What's wrong with my music drop down list?? Options

[Suckerpunch238]

So i got this cool drop down music list code and it shows up on my xanga, the music works when i click on the actually url, but when i hit the play button, nothing happens. wtc.??

here's the code,

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><!-- 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">The Postal Service - the District Sleeps Alone</option><br /><option value="1">Artist Name - Song Title</option><br /><option value="2">Artist Name - Song Title</option><br /><option value="3">Artist Name - Song Title</option><br /><option value="4">Artist Name - Song Title</option><br /><option value="5">Artist Name - Song Title</option><br /><option value="6">Artist Name - Song Title</option><br /><option value="7">Artist Name - Song Title</option><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://assets.artistdirect.com/Downloads/artd/listen/postalservice_district.mp3;<br />songs[1]="file:///C:%5CDOCUME~1%5CYOUTHM~1%5CLOCALS~1%5CTemp%5C1tm9D.htm";<br />songs[2]=http://www1.xakep.ru/post/21014/-x-the_postal_service_-_such_great_heights.mp3;<br />songs[3]="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/3/103/24975_1_9_04.asf";<br />songs[4]="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/3/103/24975_1_11_04.asf";<br />songs[5]="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/5/2371/29093_1_3_04.asf";<br />songs[6]="http://assets.artistdirect.com/Downloads/artd/listen/dcfc_thenewyear.mp3";<br />songs[7]="http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/0/731/16614_1_9_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 --><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

-Next time, please utilize the codebox button

This post has been edited by MissMata: Jan 30 2005, 02:40 PM

[crashingg]

at song 0 you forgot the " in front and at the end of the url change it to :
songs[0]="http://assets.artistdirect.com/Downloads/a...e_district.mp3";

[ckling]

yes, besides that.


songs[1]="file:///C:%5CDOCUME~1%5CYOUTHM~1%5CLOCALS~1%5CTemp%5C1tm9D.htm";
<-- wrong link here !

songs[2]=http://www1.xakep.ru/post/21014/-x-the_postal_service_-_such_great_heights.mp3;
<--missing " " for the link

[xxtangoisnotfor3]

EXACTLY.

[sweetxsimplicity]

EXACTLY.

Please don't spam!

[matthufham]

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here it is corrected, also, 1 of the links didn't work so i deleted it, you're down to 5 songs. now you need to put the artist and song title for each song. good luck.