[nodebb-plugin-audio-control] Control audio playback

[yariplus]

NodeBB Plugin Audio Control

A simple plugin that allows ACP control of an audio player. Uses an html5 audio shim (audio.js) for browser compatibility and socket.io to update client players in real-time without reloads.

Compatible with NodeBB v0.7.0 (Backwards compatibility coming.).

Fork on GitHub
https://github.com/yariplus/nodebb-plugin-audio-control

Installation

Use npm from the command line in your NodeBB base directory:

npm install nodebb-plugin-audio-control

Usage

1. After installation, go to the ACP and enable the plugin.
2. Go to General=>Navigation, add a custom route to your navbar with an id of "navplayer" and a route of "#", then Save Changes.

3. Go to Installed Plugins=>Audio Control and set the Audio Source.

Example

[Moritz Friedrich]

Is audio.js really necessary? I mean, how well does NodeBB perform in non-HTML5-browsers anyway? Are there anymore except ancient XP machines? Anyone using WinXP should be punished whereever possible

[yariplus]

@Moritz-Friedrich Hmm, tbh, it's probably not necessary. But I created this primarily for streaming audio, which is usually in .ogg, which is not well supported by current versions of IE and Safari. Audio.js should replace the audio tag with a flash player in these cases.

[Moritz Friedrich]

@yariplus well that's a reason though, and I know audio.js as a pretty solid solution, so