Drupal and iTunes
April 13, 2007 - 5:13pm
update:
Ok. Did some research and found out Drupal cannot do the external linking with the audio module ... sort of. Possible workarounds, sort of.
Here's the link to all the workarounds and discussion:
http://drupal.org/node/47998
Looks like they are looking into doing this, though.
So... Looks like I'm stuck using the custom RSS feed.
Scott
April 13, 2007 - 8:49pm
Yep
The problem with putting this in the audio module is really about what it does. It reads and writes to the audio file and doesn't just link to it. On a remote server these abilities aren't there.
The iTunes functionality would be nice. Some of the features would work. Hopefully it will be there someday.
Matt Farina
Geeks and God Co-Host
www.mattfarina.com
First off, great job on the podcast! You have been teaching in a very organized and effective way.
I had a question regarding iTunes tags and podcasting in Drupal. I'm using a modified blog content type with custom fields. All the mp3 files are stored on another server (I use libsyn.com) so I don't have to worry about bandwidth.
I know you guys mentioned to me the advantages of the audio module instead of the blog method.
From what I've done, the audio module keeps asking for files to be uploaded locally to the server. Is there a way that the audio module can link to files on the libsyn.com server?
The reason is I'd like to add the custom iTunes tags (duration, etc) that are specific to each episode. The tags Feedburner allows me to use (which I am using) are blanket tags for all the epidodes.
Thanks again and please keep up the great work! Looking forward to the rest of the series on the web design.
Scott