Multimedia handing in Drupal 7, done better with the Media module

Media!Jacob Singh & Aaron Winborn

Media• Is a module for Drupal-7• Extends file management capabilities in core• Provides a framework for media meta- data• A consistent user interface for managing files. 2

How do Iupload myf()#@)@* picture?!

A long time coming

2000 sites (+45000) 5

20 “committed” 6

We got issues

Values of MediaUsability: polished interfaces whichbehave like people expectConsistency: use the same interfaceswhen picking filesExtendibility: Be an API, not an end-to-end solution 8

Usability

Consistency

Extendibility Media Flickr Media Youtube Workbench Media Internet Media S3 Styles Migrate MediaRotating Media Media Browser Banner Media Gallery Plus Webcam

It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time! 12

Core features

Pick existing files 14 http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewart/232246012

Use any tube

If you build it, it will have fields

Media is for everyone http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdr/80619210/

? http://s3.amazonaws.com/estock/fspid1/76100/potato-head-darthvader-76147-o.jpg

Media in Drupal 6

Media attached to Nodes– Upload 25

Media as Node– Image– Video– Audio 26

Media as Field– FileField– ImageField– Embedded Media Field– VideoField– AudioFIeld 27

File management– IMCE– Asset– WebFM– FileField Sources 28

Inline media– WYSIWYG– IMCE– Embedded Inline Media– Node Embed– Node Reference / Embed Media Browser (Nrembrowser) 29

Media in Drupal 6

History of the Media Ecosystem

Rich Media GUI (RiMeG)

Media Sprint 2009

Year of the Drupal Media Daddies...

Module Ecosystem Media Flickr Media Youtube Workbench Media Internet Media S3 Styles Migrate Media Rotating Media Media Browser Banner Media Gallery Plus Webcam

The Roadmap 38

The Roadmap– Folders 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions– Views integration 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions– Views integration– Audio support 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions– Views integration– Audio support– Other file types (pdf, etc) 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions– Views integration– Audio support– Other file types (pdf, etc)– Other third party provider modules 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions– Views integration– Audio support– Other file types (pdf, etc)– Other third party provider modules– Embedding links in WYSIWYG 38

The Roadmap– Folders– Permissions– Views integration– Audio support– Other file types (pdf, etc)– Other third party provider modules– Embedding links in WYSIWYG– Cropping / other manipulations 38

How you can get involved? – Sprint / BoF • Sprint: Wednesday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM • Core conversation: Wednesday, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM – Media group • http://groups.drupal.org/media – #drupal-media – DrupalGardens.com • http://drupalgardens.com – Media Development Profile • http://drupal.org/project/media_dev 39

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Multimedia handing in Drupal 7, done better with the Media module

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