Yes, it’s nearly midnight on Easter Sunday, and I just finished a project that has spanned days, researching and testing free MP3 players for a friend’s blog site. Finding one that worked in every browser I could find, on both Mac and Widows was a challenge. I’m amazed that this had to be so difficult, but it was.
The parameters I needed to fulfill were these: 1) the player had to allow for me to host my own files, 2) it had to allow for unlimited file size, 3) it had to allow for unlimited running time, 4) it had to allow for volume control, as well as start and stop, and 5) it had to look decent.
To save you the brain damage of days of research and testing, here’s the small, yet powerful result of all of my work. Copy and paste this embed code into your post:
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/YOURMP3FILE.mp3&play=true" width="400" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" />
Replace http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/YOURMP3FILE.mp3 with your mp3 file url.
Here is the result. Does it work for you?
I welcome your comments.
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For my wordpress blogs I use WordPress Audio Player:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/audio-player/
It’s very customizable and adds an easy “upload audio” button to your edit posts page right next to your “upload images” link.
Thanks, Cameron!