phillip at communitybandwidth
Feb 8, 2008, 11:56 AM
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Re: Getting a sub-element (container) of a media asset
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Scratch that. A utility template wasn't deployed. All working a-ok now.
:-)
On 8-Feb-08, at 2:47 PM, Phillip Smith wrote:
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> I'm struggling with a little (seemingly obvious) challenge today...
>
> I have a template that iterates through related stories. Each of
> these stories has a related media asset / element associated with
> it. And each of those related media assets have a sub-element (a
> container) that relates an other related media element (an alternate
> version of the media asset) to the media asset. So:
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> Calling story
> |--> Sub-element (related stories)
> |--> Related story
> |---> Related media
> |---> Alternate media (sub-element, not a related media element)
> |---> Related media
>
> However, when I try to access the elements of the related media
> element (the first one), all I'm able to see is:
>
> caption credit height width resolution compression color_type
>
> I'm not able to see the "Alternate media" container
> (alt_media_container).
>
> I'm using:
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> my $rel_story = $element->get_related_story;
> my $elem = $rel_story->get_element;
> my $rel_media = $elem->get_related_media;
> my $rel_media->get_elements;
>
> .... which retrieves the list above, but not the container for
> "Alternate media." Ideally, I'd like to be able to get to the
> container, and then use get_related_media to retrieve the right
> media asset.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Phillip.
>
> --
> Phillip Smith,
> Simplifier of Technology
> Community Bandwidth
> http://www.communitybandwidth.ca
>
>
>
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Phillip Smith,
Simplifier of Technology
Community Bandwidth
http://www.communitybandwidth.ca
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