I see lots of issues about private files support, but it's hard to figure out what the current status is. My issue is that no display modules I have tried seem to work when I use drupal's private file system. I am not using file fields on other content types, I am just using the file type included in Media 2.x, along with some fields I created on them.

For display, I have tried jplayer, mediafront, mediaelement and mediafront. They all fail to play the content. Reading the issues, it seems clear this is related to the handling of private files. When I switch to public, they work fine.

Unlike some reporters, I have no problem uploaded, and the provided file displays view (list and thumbnails) both appear to work. When I click on the file, I get a page for it that shows the player(s) but the file does not play.

I have installed the file_lock module as well, but it has not seemed to help at all. Viewing the content appears to work, ie, going to '/file/22', but the actual data cannot be accessed. The html generated is looking for the file at, for example: 'system/files/VN760083.mp3', which if I try to visit gives access denied.

What is the current status of trying to get this fixed, what can I do to help, and are there any proposed workarounds at this time?

thanks,
Cliff

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devin carlson’s picture

devin carlson commented
Category: bug » support
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

If media players do not support Private files, issues should be filed with each respective player. After taking a quick look at the issue queue, it looks like private file support still needs some work with some issues being the result of core bugs such as #1438940: Private stored default images give access denied and #1414990: Orphaned private files can not be accessed.