Podcast Module - Incorporating externally stored mp3s (etc!)

Nuke Cadet Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 2

I have a couple of questions regarding the Podcast module from www.jaieproductions.com (download from http://www.jaieproductions.com/downloads.php - live demo at http://fbc.jaieproductions.com/modules.php?name=Podcasts)

We got the module installed on our site without too much hassle and everything seems to be functioning as it should, but there’s a couple of changes I’d like to make….

Currently, the Podcast module only allows the use of mp3s stored in the same root directory as the Nuke installation. However, I would like to be able to incorporate mp3s stored on external servers

At the moment, there are two tiers of folders that must be specified in the podcast admin section to hold the mp3s.

1. In the Podcast Config section, a ‘starting directory’ inside the base Nuke installation is set. By default, this is ‘podcasts’ i.e. www.yournukesite.com/podcasts

2. In the Podcast ‘Add a channel’ section, a ‘sub-directory’ within the base is specified i.e. . www.yournukesite.com/podcasts/channeltitle

3. In the Podcast ‘Add an episode’ section, the file name is specified i.e. www.yournukesite.com/podcasts/channeltitle/file.mp3

I would like to be able to add an mp3 URL directly into the “Add an episode” section, bypassing the Nuke root directory hierarchy, such as http://www.podcastnetworkname.com/podcastshowtitle/file.mp3

If the full URL was added into the "Add an episode" section, the resultant invalid filepath would be www.yournukesite.com/podcasts/channeltitle/www.yournukesite.com/podcasts/channeltitle/podcastfile.mp3

I have had some success in fixing this by adjusting the following code in the modules/podcasts/index.php file

Removed the www.yournukesite.com prefix

Code:

$nukeurl

from this section of code

Code:

."\t\t<enclosure url=\"[b]$nukeurl[/b]/"
.eregi_replace("%2F","/",urlencode("$startingdir".( ( substr($row2['subdir'],-1,1)=="/" ) ? $row2['subdir'] : $row2['subdir']."/")."$enclosure"))
."\" length=\""
.filesize("$startingdir".( ( substr($row2['subdir'],-1,1)=="/" ) ? $row2['subdir'] : $row2['subdir']."/")."$enclosure") ."\" type=\""; //enclose the file

I then simply left the 'starting directory' and 'sub directory' input fields blank in the admin section. The external file URL was then copied directly into the ‘Add an episode’ input field (for some reason the http:// prefix must be left out or the RSS feed doesn’t function)

The RSS feeds all work as they should. Good stuff I thought! However, the “Download” and “Play” functions no longer work. Clicking the “Download” link resulted in the following invalid path (‘-‘s instead of ‘/’s) www.podcastnetworkname.com-podcastshowtitle-file.mp3 and the “play” function doesn’t work (it launches the flash player, but nothing else)

Anyone have any ideas how to sort the download and play functions?