I tried to adapt the upload patch to drupal 4.7 (// $Id: upload.module,v 1.51 2005/09/02 02:11:41 unconed Exp $) and attached it here.

Mostly the module seems to do what was intended, except the following:

But streaming just repeatedly tries to connect but without success. Cause is unknown.

Title column in the multi media listing incorrectly shows the filename, instead of the ID3 title.

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media.upload.module.patch2.23 KBñull

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robertdouglass’s picture

robertdouglass commented

I recommend using the audion and playlist modules instead of the media module. I don't have any intentions to develop it further and the other two modules are being activley maintained:

http://drupal.org/project/playlist
http://drupal.org/project/audio

cheers,

Robert

robertdouglass’s picture

robertdouglass commented

Thank you for the patch, however. If you are interested in taking over the role of maintainer for this module, let me know.

Uwe Hermann’s picture

Uwe Hermann commented

Robert, does the media module have any features which audio/playlist don't have? Can you create patches to port those features to audio/playlist? I'd rather concentrate efforts to one actively maintained module...

Uwe.

robertdouglass’s picture

robertdouglass commented

I don't believe there are any advantages to using media module. Perhaps I should remove it from the repository? Is anyone depending on this module?

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ñull commented

I will try the other modules you suggested. Thank you!

robertdouglass’s picture

robertdouglass commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

I've taken the step of unpublishing the media module project node. Nobody has expressed interest in maintaining this module, so eventually it will be removed. One quick note to Uwe: This module let you have session (temporary) or permanent (node based) playlists. This is different than the audio module which doesn't concern itself with playlists. This module also introduced the concept of a hook_fileapi which was fired every time an uploaded file entered the Drupal system. The advantages of such a system are that modules (like the media module) could react to incoming files and perform services for them, even when the uploading module isn't aware of the availability of these services. For example, the media module reads and stores the metadata for MP3 and other audio files. Another service could be a virus scanner. The weakness of the architecture was that the file.inc of Drupal doesn't accommodate this very well, so we built the hook calls into the upload module. Anyway, the media module had some good ideas and is worth studying for people looking to further the cause of media in Drupal.