Playback of audio attachments

Question

I have some basic timeline functionality working, as well as attachment uploads. I have AAC audio in an mp4 container, if I upload it as video/mp4, tapping the card will playback the file with a blank video icon. When uploading as audio/mp4, nothing happens when tapping the card. I've also tried substituting an MP3 and using audio/mp3, with the same results.

Is audio attachment playback not working yet, or am I missing something here?

Ideally, I'd like to show the HTML template card, and have the audio playback triggered from an action.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 08 '13 at 17:07

2

Audio attachments are not yet supported by the Glass client. The Glass team is discussing this feature. See issue 73 on the official issue tracker, which was filed by the asker and was accepted by the Glass team.

edited Aug 08 '13 at 17:07

J Wang

2,075
1
20
26

answered May 23 '13 at 17:41

Alain

6,044
21
27

Thanks for the response, filing now. – PrplRugby May 23 '13 at 18:26
3

[Issue 73](https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-api/issues/detail?id=73) filed. – PrplRugby May 23 '13 at 18:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '13 at 01:41

For anyone looking for a stopgap solution, you can attach audio as a video (video/mp4 in this case) and it will initiate playback. Since the video player takes up the screen, you will not have any titles / html, just a blank video icon; I would suggest creating a bundle with some HTML for the cover, then insert the attachment in the bundle so that opening it initiates playback.

Playback of audio attachments

2 Answers2