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Audio Player

noonesimgnoonesimg18k downloads

Audio player with background playback, bookmarks and wave visualiser instead of the default HTML5 audio.

Add to Obsidian
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  • Updates2
  • one audio instance for the whole obsidian vault
  • easy to initialize
  • wave visualizer
  • keeps playing even if you've closed the tab
  • add bookmarks to your audio files

Demo

add_audio

How to use

```audio-player
[[my awesome audio file.mp3]]
```

just add this to any of your md files

Two simple Commands

accessable through command menu (Ctrl-P)

  1. Pause Audio to pause whatever audio is playing
  2. Resume Audio to resume

Add bookmarks through ui

add_bookmark

  1. Double click on any of the bars on the wave visualizer,
  2. Type your text
  3. Hit enter or press the "Add" button
  4. Click on any bookmark timecode to set the playhead position

Add bookmarks through text

```audio-player
[[my awesome audio file.mp3]]
00:00:44 --- chapter
00:01:50 --- chapter 2 
00:02:40 --- chapter 3 in which nothing happened
```

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How to install

From Obsidian

  1. Open Settings > Thrid-party plugin
  2. Make sure Safe mode is off
  3. Click Browse community plugins
  4. Search Audio Player
  5. Click install
  6. Close community plugin browser and activate the plugin

Using Git

  1. Close obsidian
  2. Go to your vault .obsidian/plugins folder in the terminal
  3. git clone https://github.com/noonesimg/obsidian-audio-player.git
  4. Open obsidian
  5. Go to settings -> community plugins
  6. Scroll down, find "Audio Player" plugin and enable it

Pricing

The plugin is free, athough if you wanna say thanks, feel free to buy me a coffee

Notes

If there're any bugs or instabilities, don't hesitate to open an issue

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About
Play a single audio instance across your vault with a persistent wave visualizer that keeps audio playing even when you close the note. Add bookmarks by double-clicking the waveform or by listing timestamped chapters inside an audio-player block, and control playback with Pause/Resume commands.
VisualizationCommandsAudio
Details
Current version
0.1.1
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
4 years ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
18k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
GPL-3.0
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Author
noonesimgnoonesimg
github.com/noonesimg
GitHubnoonesimg
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Visualization
  4. Audio Player

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