Drupal Multimedia could not have been written without the support and encouragement of the great folks at Advomatic, particularly Adam Mordecai, who helped me start running with Drupal; Aaron Welch, who has single-handedly wrestled our servers when needed, and has built an impeccable support team so he doesn't need to; Dylan Clear, who must have been a juggler in another life; Sam Tresler, his simple practicality and clear values dearly appreciated by me; Marco Carbone, who has helped me dig myself out of coding trouble on several occasions; Jack Haas, whose theming wizardry is always appreciated; Fred Gooltz, whose particular vision has inspired at least of couple of modules from me; and Liz Morton, who makes sure we pay the piper's dues.

I also want to thank the numerous people in the larger Drupal community who have helped me. Dries Buytaert, without whose original vision we would have all been stuck hacking away at some second-rate solution. Neil Drumm, who is a wizard at high-performance queries, and can cook a mean vegan dinner. Morbus Iff, who can take a hundred lines of hacked code and hammer it into a dozen, complete with documentation and to coding standard. Earl Miles, who continues to raise the bar for developers. Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg, a friend and peer whose continued help with many interesting projects and modules has been invaluable. Suzi Arnold, a theming virtuoso on a level all her own. Andrew Morton, who gave me a crash course on SimpleTests during the media code sprint. Oleg Terenchuk, a generous person, a leader in the Drupal NYCcommunity, and an enthusiast for gaming in Drupal. Geoff Holden, whose contributions to the Drupal Media Player project have turned it from a pipe dream to nearly a reality. Angela Byron, an ambassador and bridge between the many, sometimes disparate, groups composing our community. And Károly Négyesi, Drupal incarnate.

Obviously, this book would never have seen the light of day were it not for its editors and reviewers. I want to thank Douglas Paterson, who championed the book in the first place. Lata Basantani, who probably pulled out some hair every time I was late with a chapter, but managed to sound nice about it from my end. The technical reviewers, James, Kristof, Bruno, and Ryan, who smoothed the rough edges of this book; if there's anything still lacking, it is through no fault of theirs. And all the other great editors at Packt: I only wrote the thing; you all made it presentable.

The person I need to thank most is my partner, Gwen Pfeifer, whom I love dearly. She has endured many sleepless nights as I've struggled over minutiae while writing this book, and has still managed to be endlessly supportive.

There are so many more people who deserve my gratitude, and I deeply fear I'll forget someone important, and so need to ask forgiveness in advance. In particular, there are dozens of maintainers, developers, and testers who are responsible for the excellent modules reviewed throughout this book, which would not be possible without their hard work. Thank you all.