ATAudio 0.4 released

Jazkarta together with the Plone4Artists team releases ATAudio 0.4, a tool for handling MP3 files in Plone.

The Plone4Artists project team is pleased to announce version 0.4 of ATAudio.

New features

  • Configlet in the Plone Control Panel so you can quickly get to the settings.
  • Preliminary support for Podcasting (MP3 enclosures in RSS 2.0) thanks to QuintaGroup's qRSS2Syndication product.
  • Recordings is a container for CDs (ATAudioFolder) which displays a listing of CDs with thumbnails images of the CD covers.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a unicode error when audio file titles have special characters.
  • Fixed the import of iexternalstorage
  • Fixed RESPONSE headers for the file and stream methods
  • See the HISTORY.txt for a complete list of bug fixes

Existing features

  • MP3 files stored on file system. The files are not saved in the ZODB, but on the file system. This prevents database bloat and exposes the files to 3rd party streaming software. Depends on ExternalStorage product in collective.
  • WebDAV support. Easy drag-n-drop uploading of MP3 files to your Plone site.
  • ID3 tag extraction. When you upload an MP3 file via WebDAV, the metadata (artist, album, year, etc.) is extracted and auto-populates the fields on the Plone form.
  • Limit file size of the uploaded MP3 files.
  • Streaming via Zope using the file iterator support in Zope 2.7.2.
    • ATAudioFolder is a container for audio files which displays a track listing and a CD cover image.

Download

To download the latest release of ATAudio, please visit the products page on Plone4Artists.org.

Development

All are welcome to join in the development of ATAudio. We would like to add support for other audio formats (OGG, Real, WMA), enable genre selection, allow for a sample/preview of the song, improve performance of the ID3 tag reading. See the TODO.txt file for more info.

CVS access in the collective

Documentation

Please read the documentation in the docs directory, and visit the online documentation page .

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ATAudio is a product developed by the Plone4Artists project team. Plone4Artists is a community driven project with the goal of assembling a Plone package catered to artist/musician communities.

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