[TYPO3-project-4-3] File references, Multimedia

[Stefan Galinski]

Steffen Kamper wrote:

> So i would like to enhance it and make usage much more simple. For this
> it'S the best way i see to implement it with flash player, as this is
> the common way streaming data in websites. To fullfil i would suggest to
> add 2 files to contrib-dir:
> * player.swf
> * swfobjects.js

It would be great if you also take the flash detection script of the 
extension "rlmp_flashdetection" into account.
 
http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/rlmp_flashdetection/current/

> The seconf drawback is, that multimedia files mostly are very big, so
> copy them to uploads will fail by size limit. Ingmar did a nice
> extension (em_references) which allows with a flag not to copy the file
> but create a reference. Unfortunally he needed to xclass 3 core files
> for doing it, please have a look to this extension.

There is already a patch in the core list, that adds support for direct file 
references. It's already productive in several systems!

http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=6039

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Stefan