Enhanced Music Players with Download Sales, Statistics Tracking, Facebook Integration

[Ken Rich]

I am running a Christian music site Indie Gospel Artists at http://indiegospel.org

 

I have the Livewired "Jukebox" application, and Ning Pro for the branded players and upload capability.

 

What is missing is the functionality to sell downloads, or track song plays. Allowing artists to embed links to their stores would also be an improvement, similar to ReverbNation's players.

 

Also, a Facebook application which would make the songs available on Facebook, similar to ReverbNation's "My Band" application.

 

Another improvement would be the ability to relay a playlist to MSN Live 360 Internet Radio, which requires a fixed IP and port number.

 

It is hard for a Ning based music site to compete against external music sites that offer these features to their artists. It would also create a revenue stream, to help pay the bills.

 

Is Ning ever going to enhance the players, or is there a 3rd party developer who is able (with the limited API access that Ning provides) to incorporate advanced customizations to the players?

 

If not, I will have to move elsewhere and have a custom script built.

 

Ken

[Durrand Robinson]

Do you any 3rd party brands for ning plus

[Ken Rich]

I'm not sure I understand your question. 3rd party apps do work with Ning Pro, which is the plan I'm on. Livewired's "Jukebox" is one of them. It was developed before Ning revoked access.

The problem is (as I understand it), Ning is currently only willing to give 3rd party developers very limited access, which makes it difficult to customize a site properly.

You end up with "clunky" apps that take time to load, because they are not fully integrated as part of the script. Ning's closed approach holds people hostage to their fees, but is not good for development.

In the long term, I believe it will spell the doom of Ning, as places like Elgg and Social Engine who have open scripts, naturally have large development communities adding value.

[Durrand Robinson]

Is there any way i can music players on ning plus? I need music on my site

[Ken Rich]

If you are looking for Christian music, embed our players.

Go to playlist.com for embedable player with general choices.

Ken

[Patrick Chappelle]

Not true, Ken. There was a problem with LiveWired's Jukebox due to the upgrade Tuesday, but it has since been resolved. If you are still having problems with it, you should submit a ticket at the Help Center.

You may also want to have a look at Kadoo.

[Ken Rich]

My "Jukebox" was already fixed. My post is about custom mods to give the Ning players and jukebox features they do not currently have.

[Patrick Chappelle]

Understood. You should still check Kadoo as a possible option.

Best of luck to you.

[Ken Rich]

I never heard of Kadoo - thanks I'll check them out.

[Durrand Robinson]

how do you use kadoo with ning plus

[Ken Rich]

I don't know. I've only had a chance to take a glance at Kadoo so far. If I find out anything good I'll let you know. It could be a while though, I'm busy with other things for the next little while.

[Ken Rich]

http://www.indiegospel.org/page/gospeljukebox-3 Try that and see if it works for you.

[J.Wings]

Great Ideas...

BTW, check your jukebox, it's probably broken now.

J