If you have a single audio file you'd like to feature on your site, you have the option of inserting a file from the Beatrix Media Library tool.
The following instructions provide information on how to insert an Audio Player onto your page via Tridion.
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Creating a Media Library Component
Before adding an audio player process is similar to uploading a video file in the Beatrix Media Library.
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Click New Component (blue) to begin creating a Media Library component.
In the Building Blocks folder of your respective website, click New Component (highlighted in blue above) in the Create tab (highlighted in yellow above) of the navigation bar.
You will be taken to a new page for creating the component (shown below):
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Creating a Media Library component.
Enter an appropriate Name for your component.
Choose
Media Libraryfrom the Schema drop down menu (highlighted in yellow above).Media Library ID: Enter the appropriate ID number from the Media Library for the video.
Select the radio button next to
audio.Save and Closethe component (highlighted in blue above).
Once you have saved the component, you are ready to add the video to a page.
Adding the Media Library Component to a Page
After creating the Media Library component for your audio player, you can add the component to a page.
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Navigate in the Root folder to the page you'd like to add an audio player to and double-click to open the page.
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In the window that opens, click the Component Presentations tab.
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Click Insert at the bottom left of the page window.
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Browse to the Media Library component you created and click to select it.
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From the Component Template dropdown, select the Audio Player template.
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Click the Insert button at the bottom right, then the Close button.
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may either upload to the Media Library first, then go to your page in Beatrix CMS and create a media item and select it; or you may create the Media content item and upload directly from the Pages section of Beatrix CMS. |
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Media Library Instructions
Please see Media Library - Video for instructions on uploading multimedia to the Beatrix Media Library. Please note that you will select Audio before uploading as shown below.
You may upload a file or use a Youtube or Vimeo link. You will be prompted for the meta data as you would for video files.
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Adding the Media Item to a Page
Navigate to the Pages folder and open the page you would like to add the audio item to.
Click
Create Content, select the parent folder, name the item and select the schemaMedia.
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Select the appropriate item from the Media Library or
Uploadthe audio file here.Select the Layout View
Audio Player.
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Follow the same process to add an Audio Item to a list. |
Example of a Media Library Audio Player on a Page
The below screenshot shows a Media Library Audio Player, as it appears on a page:
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The Audio Player populates in the middle of the page (highlighted in yellow above), and includes information associated with the audio from the Media Library.