Audio Player

This is an announcement of sorts, but more importantly I'm looking for feedback.

My name is Matthew Tift and I'm a Drupal developer at Wisconsin Public Radio, one of numerous public media organizations switching to Drupal.

We recently launched our first Drupal site (http://ttbook.org) and I've been a bit surprised by the high level of interest from the public radio community. Other stations and organizations were especially impressed with our audio player, which depends on the jPlayer module (which extends the media module). Every station needs a player and none of us want to duplicate work. In just the past week I've been talking with Minnesota Public Radio, WGBH, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Chicago Public Radio.

At WPR we strive to share as much as possible -- both content and code -- and, with input from other stations, we are planning to convert our audio player module from something specifically for WPR to a Drupal module that would work for almost any station with a Drupal site. I'm hoping that this player will be the first of many collaborations among public radio developers. I've got a great deal of support and I've had some encouraging conversations with key representatives from organizations such as the Integrated Media Association, Public Radio Exchange, Public Radio International, American Public Media, and others, with offers to present webinars, write articles, and demonstrate our player.

So I don't want to screw up this opportunity.

As I prepare to re-write the module with help from Gorton Studios (they built the player originally), I want to make sure we're on the right track. I think that releasing our player as a separate module would be helpful, but I wonder if our code might not be better suited in an existing module. We have more information about the player here.

Does it sound like this might be a good addition to the list of Modules that Extend the Media Module or should we instead consider improving an existing project?

Any feedback would be appreciated.