Streaming MP3
by Toby
Mack
To stream MP3's on a page you will need to have an
MP3 player like WinAmp, Windows Media Player, or Real Audio Player. The MP3 will stream as it loads
on the page and will allow for longer larger sound files to be played.
1. Save your MP3 file to the same directory
where you will be playing the sound from, or a sound directory which you know the
URL for already,
2. Open up a notepad by clicking Start => Programs =>
Accessories => Notepad
3. Type in only the exact Address or URL of your MP3
file.
- Type it in as simple as this:
http://www.domain.com/sound/music.mp3
where the domain is your domain, the
sound folder is where you placed your MP3, and the music.mp3 is your mp3
file.
4. Open your page up in an editor such as Notepad that
will allow you to edit the code on the page.
5. Insert the following code into the HTML code of
your page for a clickable link to stream by using this:
Clickable player and doawnload this file
by right
clicking it and save to yur directory:
<a href="music.m3u"><img border="0" src= "mp3.gif"
width="41" height="25"></a>
Or you can embed with this:
<EMBED src="music.m3u" autostart=true hidden=true>
Or you can embed for both IE and Netscape with this:
<!This code for IE>
<EMBED SRC="http://yourdomian.com/sound/music.m3u" HIDDEN="true" AUTOSTART="true"
width="128" height="128">
<!This code for Netscape>
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer"
classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715"
standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject" width="239" height="179">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="http://server/path/your-file.asx">
<PARAM NAME="AnimationatStart" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="TransparentatStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="0">
<Embed TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&sbp=mediaplayer&ar=Media&sba=Plugin&"
SRC="http://Yourdomain.com/sound/music.m3u"
Name=MediaPlayer
ShowControls=0
Width=2
Height=2
</embed>
</OBJECT>