Hi out there!
While the document for Moodle Mobile App shows a picture with a lovely audio player, I cannot play my mp3 files, which are working in moodle 3 well, on my iPhone 6. Instead of this the page with the embedded audio file shows up like this:
draftfile.php?file=%2F5%2Fuser%2Fdraft%2F489493997%2FSi4_CD1-Track02_Bild1.mp3
Is there anyone with an idea?
Any help is appreciated.
Oliver
Hi,
Moodle Mobile 2.9 should be available for iOs now, please can you check with that new version? (We did some fixes in the player)
Juan
Thank you Juan, but unfortunately there is no change. I put a sceenshot to this post.
The HTML-Code is like this:
<p>Bild 1</p>
<p><a href="http://moodle.mmc-ob.de/draftfile.php?file=/5/user/draft/958753228/Si4_CD1-Track02_Bild1.mp3">draftfile.php?file=%2F5%2Fuser%2Fdraft%2F489493997%2FSi4_CD1-Track02_Bild1.mp3</a></p>
It correctly shows up in Firefox and Safari, even in Safari of the iPhone.
Are ther any settings in Moodle 3 or the Mobile App which are maybe not correct?
TIA
Oliver
Hi Olivier,
I'm thinking this is a bug in Moodle (that is returning via web services different information that for web).
Could you give us access to a course with contents embedded in that way? We just need a student user account, maybe a separate course or a duplicated one
Juan
Hi Juan,
no problem.
The direct link is
http://moodle.mmc-ob.de/mod/page/view.php?id=121
I will send you the login information via message. OK?
Oliver
Hi Oliver,
thanks, this will be fixed once this bug https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-53175 is solved (is a bug in Moodle not in the app).
Please, notice that the issue title is not similar what is happening to you but with the changes we made it should work for you (it will require to upgrade your Moodle instance though)
Juan
Hi Juan,
thank you. I can confirm, that the problem is solved.
Wish you luck and success with the MobileApp. Great work, I think!!!
Oliver
Hi Juan,
could it be, that this Moodle bug still exists for displaying PDF-Files? I have a simular problem now as before with the audio files: Now I cannot display a PDF file in Mobile App while I can display it in the Moodle desktop version.
The direct link is: http://moodle.mmc-ob.de/mod/resource/view.php?id=89
You can use the same login data as before.
TIA
Oliver
Hi Oliver,
the problem is that right now the app looks for the file extension in the URL of the files, so if a URL doesn't contain the file extension then it's going to be downloaded without extension. It was implemented like this to make it faster, simpler and decrease the network usage. We have an open issue to improve it:
https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MOBILE-1455
New Moodle versions should automatically add the extension of a file when you upload it, or at least it does it for me.
In your case, the URL to the file doesn't contain the extension. Android is able to open the file without having the extension (at least in my phone), but iOS can't.
As a temporary solution, you could modify the file to add the extension to the file name, that way it should work in the Moodle Mobile app.
Kind regards,
Dani
Thank you Daniel for the help. With your explanation I could fix it.
The point was not to use the drag 'n drop interface in Moodle desktop version, but the "add file" icon instead. In the first case Moodle cuts the file extension automatically.
Regards,
Oliver
