Embedded MP3 Player

Can anyone recommend a simple, easy way to embed an MP3
player on a Web
site to play multiple clips? I found a tutorial online, but
when I used
it on a site, no one seemed to be able to figure it out. I
think maybe
getting rid of the text links for downloading the files in
their
entirety--and leaving just the player--might lessen some of
the
confusion. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the
player doesn't
let a user to move from one clip to another with just the
"next" button.
It requires having to hit the "next" button, and
then the "play" button
again.


http://www.liturgicalmusic.co.uk/sights_sounds.shtml 

Thanks for any suggestions.

Regards,
Rachel
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On October 29, 2007 3:18 PM, Rachel Vidrine wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a simple, easy way to embed an MP3
player
>on a Website to play multiple clips

I've got a couple of suggestions.  Both are flash based, and
they'll stream MP3s from your site.

This is one I've used:
http://w
ww.macloo.com/examples/audio_player/

The only thing caveat with this player is you need to embed
a separate copy of the flash file for each MP3 you want to
play.  The included javascript does a good job of stopping
the current file playing if you start another one however.

Here's one I see on a lot of websites, and I believe it does
a better job with multiple MP3s, but I don't have any
personal experience with it.
htt
p://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=jw_mp3_player


Also, I have to agree with the comment the other person
made:
> Keep the links somewhere, just in case someone has a
setup that
> will not play these files.

Good luck!

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Jonathan Bloy
Web Services Librarian
Edgewood College
Madison, Wisconsin
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You may want to investigate VideoLan VLC Media Player

http://www.videolan.org/


From their site:
VLC media player 0.8.6c
It is a free cross-platform media player
It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without
the need for 
additional codecs
It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended
features (video on 
demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)

You can see all the media formats it supports including MP3
at 
http://www.
videolan.org/vlc/features.html


Thomas


On Monday 29 October 2007 16:18, Rachel Vidrine wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a simple, easy way to embed an MP3
player on a Web
> site to play multiple clips? I found a tutorial online,
but when I used
> it on a site, no one seemed to be able to figure it
out. I think maybe
> getting rid of the text links for downloading the files
in their
> entirety--and leaving just the player--might lessen
some of the
> confusion. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the
player doesn't
> let a user to move from one clip to another with just
the "next" button.
> It requires having to hit the "next" button,
and then the "play" button
> again.
>
> 
http://www.liturgicalmusic.co.uk/sights_sounds.shtml
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Regards,
> Rachel
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The easiest embedded MP3 player to include on a site is
del.icio.us's 
Playtagger:

http://del.icio.us
/help/playtagger

You simply add a JS to your pages and it automatically adds
a play 
button next to anything linked to an MP3. It makes it easy
for those who 
would rather download the MP3 and play it in there own
player and for 
those who want to listen on the page.

It won't do a playlist, but it is brilliantly simple.

You can see an altered version here: http://www.saidtheg
ramophone.com/

--chris barr
Villanova University

Rachel Vidrine wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a simple, easy way to embed an MP3
player on a Web
> site to play multiple clips? I found a tutorial online,
but when I used
> it on a site, no one seemed to be able to figure it
out. I think maybe
> getting rid of the text links for downloading the files
in their
> entirety--and leaving just the player--might lessen
some of the
> confusion. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the
player doesn't
> let a user to move from one clip to another with just
the "next" button.
> It requires having to hit the "next" button,
and then the "play" button
> again.
>
> 
http://www.liturgicalmusic.co.uk/sights_sounds.shtml
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Regards,
> Rachel
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
>   

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