playlist trouble HELP Options

[rstokes]

I have my drop down playlist but I want to know how to add buttons like pause and stop to it. also the playlist isn't playing why is this?
thanks again

p.s. here's the code please tell me what to do to fix this so that the playlist can 1. have buttons besides play and 2. actually play:

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><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"><br /><param NAME VALUE><br /><param NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="0"><br /><param NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="0"><br /><param NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0"><br /><param NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="Slide"><br /><param NAME="Autostart" VALUE="1"><br /><param NAME="Loop" VALUE="True"><br /></object><br /><form name="form"><br /><select name="playlist" size="1"><br /><br /><!-- Add song info here --><br /><option value="0">Ashanti - Only U</option><br /><option value="1">Destiny's Child - Soldier feat. T.I. & Lil Wayne</option><br /><option value="2">Snoop Dogg f/ Pharell - Drop It Like It's Hot</option><br /><option value="3">Ja Rule feat. Fat Joe & Jadakiss - New York, New York</option><br /><option value="4">Beyoncé - Daddy</option><br /><br /></select><br /><input TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="darkplay" VALUE="play" OnClick="play(document.forms['form'].playlist);"><br /></form><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript"><br /><!--<br />var playstate = 1;<br />shuffle = 1;  // Set to 0 to always play first song in list<br />              // Set to 1 to randomly choose the first song to play<br />songs=new Array();<br /><br />// Add song URLs here<br />songs[0]=http://www.islanddefjam.com/www2/av/go.wax?num=6785423788;<br />songs[1]=http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/3/632/30111_1_2_04.asf;<br />songs[2]=http://www.eightyoneeightrecords.com/drop_it.wma;<br />songs[3]=http://www.islanddefjam.com/www2/av/go.wvx?num=28590202000;<br />songs[4]=http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/5/23226/27887_1_15_04.asf;<br /><br />if (shuffle == 1) {<br />var randsg = Math.floor(Math.random()*songs.length);<br />document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[randsg];<br />document.darkplayer.scr = songs[randsg];<br />document.forms['form'].playlist.options[randsg].selected = true;<br />}<br />function play(list) {<br />if (playstate == 2) {<br />document.darkplayer.Play();<br />} else {<br />var snum = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value<br />document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[snum];<br />document.darkplayer.scr = songs[snum];<br />}<br />playstate = 1;<br />}<br />//--><br /> </script><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

This post has been edited by Sherry_Vu: Jan 11 2005, 10:33 PM

[lilswtangl1124]

i think i can answer number 2.

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><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"><br /><param NAME VALUE><br /><param NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="0"><br /><param NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="0"><br /><param NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0"><br /><param NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="Slide"><br /><param NAME="Autostart" VALUE="1"><br /><param NAME="Loop" VALUE="True"><br /></object><br /><form name="form"><br /><select name="playlist" size="1"><br /><br /><!-- Add song info here --><br /><option value="0">Ashanti - Only U</option><br /><option value="1">Destiny's Child - Soldier feat. T.I. & Lil Wayne</option><br /><option value="2">Snoop Dogg f/ Pharell - Drop It Like It's Hot</option><br /><option value="3">Ja Rule feat. Fat Joe & Jadakiss - New York, New York</option><br /><option value="4">Beyoncé - Daddy</option><br /><br /></select><br /><input TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="darkplay" VALUE="play" OnClick="play(document.forms['form'].playlist);"><br /></form><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript"><br /><!--<br />var playstate = 1;<br />shuffle = 1; // Set to 0 to always play first song in list<br />// Set to 1 to randomly choose the first song to play<br />songs=new Array();<br /><br />// Add song URLs here<br />songs[0]<br />="http://www.islanddefjam.com/www2/av/go.wax?num=6785423788"<br />songs[1]="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/3/632/30111_1_2_04.asf"<br />songs[2]<br />="http://www.eightyoneeightrecords.com/drop_it.wma"<br />songs[3]<br />="http://www.islanddefjam.com/www2/av/go.wvx?num=28590202000"<br />songs[4]="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/5/23226/27887_1_15_04.asf"<br /><br />if (shuffle == 1) {<br />var randsg = Math.floor(Math.random()*songs.length);<br />document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[randsg];<br />document.darkplayer.scr = songs[randsg];<br />document.forms['form'].playlist.options[randsg].selected = true;<br />}<br />function play(list) {<br />if (playstate == 2) {<br />document.darkplayer.Play();<br />} else {<br />var snum = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value<br />document.darkplayer.FileName = songs[snum];<br />document.darkplayer.scr = songs[snum];<br />}<br />playstate = 1;<br />}<br />//--><br /></script><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

I think you have to put the URLs in quotation marks. try putting this in. i fixed it. i think it works now. but sometimes, the URL might just have been shuted down, and the URL just...doesn't work anymore.