I have installed audio 5.x-1.0 and configured blog entries to deliver audio. I successfully uploaded a test mp3 file by attaching it to a blog entry as an attached file. When I looked at the posted entry, I expected to see an audio player embedded in the blog entry. There was none however. Instead I had a file attached and, when I clicked the link to the file, I was delivered to a new blank page where the player I selected was visible in the middle of the screen and the file I had uploaded played.

So it looks like I am partway there, but not all the way, with the install. I need some help with troubleshooting.

One observation. When I navigate to "create audio content" at: http://mysite.org/node/add/audio I see a page with the heading "audio" and a list of my content types, but no specific "audio" content type in that list. Is this correct? I understand I should be able to modify other content types to deliver audio, but shouldn't there also be a specific content type called "audio" in this list?

I followed this guide to get an idea of how to install the audio module: http://ches.nausicaamedia.com/articles/technogeekery/drupal/drupals-audi... (it is for 4.7, though I am on Drupal 5.1)

In step six of this guide it says:

In order to attach audio nodes to other content types, we need to enable this capability for each type at administer >> settings >> content types. I first configured audio, disabling Attach Images and Attachments since I have the image_attach and upload modules enabled. I also disabled comments and promotion to front page. Then, enable Attach audio files for the content types that suit your needs. I did so for story. You might do the same for page, CCK types or others.

When I went through this step, I did not see anything that asked me specifically to enable audio files. It just said attach files, which I enabled. I suspect this is part of the problem.

Sorry if this post is a bit vague on details. I am trying to figure this out and have provided what I think are the significant details and hoping for some help with troubleshooting the problem.

Any ideas on how I should proceed?

Thanks.

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drewish’s picture

drewish commented
Status: Active » Fixed

audio attach has not been updated for drupal 5 yet. more info is at: http://drupal.org/node/110960

femrich’s picture

femrich commented
Status: Fixed » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Okay, so no audio attach for 5.x so far. Does this explain the failure of an MP3 player to appear in the proper manner, and the fact that clicking the link to the attached audio file launches a new page where the file plays in Quicktime? Or is that a different issue that might be fixed even without Audio Attach?

Thank you.

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vm commented

when you set up audio.module are you sure you chose a player in administer -> audio settings -> players tab ?

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vm commented

apologies for a second post but it dawned on me that you also need to make sure you have adobes flash player installed, otherwise flash won't work within your browser. If you are using firefox, insure that you aren't blocking flash content.

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femrich commented

when you set up audio.module are you sure you chose a player in administer -> audio settings -> players tab ?

This is very strange, because I absolutely did choose a player (the window had a couple of players to select from, and I chose the less complex player). But now when I go to the administer settings for audio, I see selection options for various ways of naming files and for file types, but no players tab at all. Any idea what could be wrong here?

apologies for a second post but it dawned on me that you also need to make sure you have adobes flash player installed, otherwise flash won't work within your browser. If you are using firefox, insure that you aren't blocking flash content.

Yes, I have flash player on my computer and it works with other online content, and Firefox is not blocking flash content.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will continue to investigate (especially the players issue above) but could use some more help.

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vm commented

to insure we are talking about the same tab

in administer -> audio settings you should see a tab at the top of the page. if you don't , and you are using a custom or contributed theme, you may want to switch to a default theme to insure that it isn't a theme problem.

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femrich commented

Thanks very much for the screenshot, and oh boy, am I ever an idiot. I guess I just mentally blocked out the links at the top of the screen when I looked before. But I can confirm that, yes, I had selected the player and that my system is still launching me to a separate quicktime screen to play the clip despite this.

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femrich commented

Hmm... Finally got the audio module enabled after fixing another problem I was having http://drupal.org/node/133867 and now the player seems to launch properly for audio content types, though still not for blog types. Perhaps this is the expected behavior?

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Rhino commented

I'm not using any organic groups, thus not using CTA by OG - and I have the same exact problem you describe above. I can upload my audio, but the flash playerI expect to see (and have chosen in settings) does not appear. To add to my problems, the page appears blank after the first viewing, that is I can not view it twice, reload etc.

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ajsloan commented

I setup version audio-6.x-1.x-dev and when I go to audio settings the only tabs I see are audio and images. There is no players tab. Did the players tab go away with version 6. Any ideas on how to get the player to appear? I can attach the audio and people can download it but I would prefer if they can use a player. Thanks for your help.

I'm moving this issue to the dev version. (I'd delete my previous post if I could)

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vm commented

you should probably open a new issue for the D6-dev version. I'm not sure whats changed nor how well the D6 - dev has come along yet. Lots of changes have taken place to make it work with views and tokens from the quick look I had of it. As far as I recall there is no players tab in the -dev version. That could be because the feature isn't complete or it could be because it isn't needed any longer.

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edwinallenz commented
Version: 5.x-1.0 » 5.x-2.0-beta1

Im trying to get the flash audio player to apper on drupal ver 5.8 and Audio 2.0-beta1
My audio node displays properly but when I click in the "Click to play" link.
The "save file as" window of the browser appears.
Any suggestions.

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edwinallenz commented

I discover that we have to select the proper audio format of the uploaded file. If the audio format of the file is different from the format selected, the flash audio player dont apear.

Hope this can help someone.