Phoca Forum

so I am looking to use phoca download to play some mp3 sample files but from what i can tell it uses flash. with flash being discontinued that doesn't make it a very good option is there anything else i can do?

https://www.phoca.cz/joomlademo/phoca-download-plugin

Hi, thi is obsolete Joomla! demo. Phoca Download uses HTML 5 as default for playing files

https://www.phoca.cz/joomla3demo/phoca- ... ry/4-media



Jan

For several years,I have been using Phoca Download (v2.1.7) on our church website which uses Joomla 2.5.24. I too have this problem of not being able to play MP3 audio files unless Flash is installed on the browser. Is there some way I can incorporate the HTML5 player option without having to upgrade to Joomla 3?

Hi, the only one option for now is to run the updated version of Phoca Download and Joomla! (Phoca Download 3 is over 6 years old, so running Phoca Download 2 is really very obsolete).
Another option is to modify the old code to run HTML5 (coparing old 2 version with "new" (6 years old) 3 version and add the changes to old version).

Jan

Hi Jan. Thanks for your reply. Can I check the meaning of your two options please.

1. With the first one, I am assuming I can only use Phoca Download Version 3 if I upgrade first to Joomla 3? Or are you suggesting I could use Phoca V3 even with my current Joomla 2.5?

2. With your second option, are you suggesting I delve into the Phoca Download V2 code, to change the code associated with pressing the PLAY button so that it plays audio files using HTML5 <audio> tag rather than relying on Flash player? If this is correct, are you able to give me a steer please as to which Phoca Download file contains the code that I would need to investigate?
Many thanks.

Hi,

1) no you cannot use Phoca Download version 3 in Joomla! 2.5 ... it is a Joomla! 3 component

2) yes, to change only the code for displaying HTML5 instead of flash:
components\com_phocadownload\views\play\tmpl\default.php - in this file you can see all the HTML5 methods

Jan