I was contacted by the managers at Sunyata asking whether I could set up a page listing MP3 recordings which they could upload after recording from their hosted talks and sessions. I initially thought that this would be a difficult endeavor requiring me to install a new module (I haven't meddled with my D6 sites aside from keeping them up-to-date for some time now). And so I went about things the wrong way looking for modules and thinking to instal SWF or the MP3 module.
Then Steph reminded me that our server is actually quite capable of hosting this type of content. I thought, maybe should I try using DG to do this? But then in a DG forum I found references to the multitude of free MP3 players that can easily be enabled.
The one I chose is the Yahoo! WebPlayer. Which involved going into the theme layer and cutting and pasting the one line of script they supply in the header of my site: page.tpl.php file or html.tpl.php file depending on how your theme is structured.
Then I went into my D6 site and created a new file type - MP3. MP3 has Title, Body/Description, and an attached Generic File.
Easy-peasy - I then created a view to display the content as desired in both page and block format. Of course, this project still requires the Sunyata maintainer to upload his files and we may have a little more minor cleaning up to do in terms of aesthetics.
What the Yahoo! WebPlayer does is add a 'play' icon next to any mp3 file.
texasradiofish - Move your body courtesy of ccmixter.org (CC).
I'm reminded that no matter what is asked of you, there is generally a far simpler solution than you may come up with in the moment. It's important to think and reiterate a little bit before you go burning your energies needlessly. Even if you do, lesson learned. Now I know how easy it is to add MP3s to a Drupal site!
Just finished moving the content from the Galway Gospel Choir website (