Media

aaron - March 23, 2005 - 07:39

Please see the Media group for more information about this module, including a roadmap of planned milestones for development and deployment.

Media Module F.A.Q.

What is the Media module?
What is a stream?
What is a PHP Stream Wrapper?
Where can I find the Media module?
Why do we need the Media module?
Will the Media module support displaying multimedia files?
What modules will support the Media module?
Who is working on the Media module?
When can I use the Media module?
What can I do to help?
Is the Media module going to be in core?
What functionality will the Media module support out of the box?

DEMO (proof of concept): http://24b6.net/2009/01/09/media-sprint-prototyping
SPRINT (ongoing development): http://aaronwinborn.com/blogs/aaron/media-code-sprint-january-2008 and http://groups.drupal.org/node/18063

The Media module offers a drop-in replacement to the basic Upload form element provided by Drupal. It provides an API for modules to hook into, so that the element can become a Rich Media GUI, offering tabs and drawers of Local files, Remote files (from S3, a cdn, YouTube, Flickr, etc), in addition to the standard 'Add file' upload button. It includes modules to override the core Drupal Upload and User Picture forms, and is supported by several multimedia handling modules, such as FileField, ImageField, Embedded Media Field, and more.

(Initial development by arthurf at the Media Code Sprint (January 2009), with input from aaron, dopry, Roger López, oweno, drewish, Manuel Garcia gusaus and others.)