Hi, can someone point out how to create playlists? I've read through some of the issues posted and thought I would be able to find an "add to playlist" option, but I can't find one. I obviously have the audio content type and have created another called "playlist" and enabled the options under access control. When I upload audio files to the playlist content type it creates multiple audio players rather than adds the mp3's to the same playlist.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.

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anthonym commented

Hi Jboo,

If I understand your post correctly you are expecting all files attached to a node as a playlist to appear and play in a single audio player rather than in separate audio players. Is this correct? This would seem to be the intuitive result of making a playlist, but it is not the way the module is set up. Rather you have to get that functionality by doing theme overrides. The master issue which explains how to do this is here: http://drupal.org/node/139581. I ran into the same problem and found several similar posts by people wanting the same thing. Perhaps if enough users make this a feature request it will be added as an option in future versions. Hope this helps.

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Jboo commented

Thanks anthonym,

I've managed to get the playlist working ok, but was wondering about the "add to playlist" option that many posts mention; whereabouts is this because I can't find it anywhere!?

Secondly, do you know how I can now show this playlist on the profile pages of users? I'm trying to get it working with views but can't get my head around what settings I need to set? What I've tried so far shows the player but not the files.

Thanks for any more help.

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anthonym commented

Well, I can't help with the profile page question, but as to the add to playlist link... That should automatically appear when you view an audio node. When you click the link, you are then provided with a list of node types that have been configured to have audio files and audio feed attached. If you're not seeing the "add to playlist" link on your audio nodes, then there might be something wrong with the way your modules are installed/configured. Just a guess.

Anthony

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Jboo commented

Thanks for your help Anthony, I'll look into my settings to find out why i'm not seeing the link, and hopefully get the playlist to work on other pages. I'll reply if I can get the player and playlist working as a unit on more pages, which is pretty important I think.

Justin.