Autogenerate playlist from folder?

This playlist generator will sort your files by date with the newest first.

If you don't want some of the elements, such as <creator> just comment out (add 2 forward slashes to the line) or delete the line. Example - this will remove the creator element from the playlist:  // echo "      <creator>"  . $creator          . "</creator>\n";

To remove [mysite.com] from the Title, increase the 4 in this code to whatever value you need to remove all of [mysite.com]. Right now it's set to 4 to remove the extension .mp3.  $title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);

playlistlphp

/*
* This is a sample file that reads through a directory, filters the mp3/jpg/flv
* files and builds a playlist from it. After looking through this file, you'll
* probably 'get the idea' and'll be able to setup your own directory.
*
*/

// set this to a creator name
$creator = "Myself";

// search for mp3 files. set this to '.flv' or '.jpg' for the other scripts
$filter = ".mp3";

// path to the directory you want to scan
// "./" = current directory
$directory = "./";

// URL to files
$url = "http://www.somesite.com";

/////////////////////////// no user configuration variables below this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

// read through the directory and filter files to an array
@$d = dir($directory);
if ($d)
{
  while($entry = $d->read())
  {
    $ps = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter);
    if (!($ps === false))
    {
      $items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
    }
  }
  $d->close();
  arsort($items);
}

// the playlist is built in an xspf format
// first, we'll add an xml header and the opening tags...
header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");

echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n";
echo "<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>\n";
echo "  <title>Sample PHP Generated Playlist</title>\n";
echo "  <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo "  <trackList>\n";

// ...then we loop through the array...
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
  $title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
  echo "    <track>\n";
  echo "      <creator>"  . $creator          . "</creator>\n";
  echo "      <title>"    . $title            . "</title>\n";
  echo "      <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";
  echo "      <info>"     . $url              . "</info>\n";
  echo "    </track>\n";
}

// ...and last we add the closing tags
echo "  </trackList>\n";
echo "</playlist>\n";

/*
* That's it! You can feed this playlist to the SWF by setting this as it's 'file' 
* parameter in your HTML page.
*/

?>

Ok i did exactly what AJAX said but this is what I get when I go to the php_readdir_playlist.php page:

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for Chris Jackson - You're So Sexy [iM1].mp3 in /home/immusicc/public_html/php_readdir_playlist.php on line 36

I get this repeated one below the other, its naming all the tracks with the error.

Im guessing by filemtime() it means something is wrong with the modified time?

[url=http://im1musicc.cs-webhost.com/php_readdir_playlist.php]Here[/url] is the link to my playlist, Could you tell me whats wrong?

See: [url=http://www.php.net/function.filemtime]filemtime[/url]specifically:csnyder at chxo dot com
11-Aug-2006 08:59 for the fix...

Nice work, AJAX - code works great.

I'm pretty new at PHP and was wondering how you'd include multiple filetypes (say flv AND jpgs) into the same array?

Trying to get a playlist that will also include jpg thumbnails.

@Joe,

To get images for each track, name the images with the same filename as the media files (flv or mp3) but with an extension of jpg (or whatever image type you are using).

Then add the code in bold:

@AJAX

Nope im still getting the problem.
Heres the code im using

I asked my file host and he said his using linux, so added the appropriate code. Maybe I put it in the wrong place?

The line beginning with $mtime is in the wrong place and is using the wrong variable $path.

It should probably look like this (bold text):

For testing, try this, call with your browser, and then if it's OK, remove or comment out these two lines (bold text):

I tried both of them but still not getting the results i want.

I put the code in the right place but click [url=http://im1musicc.cs-webhost.com/php_readdir_playlist.php]here[/url] to see what i get.

I also tried adding the extra two lines you gave but that doesnt work either, click [url=http://im1musicc.cs-webhost.com/php_readdir_playlist2.php]here[/url] to see it

I don't have a Linux system to test against, but it appears that you're not getting the file stats.

You could try this:

 and if you get an array of file information that looks like this:

then try this:

Nope that didnt work either :-(

I get a stat failed error. Check [url=http://im1musicc.cs-webhost.com/php_readdir_playlist3.php]here[/url]

Is the file: Chris Jackson - You're So Sexy [iM1].mp3 actually residing in the directory: /home/immusicc/public_html/ ?

Maybe we need some path information before the filename.

print "<pre>"; print_r(stat('/home/immusicc/public_html/' . $entry));

Adjust /home/immusicc/public_html/ to be the full path to the MP3 files and see what results.

The path for the tracks are /home/im1musicc/public_html/songs/08-january/

I've change the file with that code and now I get the Array thing. Check [url=http://im1musicc.cs-webhost.com/php_readdir_playlist3.php]here[/url]

So, it appears that the problem was the path.

Easiest thing would be to put the playlist generator script in the same directory as the MP3 files and use:$directory = "./";because the dir() function is only returning filenames, no path.

You might even be able to use filemtime() as in the original code.

Otherwise you have to add the path back on when you call filemtime():$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($directory . $entry);I guess the script should really be written this way to save some grief???

Heres the code I put in now

Its in the same directory as the music files but it still doesnt work. Is it something im doing wrong?

[url=http://im1musicc.cs-webhost.com/songs/08-january/php_readdir_playlist.php]Here is the link[/url]

Well, it's producing a playlist.

Is the problem that the files aren't sorted by newest first? If so, put a print array statement immediately after:

print "<pre>; print_r($items); exit;

 and see if the array looks this:

    [songbig.mp3] => Array
        (
            [mtime] => 1184283681
        )

indicating that you are getting the filemtime.

Also, if the location URI:<location>http://im1music.net/Ryan Leslie - Somewhere Private [iM1].mp3</location>isn't right, just adjust the value of the $url variable.

I got it working! :-D
After one whole day if tweaking I got it to work! Thanks to you AJAX!

Now I just got one more question...
Is there a way I could make it play the playlist the opposite way? I want the last modified tracks at the bottom and the old ones at the top.

Thanks again AJAX! You dont know how much this has helped me!

Just change:arsort($items); to asort($items); use:[url=http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.asort.php]PHP Manual[/url] to find all of the PHP functions, and their opposites.

Thanks AJAX

Hi i am trying to get this code working for me. i have created a website for the father in law for his pub. they have live entertainment wich we have been filming. i have managed to convert the AVI files in to FLV files and using the player on jeroenwijering.com have managed to get the movie to play online. i have used the wizzard to make a player with a playlist but thats as far as i can get. i would like to make a playlist of the movies one for each artist we have throughout the year.

here is what i have done so far.

i copied the code at the top of this page in to a notepad file and called it playlist.php

i changed the following

to this

then uploaded it to the unix server. provided by Lowcostnames.co.uk

i open the location http://www.jessoparms.co.uk/artistvids/playlist.php

and receive the following displayed.

i'm not entirley sure what i'm doing.

i have changed the HTML of my player to "play" the playlist.php file instead of the flv file. is this correct?

any help getting this working would be much apreciated.

many thanks

Rael

It's probably just a small problem with the directory path. The easiest way to deploy this script is to put it with your media files and then use:$directory = "./";
However, you can also use a path that includes other directories. The way that you have it in your script, it will look for media files in "/artistvids/artistvids/" which probably doesn't exist. As noted in the comments, "./" means the current directory, which is "artistvids", then you are telling the script to look in a sub-directory of "artistvids", also named "artistvids". Probably not gonna work that way.

So use:$directory = "./";

If that doesn't work, post back here and we'll help you some more.

Thank you so much, you have gotten it working for me.

can i ask another question.

can i have a clickable list so people can choose what movie to play like the one on the main page of J W site.

if this is not posible with your PHP code then can i make the player control buttons bigger.

thank you once again for your help,

Rael

To get a playlist below the player, add to the height of the video 20px for control bar + 23px for each track, then set displayheight to the height of your video.

So if your video is 320x240 and you want 3 tracks showing:
width=320
height=240+20+23*3=329
displayheight=240

Im sorry if i sound thick, but where would i do that.

im not too sure.
i made a few changes when i tired to do it and could no longer see the player.
i wondered if you could show me?
here is my page code

many thanks
Rael

Assuming your video is 470x300 and you want a display area of that size, increasing the height to 435 and using a displayheight of 300 should show 5 playlist tracks.

flashvars="height=<strong>435</strong>&width=470<strong>&displayheight=300</strong>&file=http://www.jessoparms.co.uk/artistvids/playlist.php

&image=http://www.jessoparms.co.uk/artistvids/player.png&backcolor=0x000000&frontcolor=0

x00FFFF&lightcolor=0xFF0000&screencolor=0x000000&showdownload=false&usefullscreen=true&t

humbsinplaylist=true" />

Thanks AJAX for this script. I'm getting this error, though:

Sample PHP Generated Playlist http://www.infamousleucks.com/choirs/audio/temporary/ Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/infamous/public_html/choirs/audio/temporary/playlist_generator.php on line 53

I had a few problems with the space character copying correctly when I made my php file from your code above. I replace all 250+ of them to get the script working. Apart from typing this all from hand (I'm very limited in time) is there some thing I missed or is there another corrupted character that may appear only in this part of the code and below? Thanks for your time.

Fixed it. I tried using an absolute path to for the current directory when I was troubleshooting the corrupted space character issue. Returned it to "./" and voila! It worked. Many, many thanks, AJAX. This will save me tons of time!

@MaestroJAL,

Highlight, then copy & paste the code, then you shouldn't get those corrupted spaces. Otherwise, search [ALT+160] and replace [space] in your text editor.

Thanks AJAX. Funny thing, I did highlight and then copied and pasted the code. I used a "Find/Replace All" command for the spaces like you suggested. Cheers!

@AJAX,

How would I set this up to use .mp3 AND .flv? I tried using "!=" in the filter variable to choose everything BUT they few .php files in that folder. No go. I would also like to append the force_download.php to the info part of the playlist. Any ideas on that? Thanks in advance.

Use:

and

For the download:

// Force Download Script
$fdl_script = "forcedownload.php?file="; // adjust as necessary, including path information

andecho "      <info>"     . $url . '/' . $fdl_script . $key . "</info>\n";Should work. If not, post the output of the script (call it from your browser - View, Source so we can see the XML) and I'll tweak it.

@AJAX

Thanks, Ajax! Putting the code to work tonight. I'll let you know how it turns out.

@AJAX

I tried the changes. Here's what I received:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/sgbanet/public_html/audio/cr2005/playlist_generator_2.php on line 75

http://www.sgba.net/audio/cr2005/playlist_generator_2.php

Now this particular folder only contains .mp3 files. Would looking for two kinds of files and finding only one break the code?

That error just means missing line ending ";" or mis-matched parenthesis somewhere at or above line 75. Post the entire playlist code and I'll have a look. Common programming error.

@likethis

Thanks for the response. I'm no programmer but I realized that the code was missing a "}" when I pasted the code and fixed it. Now I'm getting this:

2005 Couple's Retreat http://www.sgba.net/audio/cr2005/forcedownload.php?file= Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/sgbanet/public_html/audio/cr2005/playlist_generator_2.php on line 55

Here's the code:

After looking closely at what I replaced, I added

after the "while" code. Now I get this:

i got the playlist.php to work, but the playlist doesnt show up in the page. the files do play.

can anyone help?

@MasestroJAL,

This:

/*
* This is a sample file that reads through a directory, filters the mp3/jpg/flv
* files and builds a playlist from it. After looking through this file, you'll
* probably 'get the idea' and'll be able to setup your own directory.
*
*/

// set this to a creator name
$creator = "Dr. James Grier";

// search for mp3 files. set this to '.flv' or '.jpg' for the other scripts
$filter1 = ".mp3";
$filter2 = ".flv";

// path to the directory you want to scan
// "./" = current directory
$directory = "./";

// URL to files
$url = "http://www.sgba.net/audio/cr2005";

// Force Download Script
$fdl_script = "forcedownload.php?file="; // adjust as necessary, including path information

/////////////////////////// no user configuration variables below this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

// read through the directory and filter files to an array
@$d = dir($directory);
if ($d)
{
  while($entry = $d->read())
  {
    $ps1 = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter1);
    $ps2 = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter2);
    if (!(($ps2 === false) || ($ps2 === false)))
    {
      $items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
    }
  }
  $d->close();
  arsort($items);
}

// the playlist is built in an xspf format
// first, we'll add an xml header and the opening tags...
header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");

echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n";
echo "<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>\n";
echo "  <title>2005 Couple's Retreat</title>\n";
echo "  <trackList>\n";

// ...then we loop through the array...
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
  $title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
  echo "    <track>\n";
  echo "      <creator>" . $creator . "</creator>\n";
  echo "      <title>" . $title . "</title>\n";
  echo "      <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";
  echo "      <info>" . $url . '/' . $fdl_script . $key . "</info>\n";
  echo "    </track>\n";
}

// ...and last we add the closing tags
echo "  </trackList>\n";
echo "</playlist>\n";

/*
* That's it! You can feed this playlist to the SWF by setting this as it's 'file' 
* parameter in your HTML page.
*/

?>

results in this (my video files):

@MaestroJAL,

I think the forcedownload script has to be one directory up from the files. Is that the correct path in the playlist?

@fetterov,

Do you mean that there are not playlist tracks displayed below the player?

To get them to show, make height = displayheight + 20 + (23 * tracks) or (41 * tracks) if you are using thumbnails in the playlist.

So if your video is 320x240 and you want 4 tracks:
height=240 + 20 + (23 * 4 ) = 352
width=320
displayheight=240

@AJAX

I'm being a pest, I know. Sorry, but this is working out WAY too good for the site I administer so I'm going to ask for some more. How can I have the playlist generator sort the playlist alphabetically? The order is always consistent but sometimes it's backwards (http://www.sgba.net/grace_news/index.php) and sometimes it's just plain out of order (http://www.sgba.net/media/index.php). Ideas? Above all, thanks for the tremendous help on this script!

@fetterov

How are you calling for the file "playlist.php"? I'm not a tech guru by any stretch of the imagination, but I have this working on my sites so I'll try to help.

@AJAX

We must have been typing at the same time. I'll compare the code you gave me to what I have on the server. Thanks again!

See: [url=http://us2.php.net/arsort]arsort[/url] for all of your PHP needs.

arsort() is reverse sort for newest by mtime first.

asort() will give you oldest first.

shuffle() will mix'em up.

hi guys,

i just tried the script and i works fine.

but - there is a problem with the filter1 - the script ignores the first filter filetype and only generates a playlist for the filetype in filter2.

can some one tell me how to fix this.

greetz,
jay

now i got it - just added:

$ps1 = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter1);
if (!(($ps1 === false) || ($ps1 === false)))
{
$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
}

hi,

i like to shuffle my playlist, but shuffle($items); only gives me numbers back.

any hint for me?

Put this function at the end of the code, just before the closing tag. Then call shuffle_assoc($items); to shuffle the playlist.

    foreach($keys as $key)
    {
      $new[$key] = $array[$key];
      $array = $new;
    }
    return true;
  }
}

great - works fine now. :-)

many thanx.

How can I delete the playlist number before the tracktitle? So I would like only one row for one item!

Oh, and I would like to deactivate the small play button next to the title in the playlist! Is it possible?

THX

You can get rid of the number by putting a non-breaking space in the creator element of your playlist.<creator> </creator> Enter a non-breaking space with ALT+0160 (hold the ALT key and type 0160 on the number pad).

You can never get rid of the colon.

To get a one row playlist, put thumbsinplaylist=false in your flashvars.

To deactivate the download icon (the circumscribed triangle), remove the info element from your playlist.

Perfect! Everithing fine. THX

@AJAX

Is there a way to sort the list alphabetically or numerically? The asort and arsort appear to only sort by date. I'm no PHP programmer by any means. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

The whole point of this playlist generator was to show the newest items in a directory first.

Find this:$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);replace it with this:$items[] = $entry;

Find this:arsort($items);replace it with this:sort($items);

Find this:

replace it with this:

and it should be broken.

@AJAX

Thank you very much! Your the best!

Hi AJAX

1st
I like to make automated playlist like this but don't work!
When my site it's open all time it's on working but nothing to see.

Here it's the link to my site www.zupapotocani.ch/index3.php

2nd
How it's possible to bring the player to play in original size, I mean some video have width of 300px and some 500px?

Thank you.

Put your [url=http://www.zupapotocani.ch/multimedija/video_playlist.php]playlist URI[/url] in your browser and this is what you get back:

Probably because you have the directory set wrong here:

If the script is in the same directory as your video files, then current directory "./" is correct. If the script is one directory above your video files, then something like "./videos/" would be correct.

To play the video in the original size, use:so.addVariable('overstretch','none'); and make sure that your display area is big enough for the video.

Thank you AJAX but now it's only a xml list without thumbs like this player on your site http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player

I will the same for my site like this on your site. Which code do you have in your site? Can you send my per email webmaster@zupapotocani.ch or put in here?

Thanks

@musketir,

The script can easily be modified to include images, but there must be some correspondence between the video file name and the image file name, such as:

or

@AJAX

Thanks for all the help on this script. I have used versions of this script all over sites I administer (has made my life MUCH easier). I have a question. Is it possible to build separate versions of the tracks based on the kind of file being evaluated?

Again, much thanks!

I'm getting a very weird issue when using this code I modified to create javascript links based off of the $title. IE reports that the file is invalid because the <info> element ends with </track> not </info>. Navigator and Safari both dynamically fix the issue, I believe. Here's the code I modified:

The actual playlist file can be called here:
http://www.sgba.net/images/series/series_nav.php

Any help in this rather defunct thread would be greatly appreciated!

Usually wrapping the element data in a CDATA tag will fix the issue.echo " <info><strong><![CDATA[</strong>javascript:loadPlaylist('http://www.sgba.net/conferences/" . $title . "/playlist.php')<strong>]]></strong></info>\n";

Thanks, positionMarker! Worked like a charm!

@AJAX

I reiterate my second question above. Is there a way to build different tracks based on file extension? The script addresses 95% of my needs. I'm looking for that 5% more! Thanks!

@MaestroJAL

Is there a way to build different tracks based on file extension?

Can you elaborate a bit on "different tracks"?

Different in what way? I don't understand what you want.

@positionMarker

Thanks for the help. Here's my issue: I have folders that usually contain both .mp3 and .flv files. I'd like to construct different track information (as it passes through the array (maybe another array?)) like image or download link, etc. based on wether the file is an .mp3 file or a .flv file.

Example:
For an .mp3 file I'd like something like this in the trackList:

While for a .flv file (in the same folder) I'd like the track information that's automatically written to change to this:

I was thinking the script may be able to delineate and write track information based on the file's extension (either .mp3 or .flv).

Bump. Anyone?

Rather than me wasting a bunch of time trying to guess exactly what your code looks like, post the whole script.

Then it should be very easy to create the different tracks that you want.

@ positionMarker

Many, many thanks! I'll put this to work in a few hours. I am assuming that you used the code I posted above. Again, thank you!

@MaestroJAL,

Yeah, I used the code posted above on 18.02.2008.

The really funny thing is, I fixed two mistakes in that code. The code as posted does not select MP3 and FLV.

So, if you're using that code elsewhere, find this:

and change it to this:if (!(($ps1 === false) && ($ps2 === false)))

@positionMarker

Through all the changes I made in this script, I actually saw that you fixed this but only after I tweaked it back incorrectly. This works great and I believe I actually learned a little PHP too. Again, many thanks!

@MaestroJAL,

You're welcome and good luck

I want to put in my playlist :
- image (first image of a xxx.flv file)
- title followed by file-weight if possible
- creator
How can i do it ?
i need only the final xml form :
<track>
<image>.......
<title>......
<file-weght>.....
<creator>......
<info>....
</track>
...and so one....

Also : What is the code for the form "forcedownload.php" itself ?

Note : i'm french
Bests regards

I can only answer the second request. The "forcedownload.php" should actually be "force_download.php" and is bundled with the JW players. It allows you to force a download of a file (like an .mp3) that would normally be played by the browser.

Thanks for your help. But i want propose complete choice between JW player or/and download. In this occurence can i still use force_download.php ? Moreover force_download.php seem not present as a file into the JW player's bundle. Is it always at http://www.sgba.net/audio/cr2005/forcedownload.php and have same path for video player ?

@Philman

The "force_download.php" file used to be included. It needs to be placed in the folder that contains the media to be downloaded. It does not have to be in the same folder as your player. Here's the thread with the file (and a great deal of help on using the script):

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=8883

If you're asking if you can offer your visitors a choice about which way they would like to access your media (either the JW player or direct download), you can set up the player to force the download of the media when the download link is clicked by using the "force_download.php" script. That way they can use the player to listen or simply download the file to their machine. In your playlist you would need to include the <info> tags and have them configured to point to the "force_download.php" script. Example:
<info>http://www.your_server.com/folder_containing_media_files_and_force_download_script/force_download.php?file=file_to_be_downloaded.mp3
Hope this is helpful. If not, there are MANY more people that know more than I about such things. I just know what works for me and my sites and I have a lot of gratitude for those who offer their skills here.

Many thanks for your answer ! Actually 4:30 AM in France and I go to bed and tomorrow I will test all that...

@MaestroJAL

You can view result at http://www.rmc71.com/Videos.htm
However Videos are not playing ! Yet files.flv and other (html, xml, php) are in the same folder : public_html and i use force_download for flv files. Note the pictures are loaded directly in JPG format (not extracted from flv files, in the playlist.xml).
Where is the mistake ?...

@Philman - when i paste the video urls from your playlist into the browser address line they return a "404 file not found"

this could indicate the MIME problem - from the page- http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player

If FLV playback doesn't work on your site which runs off an IIS server, the FLV mimetype isn't added to the server.
Please contact your webserver administrator on this
(if you're an admin, here's how to fix it - http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19439 ).

@MaestroJAL

I apologize ! it's my own fault (little error in flv path) All is now correct.
Many many thanks for your help !

@andersen

Sorry I had don't view your text before my last post. There is no MIME problem, it was my own problem ;-)
Regards

I wonder it's possible to have the timestamp from each file shown in the <title> tag - could someone help with with the solution to this one if there is any.

Tony

If you are using one of the playlist generators posted above, in which filemtime is being retrieved, simply format the time and place it in the title element.

Format time:$time = date("H:i:s", $value['mtime']);Refer to this page for formatting codes: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Place the time within the appropriate print code:

END;

Thanks for the quick response to my query - however it produces the same time for every file:

Any ideas on how this script can be modified to produce the correct timestamp for each file?

Thanks in advance,

Tony

I probably should have mentioned that:$time = date("H:i:s", $value['mtime']);should be put in the foreach() loop, right after either:$title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);or$type = substr($key, strlen($key) - 3);depending on the exact version, of the playlists posted, that above you are using.

Thanks again for that response, but the result was still the same.

Here's the code with the additional time array:

which produces this

I've even tried using filectime and fileatime to see if it would create a different response, but to no avail.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Tony

I cleaned up a couple of stray brackets and put a print statement after arsort() for debugging.

Call this script from your browser and you should get an array that looks like this:

    [flash101_test_new_wmd.flv] => Array
        (
            [mtime] => 1202277200
        )

    [flash101_test_new.flv] => Array
        (
            [mtime] => 1202277103
        )

If you don't have the mtime, then there is something wrong with the filemtime() function.

See this post (look up a few posts for the errors): http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=9581#msg56880

Thank you nickName - I think whe are at least getting closer to the solution, if not the real route of the problems with this playlist....

I called up the script in it produced this response:

Taking your modifications to the playlist plus the filemtime workaround as prescribed by csnyder at chxo dot com on the php.net site into consideration, the script looks like this:

which produces this:

I thank you again for helping out with this and hopefully a successful solution can be found - even if it traces down to something with the server's PHP config.

Tony L

Great progress!

The exec() is working, so you just need to move it to the correct place.

Delete this line of code:$mtime = exec ('stat -c %Y '. escapeshellarg ($directory));
Then, change this code:$items[$entry][$mtime] = filemtime($entry);to this:$items[$entry][$mtime] = exec('stat -c %Y ' . escapeshellarg($entry));so that the filemtime for each individual file is being retrieved and put into the array. That should do it!

Also, you could change these three lines of code:

to this one line:if(($filter1 == substr(strtolower($entry), strlen($entry) - 3)) || ($filter2 == substr(strtolower($entry), strlen($entry) - 3)))This change just saves getting files that have flv or mp3 somewhere in their filename, but not as the extension. I would make the filemtime change first, then when that is working, make this change. It's not mandatory, just better code.

We are getting closer to the solution here...

Having incorporated the changes above with some slight modification to produce the playlist in the right format, here's what the new version of the script looks like:

Which produces this:

It looks like it has obtained the timestamp for the latest file to arrive into the folder, but that timestamp is being replicated for all the entries within that folder.

I appreciate the time that you've taken out to address this query nickName and I hope that the solution is just around the corner, now that I know that it has nothing to do with my server's PHP config.

Tony L

I missed this before. In your code, 2 places, mtime needs to be a single-quoted name, not a variable name.

Change:$items[$entry][$mtime] = exec('stat -c %Y ' . escapeshellarg($entry));to$items[$entry]['mtime'] = exec('stat -c %Y ' . escapeshellarg($entry));and change:$time = date("m/d/y - g:i a", $value[$mtime]);to:$time = date("m/d/y - g:i a", $value['mtime']);

Getting closer....

Turning mtime from a variable into a single-quoted name produces this script...

which in turn produces this playlist....

The timestamp is now missing from each entry.

Thanks again for all your help - feels like the final stretch of a race.

Tony L

The focus is on this line of code:$items[$entry]['mtime'] = exec('stat -c %Y ' . escapeshellarg($entry));I have to figure out how to accurately simulate that on a Windows system to see what we are missing.

Okay - drum roll please.....

I've made a modification the above code so that it looks like this:

When put into the main script....

...it produces the following result....

Once again, thank you nickName for your help on this - could not have done it without you.

Consider this ticket closed.

Tony L

DAMN! Tony, you're no fun at all. This was just about to turn into a full-blown, Sherlock Holmes style sleuthing expedition. And, now you've gone and solved it.

I found a Windows stat.exe and had some code prepared for you to try so we could see what, if anything your stat was returning, so we could progress further.

Well, very good to see that you got it working and this is a good line of code for others to use if they are faced with a similar situation:$items[$entry]['mtime'] = exec('stat -c %Y ' . escapeshellarg("{$directory}/{$entry}"));

Good Luck & Cheers!

As Lee Corso would say - not so fast my friend! - here's the next task....

You've probably noticed towards the top of the scrip that I separated the <creator> tag into two variables:

Here's what I have in mind and I'll work on this some today - based on the info that is now correctly generated to the time variable, I want to have something generated to the <creator> tag that says:

Action News 36 Morning Webcast - when the time is before noon
Action News 36 Afternoon Webcast - when the time is after noon
Action News 36 Evening Webcast - when the time is after 5:00pm and before for 4am

I'll search the 'net for a script that will do the trick for me here, but if you fancy some more sleuthing as it were, have at it.

BTW, the test site is up at http://98.130.197.37/ if you want to have a look at the result of the work done thus far - just select webcast from the dropdown menu above the player.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Tony L

@Tony,

Oh, that's easy. I just need to confirm that you are getting a Unix time stamp of this form "1186535703" from stat.

Then, right after:$time = date("m/d/y - g:i a", $value['mtime']);we digest the time stamp with:$creator_time = date('G', $value['mtime']); to get a number from 0 to 23.

Then:

and

END;

Untested, but barring a typO or two, it should work.

Back again....

Thanks for that solution - here's what I've come up with based upon that info:

....producing this...

Thanks again for your help nickName.

Tony L

I would prefer to use date('G', $value['mtime']); to get 24-hour time without the leading zero, but I guess it doesn't matter.

hello am testing this but doesent work, please heeeeeeelp!

<embed
src="http://www.luisoliva.org/imagerotator/imagerotator.swf"
width="160"
height="155"
allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"
flashvars="height=155&width=160&file=<?php

/*
* This is a sample file that reads through a directory, filters the mp3/jpg/flv
* files and builds a playlist from it. After looking through this file, you'll
* probably 'get the idea' and'll be able to setup your own directory.
*
*/

// set this to a creator name
$creator = "Administrador";

// search for mp3 files. set this to '.flv' or '.jpg' for the other scripts
$filter = ".JPG";

// path to the directory you want to scan
// "./" = current directory
$directory = "./imagerotator/n_producciones/";

// URL to files
$url = "http://www.luisoliva.org";

/////////////////////////// no user configuration variables below this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

// read through the directory and filter files to an array
@$d = dir($directory);
if ($d)
{
while($entry = $d->read())
{
$ps = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter);
if (!($ps === false))
{
$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
}
}
$d->close();
arsort($items);
}

// the playlist is built in an xspf format
// first, we'll add an xml header and the opening tags...
header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");

echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n";
echo "<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>\n";
echo " <title>Sample PHP Generated Playlist</title>\n";
echo " <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo " <trackList>\n";

// ...then we loop through the array...
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
$title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
echo " <track>\n";
echo " <title>" . $title . "</title>\n";
echo " <creator>" . $creator . "</creator>\n";
echo " <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo " <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";
echo " </track>\n";
}

// ...and last we add the closing tags
echo " </trackList>\n";
echo "</playlist>\n";

/*
* That's it! You can feed this playlist to the SWF by setting this as it's 'file'
* parameter in your HTML page.
*/

?>&format=rss_200&overstretch=true"
/>

Hi there,

I downloaded this module to use it in Joomla, but it doesn't work. Will pls anybody tell me what i did wrong?

I really dont know where in joomla i have to paste the folderlist and playlist.

www.mysite.com
www.mysite.com/audio audio directory location
www.mysite.com/modules/mod_flashmp3player/ joomla modulelocation

In the last bookmark you'll see the playlist and the folderlist and mp3player.swf

PLEASE HELP ME TO CONFIGURE THE AUTOMATIC PLAYLIST!

@acc

Why not create a separate .php file and have the embed code for the MediaPlayer draw the data from there to the file variable - i've tried what you are attempting and this solution is a whole lot less painful.

Tony L

@Farooq

You'll need to go into a little bit more detail with your query.

I assume that you're trying to use the All Video Plugin from the joomlaworks.gr site - until that plugin is updated to accommodate the use of the external file variable, you'll be better off embeding the code that you can obtain from the Setup Wizard (http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?page=wizard) into a newly-created Custom HTML module in Joomla. Don't forget to put the mediaplayer.swf and swfobject.js files that you can download from the site into the root folder of your website.

From there, it's pretty straightforward. You create a .php file with the auto generated playlist script that's been contributed above and with a few adjustments to the code to so that it can find the .flv files in a folder, you should be on your way.

Tony L

@nickName,

I have another hypothetical scenario....

Say that you just want the above script to generate a single-entry playlist based on the most recent file to be uploaded to that folder - what change would need to be made to the script to make that happen?

I'm think probably that a loop needs to be taken out, but I'm not entirely sure where from on the script.

Any help that you maybe able to render would be most appreciated again.

Tony L

Thanks for your reaction, but i want to use XML playlist because I have such a lot of numbers.

@Farooq,

I don't know if you're confused in some way but that .php file generates an output that is XML format and one that the player will read. So far the PHP method is the only one I have found that would perform this kind of function. And if you have that many files to content with, I certainly wouldn't want to code the file in by hand just for the sake of a .xml extension.

Tony L

The array is already sorted by mtime, latest first, so just use the first array element.

if(($numeric > 1) && ($numeric < 11))
{
  $greeting = 'Morning';
}
elseif(($numeric > 11) && ($numeric < 17))
{
  $greeting = 'Afternoon';
}
else
{
  $greeting = 'Evening';
}

print <<<END
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>
  <title>Action News 36 Webcast</title>
  <trackList>
    <track>
    <creator>$greeting $creator1</creator>
    <title>$time</title>
    <location>$base_url$files{key($items)}</location>
    <image>$base_url$images</image>
  </track>
</trackList>
</playlist>
END;

?>

Not tested... I'm not sure that you need the squirrelie-curlie brackets around key($items), but it can't hurt.

@ nickName

Thanks for that response - however the result of that modification was this:

Any help you can render again would be most appreciated.

Tony L

According to the manual, this should work, but it doesn't:{${key($items)}}So do it this way:

and:<location>$base_url$files<strong>$item</strong></location>

Thank you - that works great now.

Tony L

Ciao,

maybe this is not the right thread to post this, but my issue is related to it.

i need a playlist generator for flv and mp3 files and i try a lot of .php's posted on this forum...but the only one working is the one posted above by Tony L .

My problem is the lastdate displaying instead of the filename in the JW player playlist...

how can i modify the script to display the filenames?

here it is

i'm a total newbie, i try different playlist generators, but this is the only one running perfectly, all the other php scripts don't work, also trying to change path locations, etc...

Only this works...but i dont know how to change in the code. any idea?

thanks for any help.

PS: these scripts are really powerful. Great Job everybody!

Hi all.
i've a joomla 1.5.3 website which use all video reloaded module ( http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/ ). this module use your fantastic video player.
i'm using a php file which autogenerate the xml playlist.
example: i have a folder with file 1.flv, 2.flv, 10.flv files in it.

the result of the php file is a xml like this:

track 1 -> 1.flv
track 2 -> 2.flv
track 3 -> 10.flv

(order a-z of the folder)

my question is: how to obtain the inverse order??
i would like have an output like this:

track 1 -> 10.flv
track 2 -> 2.flv
track 1 -> 1.flv

(order z-a of the folder)

Please help me :'''-(

example:
original playlist:

autogenerate playlist from a folder with files order -> a-z

i've resolt including un rsort();

Hello and MANY THANKS for the script - I'm totally new to php.

My imports have spaces in the filenames - I'm not sure this is compatible with any browser, so here's what I added to the main loop at the bottom:
$loc = str_replace(" ", "%20", $key);
and then replaced:
echo " <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";
with:
echo " <location>" . $url . '/' . $loc . "</location>\n";
If I'm smoking something on this "any browser" thing, please let me know.

Also, if this helps other newbies out there, I create my mp3s using iTunes, that by default, adds a track number to the song title. If one uses the very excellent player from http://www.boutell.com/xspf you're stuck with numbers from the player and numbers from the songs. You can turn off track numbering on iTunes, but that's a pain if you want to go back and forth with track numbering.

Instead, I changed this:
$title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
to this:
$title = substr($key, 3, strlen($key) - 7);

I use Apache under OS X Leopard, as it's the easiest for me to run the php there. If anyone's having trouble there, then this will help to fix it: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1195856&tstart=0

Thanks for the bandwidth for this poast!

Just wanted to say thank you so much for this...

I was able to modify this to do perfectly what I needed, which was to generate a shuffled, but TRUNCATED, version of a photo playlist for a photo slideshow embed. Basically, I wanted to be able to drop in hundreds, or even thousands, of photos into a directory, and then autogenerate a shuffled playlist of only maybe 30 photos each. Essentially, it's generating random 30-picture slideshows now from a pool of 600+ photos which I can add or subtract to anytime. This helps on the bandwidth front, as I have a slideshow that constantly runs on some of my pages, but still lets me get hundreds/thousands of photos into the mix on each refresh of the playlist.php file.

The hack basically starts by getting the original script to run, and then changing the sort to shuffle (using more code I found here, thanks!) and the "for each loop" to a "for next loop" limited by the number of photos you want to end up in the autogenerated playlist. For me personally, I also had to mod the mtime section to get that to work on my server originally, even though I'm not really using that data now, and I modded the xml output for my needs -- your needs may be different, so head's up. And remember, this was geared towards a photo slideshow, but I'm sure could be further tweaked to work for other media.

So, here's my code for those who might be interested:

<?php

$playlistmax = 25;
$filter = ".jpg";
$directoryscanned = "/home/public_html/scanneddirectory";
$urlinplaylist = "/scanneddirectory";
$linkbackhome = "http://www.yoursite.com/";

@$d = dir($directoryscanned);
if ($d)
{
while($entry = $d->read())
{
$ps = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter);
if (!($ps === false))
{
// $items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
$mtime = exec ('stat -c %Y '. escapeshellarg ($path));
$items[$entry]['mtime'] = $mtime;
}
}
$d->close();
// arsort($items);
shuffle_assoc($items);
}

header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");
echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n";
echo "<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>\n";
echo " <trackList>\n";

$AllKeys = array_keys($items);

for ($i = 0; $i < min($playlistmax, count($items) - 1); $i++)

{
echo " <track>\n";
echo " <location>" . $urlinplaylist . '/' . $AllKeys[$i] . "</location>\n";
echo " <info>$linkbackhome</info>\n";
echo " </track>\n";
}

echo " </trackList>\n";
echo "</playlist>\n";

function shuffle_assoc(&$array)
{
if (count($array)>1)
{
$keys = array_rand($array, count($array));

foreach($keys as $key)
{
$new[$key] = $array[$key];
$array = $new;
}
return true;
}
}

?>

I've spent all day trying to get this thign to work and i'm having no luck.
As it stands, the player loads on the page with the tracklist showing below, all the songs are there, but when i go to play them, i get error #2032.
Can anyone help.
the code in the html page is as follows:

<script type='text/javascript' src='swfobjectvid.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var s1 = new SWFObject('playervid.swf','player','400','300','9');
s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
s1.addParam('flashvars','&file=playlist.php&playlist=bottom');
s1.write('preview');
</script>

Is there sth wrong here?
(If need be I can post the playlist.php code aswell)
The playlist.php is in the same folder as the play bt the mp3's are in another folder namely: Music/Album Name/

As i say the php seems to list them ok, even the play lists them in the playlist viewer, it's just this error when i go to play them.

thanks in advance for any help.

More useful would be the output of the playlist.php script (the actual playlist file).

Do the location elements contain a valid path to your MP3 file?

Either a full URI like this: http://my.domain.com/Music/Album Name/song1.mp3

Or an absolute path like this: /Music/Album Name/song1.mp3

Or a relative path from the location of the HTML document containing the player embedding code, like this: Music/Album Name/song1.mp3

Here is the playlist file. The it is located in the same folder as the mp3 files.

<?php
/*
* This is a sample file that reads through a directory, filters the mp3/jpg/flv
* files and builds a playlist from it. After looking through this file, you'll
* probably 'get the idea' and'll be able to setup your own directory.
*
*/

// set this to a creator name
$creator = "Gafyn Davies";

// search for mp3 files. set this to '.flv' or '.jpg' for the other scripts
$filter = ".mp3";

// path to the directory you want to scan
// "./" = current directory
$directory = "./";

// URL to files
$url = "http://www.gafyndavies.com/music.html";

/////////////////////////// no user configuration variables below this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

// read through the directory and filter files to an array
@$d = dir($directory);
if ($d)
{
while($entry = $d->read())
{
$ps = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter);
if (!($ps === false))
{
$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
}
}
$d->close();
arsort($items);
}

// the playlist is built in an xspf format
// first, we'll add an xml header and the opening tags...
header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");

echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n";
echo "<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>\n";
echo " <title>Sample PHP Generated Playlist</title>\n";
echo " <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo " <trackList>\n";

// ...then we loop through the array...
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
$title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
echo " <track>\n";
echo " <creator>" . $creator . "</creator>\n";
echo " <title>" . $title . "</title>\n";
echo " <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";
echo " <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo " </track>\n";
}

// ...and last we add the closing tags
echo " </trackList>\n";
echo "</playlist>\n";

/*
* That's it! You can feed this playlist to the SWF by setting this as it's 'file'
* parameter in your HTML page.
*/
?>

This:

is wrong, it should only be the URL to the directory containing the media files because the filenames get added to it:echo " <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";to make a full URI.

Probably should be:$url = "http://www.gafyndavies.com/Music/Album Name";then the full URI to the MP3 file would be:http://www.gafyndavies.com/Music/Album Name/Some Song.mp3

thanks, it looks like it's working now. :)

To change this php file to create a playlist of video (flv) or pics (jpg), am i correct in thinking that i only need to change the filter from mp3 >> flv or >>jpg respectively? or is there something else i need to look at?

@wallwriter,

Correct, just change the filter for jpg, mp3, or mp4.

Heres my code:

Im having a problem though, i changed hosts where the music files are hosted (i moved the script the to same host)
But for some reason its not ordering them right. It should be from Latest to Oldest but its just randomly generating one. Its not random playlist everytime, its they all are in the same position on reload. But I dont understand why it isnt doing it by uploaded latest to oldest now :-S

This line of code:$items[$entry]['mtime'] = exec ('stat -c %Y '. escapeshellarg ($entry)); gets the file mtime (last modified time) so the files can be sorted by time.

This particular code was written for servers running on the Linux operating systems. Since you have changed hosts, the underlying operating system may have changed. If possible, find out what operating system your host is running.

The equivalent code using the PHP filemtime() function is:$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($directory . "/" . $entry);You might try this code.

further references: http://www.php.net/function.filemtime

Thanks the filemtime php code fixed the problem :-)

@Imran,

You're welcome.

I'm pleasantly surprised that it was so easy. :D

hi

i m using JW image rotator in Dotnetnuke for showing topstories ... i have 2 questions

1. it is posible to change the look & feel of the controller & title font size.... measn i want to show the title with bigger & it should not go while mouse rollout ...

2. it is possible to autogenrate XML file using ASP.net like u are using PHP

Thanks

Thanks so much for posting the info. I got it working!!

TP

Is possible to scan a local directory (D:/videos), from this script running in the website server. ?

I mean something like this:
// path to the directory you want to scan
$directory = "file:///d:/videos/";

I've tried as above but nothing happens, the playlist is not generated (only header lines).

Generally speaking, online resources don't have access to local files.

Hi:

I'm using the JW Player in CMSMS. the site i'm working on is <http://obadiahlyrics.com/audio.php>. the files player.swf, the obiwoodPlaylist.php, the player.swf, and the mp3 file are all in the same folder.

the playlist code is the same as the one your posted at the top of this page, AJAX, except for:

if you navigate to the url i posted, you'll see the player says; 0: Error #2032

I have no clue where to begin. It's worth noting, that the server is linux running php as cgi.

suggestions?

Hello !

I can't get your script working...
sorry i'm a newbie in PHP, but it is very strange, because it work (I'm getting a good XML playlist) but only at the end of file...

So anyway, I need a script simplier than this one,

Just : Looking into a folder, list all the .jpg files in this folder
and make a xml file with this listing...(to use has playlist with jpg-rotator...)

can anyone help ?!
Thank you very much in advance !
Cheers
keyman

 
@KP,

I get a "404 File Not found" error when I try to access your playlist at:

        http://obadiahlyrics.com/obiwoodPlaylist.php

humm;
it is not my playlist...
anyway...
I got it, with the "VBS" script running on windows...
but it is not a real solutions...
what about if I want to creat playlists online on the fly when a new media (image/sound/video) are uploaded into a specific folder ?

Thanks if you got a solution for me...
anyway thanks for your time kLink !

Hi kLink:

The file obiwoodPlaylist.php is actually residing in the uploads/audio/ directory. The reasoning for this is that the client needs to be able to upload his audio to the folder directly.

i'm getting close to launching, would really like to have this solved. Would you mind taking a look again? Also, I want to remove the URL link, it's not required. Here's the content of the file:

Thank you.

@KP,

Do you need your files sorted, latest first?

The script does that sorting, but it has the Windows code. I have the Linux code if you need to do the sorting, or we can just remove that altogether.

Hi kLink:

Sorry about the late reply. It's been crazy busy.

I would love to sort by category or alphabetically. The more options the clients has the better. He's a retired fellow with limited knowledge. However, the first step is to have it working, then we can add the glitz.

Is there a way we can communicate via IM or email? I'm on Skype (femtechmedia) or AIM (newagekat) Let me know and I'll activate non-buddy contacts.

I'll check this page on and off all day. Thank you.

Here's sorting alphabetically by filename normal order (a-z).

// set this to a creator name
$creator = "Obi Wood";

// search for mp3 files
$filter = ".mp3";

// path to the directory you want to scan
// "./" = current directory
$directory = "./";

// URL to files
$url = "http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio";

/////////////////////////// no user configuration variables below this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

// read through the directory and filter files to an array
@$d = dir($directory);
if ($d)
{
  while($entry = $d->read())
  {
    $ps = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter);
    if (!($ps === false))
    {
//////////////////////////////////////////// Windows debug code \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
      // unset($output);
      // exec('stat -t ' . escapeshellarg($entry), $output);
      // print "<pre>";
      // print_r($output);
      // exit;
      // $output = explode(' ', $output[0]);
      // $items[$entry]['mtime'] = $output[10];
//////////////////////////////////////////// Windows debug code \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

      //...Windows normal code - sorting by mtime
      // $items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);

      //...Linux/Unix code - sorting by mtime
      // There is an option in the "stat" command to return the MAC timestamps of a file in epoch time,
      // where Access/Modify/Change are given in format %X/%Y/%Z.
      // $items[$entry]['mtime'] = exec('stat -c %Y ' . escapeshellarg("{$directory}/{$entry}"));

      //...Windows/Linux/Unix normal code - sorting by filename
      $items[$entry] = $entry;
    }
  }
  $d->close();
  // reverse sort - latest first
  // arsort($items);
  // normal sort - alphabetically by filename
  asort($items);
}

// xml header and opening tags
header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");

print <<<END
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>
  <title>Obadiah Lyrics - Sample Audio</title>
  <trackList>

END;

// loop through the array to build the track
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
  $title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
  print <<<END
    <track>
      <creator>$creator</creator>
      <title>$title</title>
      <location>$url/$key</location>
    </track>

END;
}

// closing tags
print <<<END
  </trackList>
</playlist>

END;

?>

Typical output:

Sorry, I don't do those messenger things. email only by PayPal.

Hello kLink:

I am still having the same error message. 0: Error @2032

I'm using jw player v4.16 Here's what I have done:

In /uploads/audio/ i have placed the following:
player.swf
swfobject.js
obiwoodPlaylist.php - using your sorted coded for Linux.
I will survive.mp3 - for testing only
I have placed the call to swfobject.js in the head
I have added this code to the audio page:

The plugin was added today, but the error has been the same since day one. what am I missing? Please help, i'm going loony fast.

Thank you.

 
These are the results from testing your URIs:

You need to correct the server errors on the last two files, then test these URIs again.

As soon as you start using a playlist, all of the File Properties:

      [{( Reference: http://code.jeroenwijering.com/trac/wiki/FlashVars#Fileproperties )}]

MUST come from the equivalent playlist elements:

      [{( Reference: http://code.jeroenwijering.com/trac/wiki/FlashFormats#Playlistformats )}].

You might want to check your 'tipjar.business' email address.

                                                                                        :D

kLink

Thank you. Although your format for displaying the code did not work (line breaks), the adjustments did.

Ok, so errors are now gone.

I uploaded 2 mp3 files for test purposes only, and when you go to http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/That%27s%20The%20Way%20It%20Is.mp3, the audio loads and plays.

Although I now see the playlist areas, I cannot read the content. And when I click in the space where I would imagine the list to be, I still get an error. changing the flash version from 9 to 9.0.124 helped in loading the playlist area.

when you say:

I'm not clear on what this means exactly. Clarification, please. Are we talking about a separate file or the info that each mp3 should have? if latter, this may prove to be difficult as the file that will showcaseswill be done by the client and he is a novice. The sounds represent possible tunes for the lyrics on the site. So he'll be converting all his home recordings analog files to mp3. When he exports the mp3 files, are these the requirements he should adhere to for proper listing of the files in the playlist?

Can spaces in the file name cause problems?

Oooh, we're so close, I can taste it :D

current code is:

I've never done this before, so thanks for your help.

"Are we talking about a separate file or the info that each mp3 should have?"

We're talking about the elements of a playlist track, such as the title. If you use a playlist, all of the File Properties that you use must come from the playlist. There is really only one required element, and that is the location element. Of course, you really should also have a Title and you might as well have a Description (playlist annotation element) since the space is there.

Spaces in filenames don't cause problems.

You probably can't read the playlist content (Title & Description) because of the colors that you have chosen. Try changing them or temporarily comment them out so the defaults are used. Then pick combinations that work, using the color picker in the Wizard linked at the top of this page.

I can't find your playlist to check it. Please post a link to it.

kLink:

So, if I understand you correctly, it is not enough to place the player and give it a file param of playlist.php. I also need to add an xml playlist that contains the file name, title, description, etc. Correct?

I'm using cmsms, and the good folks there have created a module to play that embeds the neolao flv and mp3 player. I understand it now works with JW Player, I just installed it and although I got to the same stage i'm in now a lot faster, I'm still not able to run a php playlist.

starting to get worried that this is not feasible.

playlist.php should be (and probably is) a PHP script that generates a playlist in some format (hopefully it's compatible with the JW FLV Media Player) by looking through a directory of media files. You will have to determine what playlist.php does by looking through the documentation for your CMS.

Hi klink:

I decided not to use the cmsms module. I'm sticking with what we have put together thus far and what you've taken such pain to explain to me. what you see on this page (http://obadiahlyrics.com/audio.php), is the sum of our efforts thus far, but as you can see, the titles still don't show up and do not play. I've gotten rid of all the errors per your post of 19.11.2008

in uploads/audio/, I have:
player.swf
2 audio files
playlist.php - as provided by you and as follows:

On the page audio.php, I have this code:

In the head, i'm referencing SWFObject.js

So why am i still not able to see the list of audio files and play them? If you've explained it and I'm not getting, try explaining to me as if I was 5. Maybe something will sink in.

thanks for your patience.

Is this the correct URI for your playlist generator playlist.php?

http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/playlist.php

If it is the correct URI, then you should be able to get a playlist file returned by copying and pasting the URI in your browser.

When I try to do that, I get a "403 Forbidden" error. Which usually means that the directory/file-execute permissions on your server are not set correctly.

Try to make sure that the permissions on http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/ and playlist.phpare set correctly, then copy & paste each URI in your browser to test the Internet availability of each file.

So it looks like swfobject.js and player.swf are OK. I didn't test the MP3s because I don't know their filenames. So for some reason, it is not possible to execute the PHP script, probably a file-execute permissions issue.

Warning: Line s1.addparam too long:

s1. addParam('flashvars','file=playlist.php&type=sound&backcolor=4E6D82&screencolor=4E6D82&frontcolor=ffffff&lightcolor=9FCEE8&playlist=right&playlistsize=300&displaywidth=200&controlbarsize=20&bufferlength=1&displayclick=play&logo=uploads/images/logo.png&plugins=tipjar-1&tipjar.title=Please Donate&tipjar.text=If you have enjoyed the audio, lyrics, and sonnets provided, please help support the website by making a small donation&tipjar.business=obiwood@obadiahlyrics.com&tipjar.show_pause=true&tipjar.currency_code=CAD&tipjar.return_url=http://obadiahlyrics.com/thank-you.php');

Remove parameters and text to reduce the line and obtain the correct functionality

See my post above, 19.11.2008. Use so.addVariable()

KLink:

I have tested an audio file <http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/I%20Will%20Survive.mp3>, and it plays
I have looked at the playlist <http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/playlist.php> and NO errors only a blank screen (playlist permission is 644)

also, if I use s0.addVariable() or even s1.addVariable, I get the download link for Flash. the player disappears altogether.

So I have reverted to using the addParam option and removed all excessive variables to do with the donation plugin.

I'm still at the same place.

There's got to be a better way. Could this have anything to do with the player? do i need to upgrade?

I still get a "403 Forbidden" error from: http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/playlist.php

playlist.php should have permission of 755. See the explanation in section 4 here: http://www.zzee.com/solutions/unix-permissions.shtml

This has absolutely nothing to do with the player or the player code.

Sending a request from a browser for a playlist should return a valid playlist file.

Another HD Flash player more easy to install and it includes a file/folder manager
flashuploaded.com or hdflashplayer.com, there's a Free version... I nstalled it in 5mn on my website and it works great.

ZenMaler: would it work on a CMS? or would i have to use an external file? it looks complicated or at least the terminology is beyond my comprehension. I'll keep it in mind.

kLink: i agree it should ouput a playlist file, but it does not. I checked the permissions, and they are set to 755 according to file manager in cpanel. kLink, can you force refresh your cache and let me know if you still have the 403 forbidden error? I never had it.

this is my last try at this.

script on page is:
<script type="text/javascript">
var s0 = new SWFObject('/uploads/audio/player.swf', 'mp3', '420', '256', '9.0.124');
s0.addParam('allowscriptaccess', 'always');
s0.addParam('allowfullscreen', 'false');
s0. addVariable('file', '/uploads/audio/playlist.php');
s0. addVariable('type', 'sound');
s0. addVariable('playlist', 'right');
s0. addVariable('playlistsize', '250');
s0.addVariable('scrollsize','10');
s0. addVariable('backcolor', '4E6D82');
s0. addVariable('frontcolor', 'FFFFFF');
s0. addVariable('lightcolor', '9FCEE8');
s0. addVariable('screencolor', '4E6D82');
s0. addVariable('logo', '/uploads/images/logo.png');
s0.write('audioPlayer');
</script>

test files in http://obadiahlyrics.com/uploads/audio/
Heatwave.mp3
I Will Survive.mp3
player.swf
swfobject.js
playlist.php - your alpha sorted list - this file uses print command
testplaylist.php - php script as provided by AJAX at the top of this thread - this file uses echo command
in the Script, if I replace
s0. addVariable('file', '/uploads/audio/playlist.php');
with
s0. addVariable('file', '/uploads/audio/Heatwave.mp3');

The audio plays. I will try with an xml file. If that works, then there is something wrong either with the php file or the call to the php file.

playlist.php reads

testplaylist.php reads - from AJAX

Thank you for all your assistance. I realize by review this thread that i've taken up much of your time.

I still get the "403 Forbidden" error. Somethng is still wrong with your server setup.

I copied and pasted your playlist.php code from your most recent post. It ran perfectly on my server without a single change. It's really quite "plain vanilla" code now, so it should run on your server.

Hi Klink:

We now have it working. There were a few issues, file path and permission being the big ones. One last question. If you go to http://obadiahlyrics.com/audio.php you'll notice the extra spacing between the titles, how do I reduce these? is this a stylesheet issue or something else. I checked the php file and could not find where I needed to adjust.

For the purpose of anyone out there that is looking for a dynamic list and might be experiencing the same issue, here's what to do:

FTP the following files into the folder where your audio will reside:
player.swf
swfobject.js
playlist.php
youraudio.mp3

on the page you want to display the player, place this code:

You can place the call to the js file in the head section of your page and you can use relative path. You can also use relative path for var so.

if adding color changes, add them to the flashvars after 'bottom' and be sure to start with an &. Colors must be in Hex without the #. the path to playlist.php must be absolute

The code for playlist.php for Linux/Unix with Alpha sort order is:

Be sure to set permission for playlist.php to 0755. If the playlist does not show up, try uploading from cpanel's file manager and then setting permissions while in cpanel. That seems to do the trick. I'm assuming you are on a Linux server and your host offers cpanel to help you manage your account.

Works with jwplayer 4.2+

 
@KP,

Fan—[i]FREAKIN[/i]—tastic!!!

On the issues with the size of the playlist tracks; you have two choices:

1) http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Skinning_the_JW_Player

2) http://www.longtailvideo.com/AddOns/productpage.html?addon=51&q=&category=skins Simple, one line per track skin with no thumbnails.

Hi Guys,

Where can i download the tipjar plugin?
Please post a link....

Thanks in advance.

All Plugins: http://www.longtailvideo.com

Hello guys im tying to set up and playlist generator on my site. Im having trouble i don't know how does it work. i tried using the code above saved it as php and then called it from my browser to see what happen this is what im getting

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

−
<playlist version="1">
<title>bachata</title>
<info>/media player</info>
−
<trackList>
<br/>
<b>Warning</b>
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
−
<b>
/home/kalleje/public_html/media player/bachata.php
</b>
on line
<b>53</b>
<br/>
</trackList>
</playlist>

Ajax if you are around please help me on this

Post the PHP playlist generator code that you are using and also a link to the playlist generator on your site, and I'll help you straighten it out.

ok thank you kLink

here is the link to the php

http://www.kallejero.com/MusicPlayer/playlistgenerator.php

and here is the code im using

<?php

/*
* This is a sample file that reads through a directory, filters the mp3/jpg/flv
* files and builds a playlist from it. After looking through this file, you'll
* probably 'get the idea' and'll be able to setup your own directory.
*
*/

// set this to a creator name
$creator = "Kallejero";

// search for mp3 files. set this to '.flv' or '.jpg' for the other scripts
$filter = ".mp3";

// path to the directory you want to scan
// "./" = current directory
$directory = "/downloads/Bachata/";

// URL to files
$url = "http://www.kallejero.com/media player";

/////////////////////////// no user configuration variables below this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

// read through the directory and filter files to an array
@$d = dir($directory);
if ($d)
{
while($entry = $d->read())
{
$ps = strpos(strtolower($entry), $filter);
if (!($ps === false))
{
$items[$entry]['mtime'] = filemtime($entry);
}
}
$d->close();
arsort($items);
}

// the playlist is built in an xspf format
// first, we'll add an xml header and the opening tags...
header("content-type:text/xml;charset=utf-8");

echo "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n";
echo "<playlist version='1' xmlns='http://xspf.org/ns/0/'>\n";
echo " <title>Bachata</title>\n";
echo " <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo " <trackList>\n";

// ...then we loop through the array...
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
$title = substr($key, 0, strlen($key) - 4);
echo " <track>\n";
echo " <creator>" . $creator . "</creator>\n";
echo " <title>" . $title . "</title>\n";
echo " <location>" . $url . '/' . $key . "</location>\n";
echo " <image>" . $url . '/' . $title . ".jpg</image>\n";
echo " <info>" . $url . "</info>\n";
echo " </track>\n";
}

// ...and last we add the closing tags
echo " </trackList>\n";
echo "</playlist>\n";

/*
* That's it! You can feed this playlist to the SWF by setting this as it's 'file'
* parameter in your HTML page.
*/

?>

@ KLink

Hey KLink when you get a chance help me out i need to get this done. Or Ajax or anybody elso who think can help me fix it Thanks

@Water,

Your playlist code is OK. I updated it a bit, but the basic code was correct.

You probably just have an incorrect path. Unless you are doing external file access, the PHP script uses the local file system paths on the server, NOT web server paths from document root. The GOTCHA is that some hosts, running virtual hosting, insert a hidden, invisible directory in the path. So the best way to make a path, is to start with the current directory "./" that's period forward slash (the location of the PHP script) and assemble the path from there.

Without knowing the the directory structure on yur server, I can't give yo the exact path, but start with the current directory where the script resides and assemble a relative path to the media files.

@ Link

Thank you Link for your replied. Im trying to figure out what im doing wrong I copied your code and replaced the one i have but still same problem. Here are some picture of my root directory and the directory where i have the player with the script and also where i have my mp3 files. Hope this help you figure out.

Root pic
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9053/root1ri9.jpg

MP3 files
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4170/mp3files2it4.jpg

The Script
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/214/scriptphotoze1.jpg

OK, I'll check your directory structure in the next day or two.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9053/root1ri9.jpg
You are showing me the web server directory structure [i]—NOT—[/i] the server OS file system directory structure which PHP uses.

You could possibly use:

It would be better to put the script in downloads and use:

Although not prohibited by this script, it's never a good idea to allow someone to walk upwards in your directory structure.

@ Link ok i tried

$directory = '../downloads/Bachata/';

and this is what i get now

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for Xtreme 10 Super Fanatica.mp3 in /home/XXXX/public_html/XXX/media player/playlistgenerator.php on line 29

i get this for every song. so basicaly i get a list or the same error with the dif mp3 names

OK, you must be on a *nix-based server.

Sometimes they have a problem with the filemtime() function.

If you look at the code that I posted above on November 14, 2008, you will see a special section for Linux below this comment:

Uncomment the line above in bold and comment out the line below in bold which is for Windows and normal *nix:

It's all explained in my posts above, so I'm not going to repeat them here.

@ Link
Hey link thank it look like this its getting better now. but i still have a problem the playlist its now working. when i call the play list i get everythign but i noted this like dash before track and before location

<track>
<creator>water</creator>
<title>Geovanny Polanco - Limpiate El Boss</title>
−
<location>
http://www.mysic.com/Music/Geovanny Polanco - Limpiate El Boss.mp3
</location>
</track>
−
<track>