I need to use the mp3 player as a block but whenever i build a view for it all i get is a block containing an mp3 file link. When you click on it, it gives the option to save or download. The player is fine in a page format but dissapears when i create a view. I'm a little bit of a rookike so i'm assuming i'm just missing somthing simple. Please offer any suggestions you can.

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jdelaune commented

When you create your view and you click on the mp3 file field you should get some display options. Have you selected the MP3 Player display option?

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donovank commented

here's the set of options i've been choosing when trying to create the view.
view type : node
adding the displays of page and block,
filefield mp3,
label : widget label mp3
format: generic files
then i define the path as the node that was created when i uploaded a test song.

hopefully this might help to make my error a bit easier to diagnose.

Thank you,
Donovan

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jdelaune commented

Under format: do you have other options?

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donovank commented

There are other options under format. I have these available.

Gerenic falis
image
image linked to node
image linked to file
path to file
url to file
mp3 player (default)

I chose mp3 player as a format and it started to work, now there's only one other thing. the player shows up just fine but there is a colum that looks like this creating clutter in the block:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:
mp3:

How do i get rid of this?

jdelaune’s picture

jdelaune commented

It's probably listing nodes without embedded mp3 files. See if you can use a filter on your view to only show nodes where the mp3 field has a value?

jdelaune’s picture

jdelaune commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Let me know if you need to re-open this.

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donovank commented

I just wanted to say thank you for your help, it's currently working perfectly.

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Caveman Concepts commented

without CCK or views or any other extra stuff, just the MP3 player, you can drop it anywhere you want.
First, upload an mp3 file (I prefer /sites/default/files/audio so it's easy to migrate when upgrading drupal core files).
Then create a page or a new block, whatever you need.
Add the following code to the body:
.

/**
* Custom MP3 Player theme function.
*
* @param theme
*    Always set to 'mp3player'.
* @param player
*    The name of the player you want to use (default is 'Default').
* @param url
*    The URL to the mp3 file.
* @param album (optional)
*    The name of the album.
* @param artist (optional)
*    The name of the artist.
* @param description (optional)
*    A description of the mp3.
* @return A WordPress Audio Player instance.
*/
theme($theme, $player, $url, $album, $artist, $description);

Then add the code to place the actual player like this:

print theme('mp3player', 'Default', 'http://www.example.com/audiofile.mp3', 'An example file', 'John Smith', 'An optional description of the file');

THAT'S IT!
Add the block to your sidebar or promote the page to your front page or whatever you want to do.

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jaap76 commented

I added all these codes in one block, set the input to php, but nothing is showing.

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jaap76 commented

I'm now using the stand alone download and it's codes in blocks.