mp3 on a webpage

[aniesh82]

 

 

I want to put an mp3 on a webpage so people can listen to it.  I don't want it in the background playing automatically.  I would think a play button/slider thing would work.  What are my options?

 

Right now I have a hyperlink pointing to the file.  When you click on it, it will play, but I want something more professional.

[trq]

You'll probably be looking at flash, nothing to do with php which runs server side.

[aniesh82]

 

I want to avoid Flash. Because flash doesn't play in some browsers ( rare case).

 

Some other method to do this ?

 

Is some players (free or paid)  are available in net?

[valtido]

right there isnt anything else loool you could have links to direct ppl to download flash if they can't load the mp3 right.

 

Otherwise i use

<object> and <embed> tags and php with links like

www.mysite.com/?play=3456

 

and then that 3456 number is the ID of the link (URL) on the database.

 

and have something like this.

 

 

<object src="$ID">

 

 

dont know if all this makes sense but you know it has alot of coding in it so you know....

 

 

PS hope it helps

[Bauer418]

Your options:

 

• Embed a flash player to play the music file (works in just about every browser nowadays)
  
• Embed a windows media player plugin on the page and play the MP3 file (not working on linux or mac)
  
• Direct the users to a link which they can load into their own media player