With version 4, I was able to code in an mp3 player that can handle multiple tracks within topics and posts, with a PDF viewer along its side, like this. However with the new update, I am left unsure how simple it will be to code this in myself. The reason why this will be tricky is because the default uploads first have to be hidden. This means if this is not carefully coded, there would be duplicate attachments in a topic or post. I could be wrong, but at a cursory glance I am not seeing a way to replace existing tags in v5, making this functionality impossible to code (the right way).
And unfortunately, the default mp3 uploads don't have any way of labeling what the mp3 is. You will notice in my example, that every track is clearly labeled by the mp3 file name. So I am wondering if the developers can look into the following:
Can we have an embedded mp3 player that handles tracks within topics and posts? Where each track is named by it's file name? I am using Soundmanager2
Can we also have a way to embed pdfs, like in my example, where each pdf is named by it's file name? The idea is to have a click open an embedded window, as to not download the file.
I realize the second bullet point is a bit of a specific use case scenario, but since my community is based on reviewing musical compositions, I need a better way to show pdfs. The way I currently have this set up works ok because a click on the musical score opens up an embedded pdf viewer, without having to download the file. I don't want to necessarily download pdfs when I am reviewing or just listening to someone's work.
If this can be added into the core functionality, this saves me a lot of headache from having to maintain my own application. While I don't mind coding custom apps, I just don't see an easy way any longer to add this functionality into v5 myself. Let me know if this is feasible!
With version 4, I was able to code in an mp3 player that can handle multiple tracks within topics and posts, with a PDF viewer along its side, like this. However with the new update, I am left unsure how simple it will be to code this in myself. The reason why this will be tricky is because the default uploads first have to be hidden. This means if this is not carefully coded, there would be duplicate attachments in a topic or post. I could be wrong, but at a cursory glance I am not seeing a way to replace existing tags in v5, making this functionality impossible to code (the right way).
And unfortunately, the default mp3 uploads don't have any way of labeling what the mp3 is. You will notice in my example, that every track is clearly labeled by the mp3 file name. So I am wondering if the developers can look into the following:
Can we have an embedded mp3 player that handles tracks within topics and posts? Where each track is named by it's file name? I am using Soundmanager2
Can we also have a way to embed pdfs, like in my example, where each pdf is named by it's file name? The idea is to have a click open an embedded window, as to not download the file.
I realize the second bullet point is a bit of a specific use case scenario, but since my community is based on reviewing musical compositions, I need a better way to show pdfs. The way I currently have this set up works ok because a click on the musical score opens up an embedded pdf viewer, without having to download the file. I don't want to necessarily download pdfs when I am reviewing or just listening to someone's work.
If this can be added into the core functionality, this saves me a lot of headache from having to maintain my own application. While I don't mind coding custom apps, I just don't see an easy way any longer to add this functionality into v5 myself. Let me know if this is feasible!
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