ATAudio 0.5.3 released

The 0.5 version of ATAudio is easier to install (fewer dependencies) and includes an embedded Flash MP3 player. It adds support for the genre, cover art and comment ID3 tags, LinguaPlone support and improved WebDAV uploading.

ATAudio 0.5.3 released

Screenshot of an MP3 file

Jazkarta together with the Plone4Artists team is pleased to announce ATAudio 0.5, a tool for handling MP3 files in Plone.

Summary of new features

  • Removed the dependency on pyid3lib/id3lib so it's easier to install. Now we are using the eyeD3 python library which is included with ATAudio.
  • Embedded Flash MP3 player lets you play the audio files directly in the Plone page, without having to launch an external program. CD view has a popup to play all tracks on the CD.
  • Support for additional ID3 tags such as genre and comment. Also read-only metadata such as bitrate, frequency and track length are displayed on the view pages.
  • WebDAV uploads from OSX now ignore the ._file and .DS_Store, so the uploads are faster and you don't have to clean up these garbage objects.
  • Caching of ID3 tags for efficiency
  • Preliminary support for displaying cover art (getImage) and uploading cover art which is written back to the MP3 file (chervol)
  • LinguaPlone support means that you can now add ATAudio objects in multiple languages.

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.

More information

For more information and to download ATAudio visit the ATAudio product page on plone.org.

Brought to you by Plone4Artists

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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