Hi Uncle Cheese,

I have used all your useful replies on this forum to get up and running with my site.
I have a MessagePage, which has text content. But the MEssagePage also has:

static $has_one = array(
'MP3File' => 'AudioFile'
);

The Audio file is simply what I found on one of your forums threads:

class AudioFile extends DataObject {

static $db = array (
);

static $has_one = array (
'MessagePage' => 'MessagePage',
'File' => 'MP3'
);

public function getCMSFields() {
$f = new FieldSet (
$u = new FileUploadField('File')
);
$u->setFileTypes(array('mp3'));
return $f;
}
}

For uploading, I create the FileDataObjectManager like this:

$manager = new FileDataObjectManager(
$this, // Controller
'MP3File', // Source name
'AudioFile', // Source class
'File', // File name on DataObject
array(), // Headings
'getCMSFields' // Detail fields (function name or FieldSet object)
// Filter clause
// Sort clause
// Join clause
);

Uploading the file works to a certain extent. The file is put into assets->uploads, and when I view the MEssagePage in the CMS, it has the MP3 associated with it.

In the MessagePage template I simply use $MP3File.File to render the player. The player renders ok, but when I try to play the audio, it just sits and displays the buffering message.

When I view the source of the page, the player is:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://localhost/index.php/dataobject_manager/code/mp3/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" width="290" height="24">
<param name="movie" value="http://localhost/index.php/dataobject_manager/code/mp3/player.swf">
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://localhost/index.php/assets/">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

Is the sound file correct here? Should it not point to the assets/downloads folder and reference the actual mp3 file?

I'm not sure where the missing link is in the whole process. If I look at the database the tables are as follows:

MessagePage table:
+----+--------------+---------------+-----------+
| ID | Message_Date | Message_Title | MP3FileID |
+----+--------------+---------------+-----------+
| 8 | 2010-09-28 | NULL | 0 |
+----+--------------+---------------+-----------+

AudioFile table:
+----+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------+--------+
| ID | ClassName | Created | LastEdited | MessagePageID | FileID |
+----+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------+--------+
| 1 | AudioFile | 2010-09-29 12:23:53 | 2010-09-29 12:23:56 | 8 | 26 |
+----+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------+--------+

Some of the File table columns:
+----+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------+-----------------------------------+---------+------+----------+---------+-----------+
| ID | ClassName | Created | LastEdited | Name | Title | Filename | Content |
+----+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------+-----------------------------------+---------+------+----------+---------+-----------+
| 1 | Folder | 2010-09-29 00:44:38 | 2010-09-29 00:44:38 | Uploads | Uploads | assets/Uploads/ | NULL |
| 4 | Folder | 2010-09-29 01:18:33 | 2010-09-29 01:18:33 | assets | assets | assets/Uploads/assets/ | NULL |
| 5 | Folder | 2010-09-29 01:18:37 | 2010-09-29 01:18:37 | new-folder | .. | assets/Uploads/assets/new-folder/ | NULL |
| 24 | MP3 | 2010-09-29 11:23:50 | 2010-09-29 11:23:50 | 29092010.mp3 | 29092010 | assets/Uploads/29092010.mp3 | NULL
| 25 | MP3 | 2010-09-29 11:49:31 | 2010-09-29 11:49:31 | 2.mp3 | 2 | assets/Uploads/2.mp3 | NULL |
| 26 | MP3 | 2010-09-29 12:23:50 | 2010-09-29 12:23:50 | 3.mp3 | 3 | assets/Uploads/3.mp3 | NULL |
| 23 | MP3 | 2010-09-29 11:19:30 | 2010-09-29 11:19:30 | 29092010.mp3 | 29092010 | assets/Uploads/29092010.mp3 | NULL |
+----+-----------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------+------------------------------

In the MessagePage table, should the MP3FileID be set to the ID of the AudioFile?

Sorry for such a long post!! But I hope I have given you enough info so that yo can help me. I've seen you helping so many other people - I hope I can be added to that list!! :)

Thanks UC,
Tim

Your model looks weird to me. Why does MessagesPage have a $has_one MP3File? Shouldn't that be a $has_many?

And you should therefore, instead of $MP3File.File, you should be doing:

<% control MP3Files %>
$File
<% end_control %>

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Hey UC,

Thanks for replying. Each MessagePage has only one audio file associated with it.
If you think of a MessagePage as a blog page...each new Message will have one audio file.

Does that make sense or have I got it all mixed up?

Well in that case, you don't need a FileDOM.. you just need a FileUploadField, right?

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Ok - thanks. I wasn't aware that DOM was only for multiple file scenarios.

I'm just a newbie at SS - would it be possible for you to give me a little sample or point me towards an existing one?

I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out.
T.

I would start with my tutorials and docs on Uploadify here: http://www.leftandmain.com/silverstripe-modules/2010/08/26/uploadify/

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Brilliant - that worked. I was over-complicating things.
I just needed to reference an MP3 from my MessagePage - rather than adding an extra layer of an AudioFile.
Again, thanks again for helping me out. Very much appreciated.

Tim