DDeck Advanced Media

Adds modern Media display formatters for Drupal: Plyr-based audio/video players, remote video (YouTube/Vimeo), and PhotoSwipe image galleries with configurable player settings.

DDECK Advanced Media enhances Drupal Media display by providing ready-to-use field formatters for audio, video, remote video, and image galleries.

For users new to Drupal, the module solves a common problem: how to get modern media rendering without custom front-end development. You keep your existing Media fields and simply select richer display formatters in Manage display.

Features

• Plyr formatter for local audio files with a modern and accessible player UI.
• Plyr formatter for local video files using Drupal Media/field display configuration.
• Remote video formatter for YouTube and Vimeo links with Plyr integration.
• PhotoSwipe gallery formatter for responsive lightbox image galleries.
• Configurable player behavior (e.g. autoplay, loop, controls, YouTube privacy options) via formatter settings.
• Drupal-native workflow: no new content type required, works through standard field formatters.

Typical use cases:

• Standardize media playback UX across multiple content types.
• Replace default media rendering with a more polished player experience.
• Add gallery/lightbox behavior to editorial image fields.
• Keep configuration in the Drupal UI instead of custom templates/JS.

Post-Installation

1. Install and enable DDECK Advanced Media.
2. Go to Structure > Content types > [Your content type] > Manage display (or the relevant entity display page).
3. On media/image fields, choose one of the provided formatters:
   • DDECK Plyr for audio files
   • DDECK Plyr for video files
   • DDECK Plyr for remote videos
   • PhotoSwipe Media Gallery
4. Adjust formatter settings as needed (including JSON player options where available).
5. Save and verify rendering on content pages.

Special considerations:

• No new content type is created by this module.
• No text format changes are required for basic usage.
• If upgrading from an earlier internal module name, run drush cr and review formatter assignments.

Additional Requirements

Required Drupal modules:

• Media
• Media Library
• CKEditor 5
• Image

External libraries used:

• Plyr
• PhotoSwipe

Install dependencies through Composer according to your site build process.

Recommended modules/libraries

• Media Library for editorial media selection workflows (already required).
• Image styles to optimize PhotoSwipe thumbnail and full-size image rendering.
• A site-level CDN/caching strategy for media-heavy pages.

Similar projects

Other Drupal modules provide media players or gallery features, but DDECK Advanced Media is focused on a combined, field-formatter-first approach:

• Single module covering audio, video, remote video, and image gallery display.
• Tight integration with Drupal’s native Manage display UI.
• Fast adoption for site builders who want modern media output with minimal custom code.