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@canadianmusicnetwork,

i never used BuddyForms, so i can’t help you with this. Ask on their support if a specific audio field exist or can be added, and how.

That said, WP comes with all of this, but later. Meaning by this that a user will be able to upload an audio file once it is already registered.

It is commonly accepted that nothing can be added to a site as long as a new user is not validated or pending.

On a standart install, i would use a simple text field on a new field group named Audio. And, eg., if you allow 5 files, use 5 fields.

BP strips HTML on prfoile fields, so it’ not possible by default to get the automatted embed like in a post. Why is unclear to me, as embed is implemented since BP 1.6 for activities, groups, but not profiles… Anyway, a little bp-custom snippet magic (here it is ! ) will let you do this.

function set_audio_field( $field_value ) {
	$bp_this_field_name = bp_get_the_profile_field_name();
	// field name (case sensitive)
	if( $bp_this_field_name == 'N° 1' || $bp_this_field_name == 'N° 2' ) {
		$field_value = strip_tags( $field_value );
		$field_value = '[audio mp3 ="'.$field_value.'"]';
	}
	return $field_value;
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value','set_audio_field');

That’s it for site admin. Now for the user.

The new user capability should be “author”, so he can upload files. This is default, but you can change that, if you search a bit on WP’s codex.

First he have to upload his file. From Toolbar: Dashbord > Media > add new. Then he has to copy the file URL avaible on the media upload page, under “edit” and then in the right menu.

User goes to his profile > edit > audio tab and paste the file URL into the audio field, save and voila ! Here the result:

That’s only one possibility. the’re others, like custom post type…

Hum… copy/pasting is not very complicated. Another way would be to use MediaPress, which works great on profiles. Or even custom post type, but this would be longer to get it to work within profiles. Depends of your php knowledge.
Also, custom work like this is over the scope of this forum.
I give you a BuddyPress way to do that. Now it’s your turn to decide and to do. 😉

hopefully I’m not asking too many questions… You do, but with a guitar, so i don’t be too afraid (i have 3 near me)

If you use rtmedia, there is no reason to use mediapress as both do more or less, the same thing. And vice versa.

I don’t use rtmedia so i don’t know how it works and display content in BP.
What is the tab with bio, info ? Do you mean the original WP profile page ? Are you speaking about the admin profile page ?

Embeding a wp content is not very difficult. Search the forum for embed post on profile. I answered one of this question a few days back with a complete solution.