The graphic below shows the problem. All that shows is the link to the file. It opens Windows Media Player to play. I simply want them to click on a player interface to listen to the file. All plugins are turned on. I am running Moodle 2.1 latest.
I am out of ideas. Read all docs, but no luck. PLEASE tell me what I am missing!
@Doug: unfortunately you do not say HOW you placed the link to that mp3 file in your Chat introduction. The attached screenshot shows how you should view the integrated Moodle 2.1 Flash MP3 player.
But first of all, you should have enabled the media players in your site's admin settings.
That's at: ► Site administration ► Plugins ► Filters ► Manage filters
Multimedia plugins ON
Joseph
PS.- You mistakenly posted this to the Lesson forum. You should have posted it to the relevant Chat forum. But it does not matter, since the problem is neither Lesson nor Chat related, it's related to the Multimedia filtering feature.
Joseph,
Thank you for taking your time. I don't ask these questions lightly, because I REALLY value your time, and all the other posters too.
I had already checked the multimedia settings. prior to asking this question. Everything is as it should be there.
You asked me HOW I placed the link. I clicked on the Moodle Media icon, went to the file picker, chose the file from my own local machine, uploaded it, and placed it in line with the text.
There is another place where I have an avatar, and I included the MP3 file string as a link inside the graphic, so when people click on the avatar, it plays the audio. But it still displays the WM player in a separate window to play it. I much prefer the small Flash FLV player (mplayer?) inline with the text. Its cleaner and better.
Please, any more ideas?
Hi Doug! Try the following...
Joseph
Hi Joseph,
I did as you suggested, and had some success -- sort of...
Perhaps the screenshots below will explain. Basically, the top screen shows how the code for the MP3 files differ. Notice that the top one is added via the code picker. It uses draftfile.php to direct to the actual file.
The bottom screen shows a direct URL link to the MP3 file. When done that way, the Flash player displays and functions properly.
I suspect the problem is in the draftfile.php file. There is some chatter about draftfile.php on the support forums, but nothing definitive. Besides, I am confused by what they are saying. Is it s abug or not? Am I doing something wrong? I don't think so.
What do you think?
Thanks
See point #5 in my previous post.
Joseph
Hi Joseph,
I set access for you as teacher. You should have received an email from me.
Thank you!!!!
Doug
Hi there,
We currently having similar issues, have you made any progress with a solution or work around
Thanks
Chizzy
Further to private exchange with Doug we have not been able to find the reason for the bug he is experiencing on his moodle site. I cannot reproduce it on my moodle 2 test site.
Joseph
Chizzy,
I do have it working now, but cannot say with certainty what was causing it. I DO know that slasharguments had to be turned off. It will never work unless they are.
You didn't say if you even have a player progress bar displaying or not. My problem initially wouldn't even display this bar. But once it did, the audio wouldn't play and there was no time display as to how long the file was.
I ended up reinstalling Moodle. BUT, a straight install into an existing Moodle database never worked. Instead, I found out that I had to install version 2.0.3 to a fresh database, THEN install 2.1.1 using the database created under 2.0.3. When I did it this way, everythign started working. However, if I tried installing 2.1.1 directly, and bypassed the 2.0.3 step, it wouldn't work correctly.
I really think that the problem stems from a corrupt database. So, start fresh, and once you get it working, then restore courses from an older version. Worked for me!
