict down to ‘Windows Live Sign-In Helper’ Same issue solved on another workstation.

Hope this helps others..

Rob

Hi Steve Anderson.. I checked your site and got your buffering error.. I noticed that IE indicates a scripting error on line 73.. Not sure what the issue is but try looking at that line..

Rob

Hi, terrific plugin.

feature request. i’d love to see an “inline plays count” and an (optional) ‘download link’.

I’ve decided I want to write a super-lightweight podcasting plugin that works with this plugin, taking the same [audio:xxxx] code and generating a post’s “enclosure” custom field from the given file – as that is (nearly) all i really want from a podcasting plugin. So I might have a go at adding count/download myself ??

(I know there are podcasting plugins out there already, but even the cavemonkey one does too much for my liking)

So…. My problem is my fault. wp_head() wasn’t being called in my theme, which, of course, is a big problem.

I’m very happy that Flash 10.0 is out and solves my major “endless buffering” issue. Now it’s just a matter of making sure people upgrade.

Finally, I’ve modified your plugin to include a filter for the built-in wordpress text widget (I use it as a featured audio sidebar widget). You might consider adding it to the final release:
add_filter("widget_text", array(&$this, "processContent"));
For those reading that want this feature now, add the above line somewhere around line 149 of audio-player.php

Last thing is a feature request. It would be nice to modify the overall dimensions of the player instead of just the horizontal. I was able to do this on the old version because the object code was sitting out there. I liked the player just a tiny bit smaller — fit with the theme better.

All in all though, I’m glad you produced this plugin — 2.0 is a major release and you should be proud. When I get paid for this gig, I’ll pass along some to you — it would have been a major pain in the butt without your plugin.

rather than editing the plugin you could add that filter line to a theme’s functions.php

something like

global $AudioPlayer;
if (class_exists('AudioPlayer'))
    add_filter("widget_text", $AudioPlayer->processContent );

(note: not actually tested yet, just made that up right now!)

that way you don’t need to keep adding it when the plugin is updated.

Hey, I’ll open again by saying – this plugin is awesome!
Thank God Flash 10 does indeed solve the over-15-players-cause-endless-buffering bug!

I do have a question though… I’ve noticed that the files keep being loaded even when I hit the pause button. Is there any way to make the player stop loading the file after being paused?

Thanks a lot! ??

When i use the media library ‘Audio player’ link it puts
<a href='[audio:xxx]'></a>
in to the post. (using latest beta). am i doing something stupid?

Separately, i do feel slightly stupid as i’ve just noticed that not only does wp do enclosures if you link to a file, but also if the valid http reference of a file is in the post text – which means the [audio:xxxx] code creates an enclosure too. WOO.

which means i am now thinking of making plugins just for
1 enable ‘category casting’, iTunes extra info and per-post ‘explicit’ tag
2 generic plays and downloads tracking

that’ll do me.

I’m not sure, but I miss a autoplay option. Is these option somewhere in the wordpress plugin?

Martin, you’ve helped me through this before and it was as simple as re-saving the post and the enclosure showed up. Now that trick isn’t working for my latest entry:

https://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/2008/10/19/ari-gold-mandrake-interview-2/

Thanks again for your assistance on this. By the way, I’m on WordPress version 2.6.2 and version 2.0b6 for the wp-audio player.

are you putting the full URL to the file in the post (eg inside [audio: xxxx ] markup)?
like
[audio src="https://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/path/to/episode.mp3" /]

Hello from France,

I’ve got a little problem with the plugin. I’ve got the lastest version with WordPress 2.6.2. I’ve got also the “Blubrry Powerpress” plugin.

Almost all my posts have got MP3 enclosure (the feed is HERE ) but the Audioplayer never appear..

Here is what i’ve checked in the options :

– Enclosure integration : ENABLED
– Replace [audio] syntax : ENABLED
– Replace all links to mp3 files : ENABLED

I tried to uninstall/re-install the plugin, delete the options in the wp_options table…I tried to create new posts, delete/insert again the enclosure fields but nothing worked.

As i’ve modified some PHP pages maybe i’ve touched something wrong but I don’t see what.

my page : https://www.fullbozman.com/beta/

Thanks for your work, your help, and sorry for my english ??

Michael.

@ alanft

Thank you. Yes, the full url path is inside the [audio:xxxx]. In checking my feed, it’s as if the enclosure is not even seen. The last time I had this issue, all I had to do was re-save the post and, for some reason, that did the trick. That’s not working out the same way now.

Thanks again for some assistance with this.

To complete my precedent post, I’ve discovered that the problem come from my THEME.

The player works with the “WordPress Classic” & “WordPress Default” theme but not anymore with mine. I’ve tried to replace the modified files by original one but nothing to do…

Any idea ?

thanks