Media Pane

Media Pane module is a module that makes it very easy for users to add media (audio, video, images, etc.) to a site using the Panels module.

It combines functionality from Fieldable panels pane module (http://drupal.org/project/fieldable_panels_pane) and media module (http://drupal.org/project/media) as well as additional configuration functionality.

Additional features include:

• Independent selection of view mode for pane giving a lot of flexibility.
• Linking media content to drupal internal paths or external urls.
• (For image content) built in overlay feature for picture annotation.

Innitial Configuration

Before starting to use this module you need to configure file type display (admin/structure/file-types). Choose the file type (eg. Images) and configure the display for the different display modes (eg. Default -> Images -> Large, Preview -> Image -> square_thumbnail, etc.). Now when you choose a view mode on the media pane, the media will be displayed as you just configured it.

Demonstration

For a demonstration of how easy it is to use the Media Pane module with the Panels In Place Editor here is a demo video (no sound) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNPruNYDrg

Modules

To use the media pane for rendering video and audio files on your site, you need to install additional modules like jwplayer ( http://drupal.org/project/jw_player ).