play audio/video files randomly

[mrjameer]

hi,

 

 

 

i want to play some audio and video files(separately) randomly.any tutorials or links or any help will be surely appreciated.i search in google.but i dont get any useful links..

 

 

thanks

mrjameer

[bcoffin]

You can build a javascript array:

 

tunes = new Array;

tunes[0] = "MaryHadALittleLamb.mp3";

tunes[1] = "LondonBridgesFallingDown.mp3";

...

tunes[1000] = "TwinkleTwinkleLittleStar.mp3";

 

Then when your media player loads, you can assign the clip using javascript.

 

 

<embed name="player" id="player" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/" type="application/x-mplayer2" src="" width="320" height="240" ShowControls=1 ShowDisplay=0 ShowStatusBar=0 autostart=1 autorewind=0 ShowPositionControls=1 ShowTracker=0>

</embed>

 

then in your body tag, call a cue function:

 

onload = chooseRandom();

 

chooseRandom could look like this:

 

function chooseRandom() {

var tunesnum = tunes.length - 1;

do {

var randnum = Math.random();

rand1 = Math.round((tunesnum - 1) * randnum) + 1;

} while (rand1 == useRand);

useRand = rand1;

document.getElementById("player").src=tunes[rand1];

        }

 

 

The same should work for vid files.

Make sure you have the path to the files correct in your js array.