Playlist trouble, This thing is driving my nuts! Options

[rickboyflow07]

Hello, everyone. I have been looking throughout this forum for a solution for the last 2 days. Needless to say, this is VERY frustrating. I have tried a small variety of code - for the flash player -, I have tried using TinyURL to shorten the urls to my .swf, .html, and .xml files with no success. I have modified the .XML file. I have uploaded the .html file and tried it. Nothing. I deleted it. Nothing. Nothing! I hope that you all will help me take a whole bottle of chill pills by helping me make this thing work once and for all.

Oh, and my webhost is Streamload. I am using direct links to all files and all files - with the exception of the MP3 files - are in the same folder under "Hosted/Flashplayer/ Plashplayer1"


I'll show you what I've got so far.

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><embed src="http://tinyurl.com/scrambledtext" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="EEEEEE" width="300" height="320" name="index" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playList=http://tinyurl.com/scrambledtex&ShowPlaylist=1&ShowEQ=1&firstTrack=1&initVol=50" wmode="transparent" /><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <br />- <songs><br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/flukezion.mp3" title="Fluke-zion" /><br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/FreelandBigWednesday.mp3" title="Freeland-BigWednesday" /><br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/theoceanbreathessalty.mp3" title="ModestMouse-OceanBreathesSalty" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/HateItOrLoveIt.mp3" title="(Thisone'sforthegood ol'days,Tony)50cent-HateitorLoveit" /> <br /><br /><song<br />path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/davematthewsbandamericanbaby.mp3" title="DaveMatthewsBand-AmericanBaby" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/SpeedofSound.mp3" title="Coldplay-SpeedofSound" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/daftpunktechnologic.mp3" title="DaftPunk-Technologic" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/ThankyouMyTwilight.mp3" title="(Japanese)ThePillows-ThankyouMyTwilight" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/3DOO<br />RSDOWNTRIBUTE.mp3" title="ThreeDoorsDown-LoveMe WhenI'mGone" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/JayZPharrellExcuseMe.mp3" title="JayZ-ExcuseMe" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/radioheadelectioneering.mp3" title="Radiohead-Electioneering" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/ThePillowsSadSadKittie.mp3" title="ThePillows-SadSadKittie" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/thesmashingpumpkinstoday.mp3" title="SmashingPumpkins-Today" /> <br /><br /><song path="http://www.streamload.com/username/Non-restricted_Files_Public/smashingpumpkinstonighttonight.mp3" title="SmashingPumpkins-Tonight,Tonight" /> <br /></songs><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

Thanks a lot, guys.


P.S. I realized that it reads "this thing is driving MY nuts" under topic description. Believe me. It is supposed to read, "this thing is driving ME nuts" Clearly it is.

[duplicatex0x0x0]

I think mypace disabled Tinyurl.com url's..

[hikki168]

Which flash music player are you using? And what is the link to your .swf file (flash music player)? I think you have the incorrect link to the .swf and .xml files. You forgot to include the name of the .swf and .xml files in your code.

[duplicatex0x0x0]

and also the URL that you are redirecting to tinyurl.com says this

Error: Unable to find site's URL to redirect to.

[hawnboy]

why does your URLs for the xml and swf files say scrambled text? could u post the exact code so i can check it please.

[rickboyflow07]

http://tinyurl.com/a29qt


http://tinyurl.com/9ddlk


Whoops. Sorry about that.

[hawnboy]

the swf url looks good, but the xml url cannot be displayed. i tried both
http://tinyurl.com/9ddlk and the original
http://www.streamload.com/feddieace05/flas...r1/playlist.xml
i should be able to view your xml file with a direct link.
it could be that streamload is not allowing public access to it. i'm not sure why. also, i didn't have to convert my xml url to a tinyurl, only the swf url.

i host files on sitesled.com and my player works fine.

[rickboyflow07]

Hawnboy,

That has been happening on every host I uploaded the playlist to. From Geocities to Upload hut. Nada. Could it be that the .XML file is somehow written or encoded incorrectly? I saved it as UTF-8 encode after I added my songs.



Edit:

Oh, and by the way; I registered for a sitesled account last night. It's pending approval by an admin.


Edit: I changed the playlist file name to "player.xml".

Here's the new link: http://tinyurl.com/c8hlz

Nada.

[rickboyflow07]

/bump

Just making sure I'm not forgotten. :o)

[duplicatex0x0x0]

Your xml still isnt displaying correctly. I think it may be your host.

[rickboyflow07]

Hm. What host do you use, Tom?

[duplicatex0x0x0]

My own :-P

[rickboyflow07]

lol More specifically, who is your provider?

[duplicatex0x0x0]

lol More specifically, who is your provider?

I don't know, my friend set it up for me.

http://derriksarchive.com/cunningham/

[rickboyflow07]

Hikki,

http://www.mygen.co.uk/index.php?page=extr...ion=flashplayer

I obtained the player from that website.

[hikki168]

Hikki,

http://www.mygen.co.uk/index.php?page=extr...ion=flashplayer

I obtained the player from that website.

The new link seems to work. Do you have both the .swf and .xml on the same host and under the same directory?
Can you paste your code here or a link to the your page?

[rickboyflow07]

Absolutely. http://www.myspace.com/rickyboyflow

At this time, I do have both files under the same directory.

[hawnboy]

your xml file is missing some information. format it like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<songs>
<song path="songURL" title="song title" />
<song path="songURL" title="song title" />
<song path="songURL" title="song title" />
</songs>

add that in and try it again

[rickboyflow07]

That doesn't do any good. In fact, it causes the playlist to stop functioning properly.

It only seems to display properly when it looks something like Tom Cunningham's.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<songs>
<song path="songURL" title="song title" />
<song path="songURL" title="song title" />
<song path="songURL" title="song title" />
</songs>

Causes this:
The following tags were not closed: player, songs, songs. Error processing resource 'http://www.streamload.com/feddieace05/...


I am in the process trying Sleepn2zero9's method.


Edit: Nada. Perhaps someone could make an XML that I could upload on to my host. I could use it to test it on my player. It would surely help me seek in on what is causing this.

[duplicatex0x0x0]

Just do this, open up notepad, input this code, change the names of what needs to be changed, and save the notepad document as an XML, if you can't do that save it as a txt and right click to properties and change filename to playlist.xml ... After you do that host the player and the playlist to your host, export the player into tinyURL.com and grab the url from there. than use the final code to input onto your mypace.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<songs>
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
  <song path="Song Link Here.mp3" title="Artist - Track name" />
</songs>

<embed src="Your TinyURL Address" menu="false" quality="high" width="300" height="320" name="index" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playList=http://pathto/playlist.xml&ShowPlaylist=1&ShowEQ=1&firstTrack=1&initVol=50" wmode="transparent" border="0" / >

for example my code would be like this,

<embed src="http://tinyurl.com/acq7l" menu="false" quality="high" width="300" height="320" name="index" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="playList=http://derriksarchive.com/cunningham/playlist.xml&ShowPlaylist=1&ShowEQ=1&firstTrack=1&initVol=50" wmode="transparent" border="0" / >

[hikki168]

if you are still having problems:

1. download another flash player
2. edit the xml with the music you want to stream
3. upload both the swf & edited xml file to the same location
4. insert the following code that your myspace profile

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><iframe src="url of the swf file" height="300" width="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

5. enjoy the music!!!!

[rickboyflow07]

All right, guys. I f*cked around with it a bit more. I am happy to declare that this damn thing has finally been put to work using Hikki's method. Out of the many codes, Hikki's was the only one to function properly on my end.


So, here is a recap of what I did:

1. Uploaded MP3 files to Streamload.
2. Uploaded .SWF and .XML from http://www.jeroenwijering.com/downloads/flash_mp3_player.zip on to MYFILESTASH.COM (Entirely seperated from the Mp3's)
3. Inputted <iframe src="url of the swf file" height="300" width="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe> into myspace.

[Sleepn2zero9]

that was the code I posted and you said didn't work...

;)

[hikki168]

that was the code I posted and you said didn't work...

;)

I think it was because he was using a different player before.

[rickboyflow07]

Yep.


The problem was there were different methods coming from different people. I think it'd be a good idea to post the tried and true ones. That way everyone could avoid all of the confusion.

On a side note, I just saw War of The Worlds. Awesome movie. :o)