Mp3 Playing/Downloading Options

[JlIaTMK]

Okay, I am fairly sure that when you do a regular link such as

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<a href="music.mp3">My Song</a>

That is SHOULD play the song [as in going to a media player].

But my links, that I uploaded onto my server, go the the downloading screen that says [open, save, close] (just like any other downloading screen).

Do you know what the problem may be?

If you can help, I would like to know the code that will play my mp3 file urls [and im 100% sure they're mp3 files].

Thank You
--Jordan

[IGB]

it gets a little complicated.

There are simple codes, but that is only if you want the file to start playing by itself when the page loads, OR have a control panel on it to tell it to start.
The control panel is troublesome, coz depending on the default media players everyone has, it looks different for everybody and hard to blend into design.

either way, here's the code:

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><EMBED SRC="YOURSOUNDFILEHERE" AUTOSTART=true LOOP=true ALIGN="CENTER" width="number" height="number"><br /></EMBED><br /><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

(you can turn autostart off, specify width and height for a control panel)

if you want a link sort of thing to play music when you click on it. then it involves some other tricks. like creating 1x1 iframe and load hidden music pages in there. stuff like that

[*mona lisa*]

are you using firefox? just wondering. if the mp3 is used as a link, then wouldn't you have to click open? then it plays in windows media player if that's the default program. when i used to use IE, media player would open automatically.

[JlIaTMK]

Thank you guys for the help

IGB, isnt that the code where it has the... media player.... :/ that's not what I wanted exactly lol, I wanted for the song to go into their computer's media player, not on the site >.< sorry.

and im not using firefox

if the mp3 is used as a link, then wouldn't you have to click open?

yeah, you would, but normally, for other links, it would just open itself up instead of going to the downloading menu that has open save and close.

That's what I want to know how to rid of :/.

[IGB]

well then you can make a new file in notepad, type in there the filename with location of your mp3 file. like:

music/song.mp3
song.mp3

then save it, rename it with extension .m3u
have your link link to the playlist .m3u file
that should solve the problem

[*mona lisa*]

sorry i don't really know for sure. could you like make a link on a test xanga and i can see what happens on my computer. i'm not sure if in firefox the open or save pop-up will appear because it doesn't for any other type of file.

edit\\
does the m3u extension make any difference?

This post has been edited by gotnoheart: Mar 31 2005, 11:47 PM

[IGB]

edit\\
does the m3u extension make any difference?

from my experience, it does, it's processed as streaming I think.

[JlIaTMK]

bah, im so confused IGB, but thanks so much

if you would mind going step by step >.< with detail, i have never done this before >.< im sorry

oh and i shall indeed give you a link, pming of course lol

[IGB]

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<a href="music.mp3">My Song</a>

ok, so this is what you have.
1.what you need to do is create a new text document in that folder, so "New Document.txt".
2.open it with notepad, write "music.mp3". you're done, that's all that needs to be in there.
3.save it.
4.rename this saved new document to "music.m3u".
5.upload it along with your mp3 file.
6.in your html, change what you originally had, to:

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<a href="music.m3u">My Song</a>

that's all there is. Basically instead of having to go straight to the mp3, you created a playlist with 1 song in it. With playlists, you most likely wont be asked to save or open. default media player will open it automatically as streaming file.

[sweetxsimplicity]

it gets a little complicated. 

There are simple codes, but that is only if you want the file to start playing by itself when the page loads, OR have a control panel on it to tell it to start.
The control panel is troublesome, coz depending on the default media players everyone has, it looks different for everybody and hard to blend into design.

either way, here's the code:

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><EMBED SRC="YOURSOUNDFILEHERE" AUTOSTART=true LOOP=true ALIGN="CENTER" width="number" height="number"><br /></EMBED><br /><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

(you can turn autostart off, specify width and height for a control panel)

if you want a link sort of thing to play music when you click on it. then it involves some other tricks. like creating 1x1 iframe and load hidden music pages in there. stuff like that

..That's only for listening to the song.

[IGB]

..That's only for listening to the song.

well...

She wants the music to open in media player, but he doesn't want the save/open option. This is the only thing i can think of that would do exactly that.

edit:
oh I wasn't reading carefully, yeah I misunderstood in the beginning. well I made correction after didn't I

[JlIaTMK]

Thank you TGB :P. You're a great help.

[P.S.

Surprised that you didn't think I'm a girl ]

[IGB]

lol im sorry I totally wasn't paying attention to that