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Chapter 1. FrontEnd MP3 Player

Extension Key: fe_mp3player

Copyright 2000-2002, macmade@gadlab.net, <macmade@gadlab.net>

This document is published under the Open Content License

available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml

The content of this document is related to TYPO3

- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.com

1.1. Introduction

What does it do?

This Flash MP3 Player includes various playmodes, streaming playback, playhead scrubbing, and an equalizer. The playlists are created visually in the Typo3 backend. All settings can be done through flexforms on each instance of the plugin.

You can see an online demo of the player on the following URL:

http://gadlab.net/fr/typo3/t3fruniversity2005/ergonomie-gui/index.html

About the player / Licensing

This extension is an integration of an existing standalone MP3 player, developed by Jeroen Wijering – www.jeroenwijering.com. Thanx a lot to him for his great work.

The original files (including the Flash source file) can be downloaded on the following URL:

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash+Mp3+Player

Note that a creative commons license (exact terms: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/) is applied to this software. Please contact his author before using it for commercial purposes.

Screenshots

Here's what you'll get with this plugin (at left the default skin, and at right the new G-Skin):

If the Flash plugin is not found on the browser, the plugin will display an HTML list of the available MP3 files:

PodCasts

This plugin can play MP3 files directly from an external podcast. If you're interested to create/publish your own podcast, then you should try the «Typo3 Podcast Extension» (nbo_podcast) (http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/extension-manuals/nbo_podcast/current/), which is actually based on this extension, and which includes the same player. In its latest version, the Frontend MP3 Player extension has a direct support for selecting podcasts from nbo_podcast, which will soon use its player rather than providing its own. Thanx a lot to Noël Bossart for this work, and for the coordination.