Audio Player looking in wrong folder?

  • ric210

    (@ric210)


    6 years, 5 months ago

    I am using the standard Audio Player, but it can’t seem to see the files in the Media Library. I have copied some audio files into the Media Library. They are visible if I open the Media Library, and I have confirmed in cPanel they are in the correct folder. But when I use the Audio Player and click on “Add/Edit Audio Files”, then “Add to Audio Playlist”, it can’t find the files. Any ideas?

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 5 months ago

    If you just copied the files into the folder, they are not “in the library”. Use the plugin “Add From Server” to add manually uploaded files to the database.

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/add-from-server/

    Thread Starter ric210

    (@ric210)

    6 years, 5 months ago

    Ah, so I was hoping to automate the copying up of multiple files using FTP into the appropriate wp-content/upload folders. Is there any way for the database to automatically refresh itself with everything in the folder?

    Thread Starter ric210

    (@ric210)

    6 years, 5 months ago

    That plug in has a lot of notes indicating it is no longer supported and not tested with recent wordpress versions. Doesn’t inspire confidence that it is something to rely on in a production website.

    Thread Starter ric210

    (@ric210)

    6 years, 5 months ago

    OK, tried the plugin anyway. Tried to import 3 files. It says they already exist in the Media Player library. However they still aren’t visible from the Add to Audio List screen.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 5 months ago

    I’ve used that plugin in the last week to add a giant mp3 file (don’t ask, I lost the argument with the client) to the media library.

    Do you see the files when you visit the media library directly?

    Thread Starter ric210

    (@ric210)

    6 years, 5 months ago

    Yes they are in the media library. It’s only from the Audio Player, “Add to Audio list” that I can’t see them. That seems to looking in a different location, as it also shows some files that I can’t see in media library

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 5 months ago

    When you say “I am using the standard Audio Player”, what do you mean?

    Thread Starter ric210

    (@ric210)

    6 years, 5 months ago

    I mean that when building the page I selected the Audio Player” from the Media Elements tab in the Advanced Layout Editor. I assume this is a WordPress standard item, or is it part of the Enfold theme we use?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 5 months ago

    It’s not wordpress core, so I’d assume it’s your theme or a plugin.

    Thread Starter ric210

    (@ric210)

    6 years, 5 months ago

    Ah, OK. I’ll have to see where it came from then. It’s not in our list of installed plugins so I guess that means it’s part of the theme.

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