So. The drop down playlist., Can you make it automatically start? Options

[Janessie Spando]

I've been trying to figure out a way to get the drop down playlist to start automatically, but I'm really not too good at this kind of thing... Any help?

[Too Asian To DIE]

for some it automatically starts playing the first song that u have listed in the playlist.... others u hafta click play to start it... it all depends on what type of code

[Janessie Spando]

Well I used this one.

[xquizit]

It should start automatically unless not all your music URLs are working.

Also, make sure that the following piece of code:

<param NAME="Autostart" VALUE="1">

The value should be set to 1.

[addictedtoxangie]

that playlist should automatically start playing though.

[Janessie Spando]

I did have that set to 1 so I thought maybe it meant something other than the obvious. It's still not working. What do you think could be throwing it off? As far as I can see, the code is all correct, and all the URLs work. I mean, it plays when you press play, it just doesn't start by itself. Here is my specific code... With my luck, it is probably something really super obvious that is wrong.

CODE

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<object id="darkplayer" codeBase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" type="application/x-oleobject" height="0" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." width="0" classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95">
<param NAME VALUE>
<param NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">
<param NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="Slide">
<param NAME="Autostart" VALUE="1">
<param NAME="Loop" VALUE="True">
</object>
<form name="form">
<select name="playlist" size="1">

<!-- Add song info here -->
<option value="0">P.J. Harvey - The Wind</option>
<option value="1">Mates of State - Nice Things That Look Good</option>
<option value="2">Azure Ray - Sea of Doubts</option>
<option value="3">Cursive - The Great Decay</option>
<option value="4">Elliott Smith - Angeles</option>
<option value="5">Pretty Girls Make Graves - Head South</option>

</select>
<input TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="darkplay" VALUE="play" OnClick="play(document.forms['form'].playlist);">
</form>

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var playstate = 1;
shuffle = 0;  // Set to 0 to always play first song in list
             // Set to 1 to randomly choose the first song to play
songs=new Array();

// Add song URLs here
songs[0]="http://www.thecloser.org/xanga/wind.mp3";
songs[1]="http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/media/prc-046-01.mp3";
songs[2]="http://www.saddle-creek.com/sounds/AzureRay_SeaOfDoubts.mp3";
songs[3]="http://www.saddle-creek.com/sounds/Cursive_TheGreatDecay.mp3";
songs[4]="http://www.thecloser.org./xanga/angeles.mp3";
songs[5]="http://www.thecloser.org./xanga/pgmg.mp3";

if (shuffle == 1) {
var randsg = Math.floor(Math.random()*songs.length);
document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[randsg];
document.darkplayer.scr = songs[randsg];
document.forms['form'].playlist.options[randsg].selected = true;
}
function play(list) {
if (playstate == 2) {
document.darkplayer.Play();
} else {
var snum = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value
document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[snum];
document.darkplayer.scr = songs[snum];
}
playstate = 1;
}
//-->
</script>
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