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Multi-User Audio Playlists
I have been trying to use variations of the audio module and the xspf playlist module to assist me in a site with multiple users, where each user can set up a playlist of files. This I can get to work to some extent, but with very limited amounts of information in each one, and with the audio module in particular, a very clunky uploading process for multiple items.
I'd love for each of these "playlists" to have the ability to be commented on, track plays, etc. Again, it's all functionality that the audio module works with to some extent, I'd just like it to go deeper and have easier usability.
I'm ALSO wondering if anyone has had experience adding "markers" to an mp3 file, where with a slider or some other interface device, users could separate out an mp3 or one long playlist into a way for users to identify individual tracks.
We have developed a player separately in which all of this information would flow, but need help developing one or both of the above items. Please contact me if you have some ideas and I can give you further information.
Interesting project
I have seen something similar to this before. I believe that maybe the best method to go about tackling this is to use a flash-mp3 player that is skin able, this would also allow you to place cuePoints into long audio files(you would be converting into flv for this, making the files also more secure). Another benefit to this approach is the fact that you would be able to take advantage of flash streaming servers for serving your audio in a crisp, lag free(as possible) manner. The markers to the mp3 files I am not sure of, but you could create a content type and view to handle a lot of the content issues you are talking about.
Let me know if this is something that sounds promising for your situation, my site is http://www.chrismcintoshdesigns.com and you can contact me there. The site is always under construction, fyi(my test bed for many things).