[smith.kyle]

*** KYLE'S EDIT ***
This has been taken from SixString's original post in the first thread about this, but I've moved it over to a new thread because that one got into more of a discussion of RSS vs. Podcasts, and got kind of convoluted, so let it be known now that this is NOT a podcast. See this thread for more information on the two: http://www.jamroom.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13420&start=0
*** END KYLE'S EDIT ***

And now, in the words of SixString...

Ok... A BIG THANKS to Kyle and Jill, as they really deserve all the credit for getting this feed to validate.

Create a file named podcast_xml.tpl and add this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>{$RADIO_NAME} - Top 40 Feed</title> <description>{$RADIO_DESCRIPTION}</description> <language>en-us</language> <webMaster>{$return_email}</webMaster> <link>{$JAMROOM_URL}</link> <copyright>{$smarty.now|jr_date_format:"%Y"} {$system_name|escape:"quotes"} All rights reserved.</copyright> <lastBuildDate>{$smarty.now|jr_date_format:"%a, %d %b %Y %T"} -0500</lastBuildDate> <ttl>60</ttl> {foreach from=$RADIO_SONGS key=key item=songs name=song_val} <item> <title>{$songs.SONG_NAME|replace:"&":"&amp;"}</title> <description><![CDATA[<a href="{$songs.SONG_PLAY_URL}">Click To Listen!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;{$songs.SONG_NAME|replace:"&":"&amp;"} - By: {$songs.BAND_NAME|replace:"&":"&amp;"}<br> ]]></description> <pubDate>{$songs.SONG_TIME|date_format:"%a, %d %b %Y %T"} -0500</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">{$songs.SONG_NAME|replace:"&":"&amp;"}</guid> </item> {/foreach} </channel> </rss>

Then create a file named podcast.tpl and add this:

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{jr_playlist id=$id|default:"1" limit=$limit|default:"40" template=$template|default:"podcast_xml.tpl"}

Finally, create a file named podcast.tpl.php and add this:

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<?php // These header calls are required to get the browser to see this as an RSS Feed header('Expires: '. gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', time()) .' GMT'); header('Last-Modified: '. gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') .' GMT'); header('Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8'); ?>

Upload these files to your active skin folder, ie. skins/Cobalt3 or skins/Sage.

Then call your podcast like this:

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http://your.jamroom.url/index.php?t=podcast

or if you want to use an image

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<a href="http://your.jamroom.url/index.php?t=podcast"> <img src="http://your.image.url"> </a>

If you have more than one play list you want to turn into a podcast,just pass a different id to your url ie. index.php?t=podcast?id=2 (Thanks Kyle!)

You can name your files whatever you wish, just make sure the pre-possessor file (podcast.tpl.php) is named the same as the podcast.tpl file or it will not work.

Note: Jamroom's playlist calls are heavy hitters on your database, so I'd suggest not going too crazy with this.

Enjoy!


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kyle[at]jamroom.net

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I get bored when no one's posting...

[gov]

Hi Kyle,

I have followed your instructions step by step but I am getting the following error

XML Parsing Error: syntax error
Location: http://piknclik.biz/index.php?t=podcast
Line Number 1, Column 1:ERROR: Recursive template structure found - verify usage!
^

What could be causing this ?

Cheers
Gov

[smith.kyle]

Do your templates look exactly like the above?


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kyle[at]jamroom.net

Yes...that's a soda machine...

I get bored when no one's posting...

[gov]

yes , would it be caused we are using the Nova skin? on jb 4.0.13

[barkerg]

I am having the same error, I am using evolution


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[smith.kyle]

Ahh, you need to change this:

template=$template|default:"podcast_xml.tpl"

to this:

template="podcast_xml.tpl"

Otherwise, Jamroom picks up the t=podcast in the URL and sees that as the $template variable


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kyle[at]jamroom.net

Yes...that's a soda machine...

I get bored when no one's posting...

[CanPanther]

Hi Kyle;

I followed the above instructions, including the edit for Nova, and now have the following error:

Quote:

XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </link>. Location: http://www.2xtunes.com/index.php?t=podcast Line Number 42, Column 3: </head> --^

[smith.kyle]

You will need to either pass in the correct radio_id for your podcast via the URL, or insert it into the podcast.tpl file.


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kyle[at]jamroom.net

Yes...that's a soda machine...

I get bored when no one's posting...

[gov]

Hi kyle

Your code seemed to load the rss feed and took away our first problem, but i have a second small problem, the music files wont play in itunes or nor will it open up in media player, see my link here http://www.piknclik.biz/index.php?t=podcast

I have subscribe using itunes and i can see it but it wont play.

Please advise

Cheers
Gov

[SteveX]

gov:

Hi kyle Your code seemed to load the rss feed and took away our first problem, but i have a second small problem, the music files wont play in itunes or nor will it open up in media player, see my link here http://www.piknclik.biz/index.php?t=podcast I have subscribe using itunes and i can see it but it wont play. Please advise Cheers Gov

This one plays for me in iTunes:

Quote:

For Love Jun 4, 2:46 AM Click To Listen! Look'n For Love - By: Eddie Mills

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Kulshi Mezian!

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[gov]

then what am i doing wrong?

[SteveX]

http://www.jamroom.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=174508#174508
From your comment in this thread perhaps you have a network problem (contact your service provider), or a server that won't cope with serving html, let alone audio files (contact your hosts).


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Kulshi Mezian!

"Stranger from another planet, welcome to our hole. Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock and roll"

Ultrabubble create things.

[gov]

i'm with jbservers, so i couldnt see how that would be a problem

[SteveX]

Most likely your local network, or a wider network problem.


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Kulshi Mezian!

"Stranger from another planet, welcome to our hole. Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock and roll"

Ultrabubble create things.

[gov]

rite still can get it to play songs, now another problem IE is showing this error

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


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A name contained an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://www.piknclik.biz/index.php?t=podcast'. Line 17, P...

<guid isPermaLink="false">90 grados</guid">
-----------------------------------------^

Please advise