I have started to build a drupal music site and i have spent so much time trying to figure what modules to use. I considered the unstable "Audio" module but decided since it is not updated. I want my users (local artists) to be able to upload their music and sometimes a whole album (which will include album art, lyrics). And then display a discography page like this MyPlay heavenly goodness here --> http://myplay.com/music/david-cook/david-cook
So far:
I have created 3 content types:
-Artist (with content profile)
-Album: [reference_artist]
-Audio: [reference_album], FileField for uploading audio
Now I have uploaded a few tracks to an album owned by an Artist. Now, I have started researching Players/Playlists modules to use in displaying the music uploaded so that when you are on the Artist's page and click on a track, it popups something similar to this (no music purchasing yet) --> http://myplay.com/music/david-cook/david-cook. I know most of that View is done with "Views" and I know I am still far from my destination now and still taking baby steps in this media thing..., especially getting the player/playlist thing to work before worrying about organizing the page. I have been reading this XSPF-Playlist module and also the SWF Tools module - and I am still very lost and don't even know if they are the right modules for me.
So, I am hoping someone here can help me make my baby steps quicker by lending me a few minutes of their time to share their Recipe/Ideas with me. I realize there are many Modules and topics opened about this, none actually provide a way to get this done other than "maybe(s)" and "what if(s)", so I pray this brings me or someone in my same dilemma some results. I will be forever thankful to you for any help you provide and will owe you a great deal. Please help me.
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One day has gone by and still
One day has gone by and still no help in the horizon : ( Not even a single word...no support in this support forum? What do i need to do to get somebody to share their knowledge with me? Sing a song? Post a pic? Write a poem? : ) Please help me
SWFTools (D6) or Media (D7)
I think you could use best SWFTools together with a player of choise.
The popup can be done by jQuery,
There is a book at Packtpub about Drupal Multimedia: maybe helpfull https://www.packtpub.com/create-multimedia-website-with-drupal/book
if you're using drupal 6,
if you're using drupal 6, then you definitely want to be using swftools + CCK + FileField + views.
It's not hard to set up, but you need to get yourself acquainted with each one of these modules to truly understand how to build them.
It's not overly hard to do, but will take a bit of work. Here is the behaviour of each module.
CCK + FileField will handle creating the necessary content types/forms to be able to create new audio content.
Views will create lists/displays of nodes (audio content)
Swftools will force the field you specify as an audio file to display a music player.
I appreciate your valuable time and advice : )
Thanks flodo and rockitdev. After much research, I have followed this exact method you laid out above and i am happy to read the confirmation that i am on the right track in your post as well. It is coming along fine : )
I am using SWFTools, CCK and View. I use 1pixelout to display the player on the site. I am using Views to display related content on an album page and an artist page.
I am at the point now where i need each user to be able create a playlist and add a track to their own personal playlist (to be accessible by them on their profile). What is the best way to handle playlists? Do you have any article i can read up on?
Flags module
I think you can use Flags module to allow users to flag content (songs) create play lists from the flagged content.
I am not an expert, but have use flags module for other things before to allow user to create a list of their favorite nodes.
cheers
Flags module
I think you can use Flags module to allow users to flag content (songs) create play lists from the flagged content.
I am not an expert, but have use flags module for other things before to allow user to create a list of their favorite nodes.
cheers