Question : Hello Amit, I have a website which has few music files and links to MP3 files but this is not useful to the readers because it would be great if there was a player directly on my blogs post pages. I don’t want to integrate a complete Player or else install a different script like Joomla in order to get MP3 Playing functionality. Is there any other Solution?
Answer : You dont have to worry about this stuff because both the Top Internet Websites ie Google & Yahoo would be there for your help since these are going to offer you with some excellent Embedding tools and quick scripts which can help you in building a Online MP3 Streaming website. Here are the detailed answers :
Sample Mp3 File : Alarm Clock
Google MP3 Embedding Solution Google recommends their users to just post a code on their blog posts and replace with the link url of the location where the MP3 files are hosted. Instead of directly uploading the files and hyper linking them which when clicked would at times crash the browser, its recommend to use this Flash player that is a full kind of player with multiple controls like Pause, Rewind, Play etc , the service is a part of odeo.com
Embed Code to be pasted on your Blog Posts :
<embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=[MP3 file address]" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed>
Live Player Version :
Yahoo Media Player Beta
Yahoo! Media Player is also offering a similar solution but i personally didnt like it because you have to add a code on your website or blog and then directly post the MP3 links in your articles which when clicked will automatically detect the Yahoo Player Script and display a MP3 Player on your web page which is quite fancy in looks.
Code to be added on your website
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js"></script>
Thats it these simple solutions can help you in easily running a online MP3 website where you can stream audio files easily and offer your visitors with direct MP3 playing facility.
