[TYPO3-dam] Extra fields in DAM records only for certain file types

[georg kuehnberger]

Richard,

I think you could also dynamically rewrite the TCA depending on whatever 
condition is on your mind.
additional thought: mis-using a category for your purpose?
changing the 1:1 relation might be harder, I feel;

hth regards georg

Richard Bausek wrote:
> thanks georg for your reply,
> 
> I tried exactly the 2 options you described.
> 
> But I don't want to alter the existing media types, but instead add a 
> new one in the TCA which contains the desired file types. So that for 
> example the .jpg Files are still found as "Image" media type but also in 
> the new media type.
> 
> But I think this is not possible as the mapping between file extensions 
> and media types seems to be 1:1. Meaning that a file type can belong 
> only to one media type. I'm still looking for the indexing code where 
> the media type assignement happens. Maybe I can change something there 
> with a service class or some other hack ;-) .
> 
> regards,
> Richard
> 
> georg kuehnberger schrieb:
>> Richard,
>>
>> How about re-defining the dam types according to your needs:
>>    dam/lib/tx_dam_types.php
>> and then optionally modifying the tca see
>>    ext/dam/tca.php
>> according to your needs; should both be doable with an extension;
>>
>> regards georg
>>
>