Audio file display format

[heerbovec]

I am planning to use MediaCMS as an audio archive. If I add a poster picture, the width of the player significantly outspaces the picture on both sides. Can a solution be configured?

Best,
h.h.

[heerbovec]

I found three files containing video formatting definitions (560x315px) :

src/static/js/utils/settings/optionsEmbedded.js
config/installation/features.html
src/templates/config/installation/features.config.js

None of them seem to directly change the audio player's output format. What am I missing?

Best regards,
h.h.

[mgogoulos]

Hi @heerbovec , I totally missed your previous message, apologies.

@styiannis , we need your help on this!

[heerbovec]

Thank you for that.

By the way, this is the site I want to transfer to mediacms: http://audiothek.philo.at. It is the largest german-language audio archive for philosophy (running on seriously outdated software).

[mgogoulos]

I now see what you mean. This is how poster appears on an audio file

However, if you want to get the poster to get more area, and this is better for you:

Then there is a quick solution:

1. edit file static/css/_extra.css , basically append the following css rule

.video-js.vjs-mediacms.vjs-audio .vjs-poster {
    background-size: cover;
}

2. restart MediaCMS, if you're using the Single Server installation,

root@server /home/mediacms.io/mediacms # systemctl restart mediacms

while if you're using Docker installation:

root@server /root/mediacms # docker-compose restart web

This can work as a quick fix, let us know if this is better. We can consider adding as the default behavior (let's wait for @styiannis 's feedback since he has done the work there, to tell us if there's a better way to do it)

I'd love to help you migrate content for https://audiothek.philo.at , keep us posted here or connect through [email protected]

We've mostly focused on video + image support, but definitely are interested to optimize audio experience, and also fix any issues that might exist.

Best
Markos

[heerbovec]

Thanks. This works, but at a price. One has to be careful to pick appropriate pictures and the width of the player is unfamiliar for audio files. It would be nice if one could somehow shrink it :-)

Best,
h.h.