MP3 on a webpage

[redrabbit]

Hello everyone,

Not so much php-related, but i wanted your expert help anyway.

I want to be able to play mp3 snippets to visitors on my website. Say like a 30 second preview of a track. Iwould like to do this via a web interface, i.e. no downloading of an mp3 or anything.

Anyone know how to do this. Btw, my web server is linux/apache.

[tommynanda]

You might not need all these params here just use FileName param.. you can remove rest of 'em if you dont want 'em
[//CODE]
<td>
<object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" id="myplayer" name="myplayer" width="326" height="252">
<param name="AudioStream" value="-1">
<param name="AutoSize" value="0">
<param name="AutoStart" value="1">
<param name="AnimationAtStart" value="-1">
<param name="AllowScan" value="-1">
<param name="AllowChangeDisplaySize" value="-1">
<param name="AutoRewind" value="0">
<param name="Balance" value="0">
<param name="BaseURL" value>
<param name="BufferingTime" value="5">
<param name="CaptioningID" value>
<param name="ClickToPlay" value="1">
<param name="CursorType" value="0">
<param name="CurrentPosition" value="-1">
<param name="CurrentMarker" value="0">
<param name="DefaultFrame" value>
<param name="DisplayBackColor" value="0">
<param name="DisplayForeColor" value="16777215">
<param name="DisplayMode" value="0">
<param name="DisplaySize" value="0">
<param name="Enabled" value="-1">
<param name="EnableContextMenu" value="-1">
<param name="EnablePositionControls" value="-1">
<param name="EnableFullScreenControls" value="0">
<param name="EnableTracker" value="-1">
<param name="Filename" valuetype="ref" ref value="filename.mp3">
<param name="InvokeURLs" value="-1">
<param name="Language" value="-1">
<param name="Mute" value="0">
<param name="PlayCount" value="1">
<param name="PreviewMode" value="0">
<param name="Rate" value="1">
<param name="SAMILang" value>
<param name="SAMIStyle" value>
<param name="SAMIFileName" value>
<param name="SelectionStart" value="-1">
<param name="SelectionEnd" value="-1">
<param name="SendOpenStateChangeEvents" value="-1">
<param name="SendWarningEvents" value="-1">
<param name="SendErrorEvents" value="-1">
<param name="SendKeyboardEvents" value="0">
<param name="SendMouseClickEvents" value="0">
<param name="SendMouseMoveEvents" value="0">
<param name="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" value="-1">
<param name="ShowCaptioning" value="0">
<param name="ShowControls" value="0">
<param name="ShowAudioControls" value="0">
<param name="ShowDisplay" value="0">
<param name="ShowGotoBar" value="0">
<param name="ShowPositionControls" value="0">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="1">
<param name="ShowTracker" value="-1">
<param name="TransparentAtStart" value="0">
<param name="VideoBorderWidth" value="0">
<param name="VideoBorderColor" value="0">
<param name="VideoBorder3D" value="0">
<param name="Volume" value="-600">
<param name="WindowlessVideo" value="0">
</object>
</td>
[//CODE]-- too much indents

A simpler way would be using
<embed src="filename.mp3">

if you want to stop this after 30 seconds you might want to use Javascripts window.setTimeout()

[redrabbit]

Thanks, thats great.

I was just going to use a program to cut and slice my full sized mp3.

[redrabbit]

hmm, my page just appears blank.

www.garyhooks.co.uk/test.php

see? I put that code in and set the filename to 1.mp3, where 1.mp3 is in ./

[elementaluk]

you could use a flash mp3 player, it looks a bit better, is more secure (hot linkers are everywhere!) but would take a bit longer to setup.

check www.flashkit.com for one.