audio players for Iweb

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audio players for Iweb

I have a music website with IWEB. Most visitors don't have quicktime (ala PC users). Are there any other audio players that are more universal that are also compatible that I could use ?
Also is there no way to get rid of that graphic box when you drag and drop an audio file onto a page aside from hiding it ? Thanx

Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Oct 31, 2008 11:56 AM

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Old Toad

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Oct 31, 2008 2:09 PM in response to oakmoon

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. See Roddy's site as he makes very good use of 3rd party audio players -

http://roddymckay.com/Satellite/SongFiles.html
http://roddymckay.com/Satellite/FlashPlayer.html

You can search iWeb for more of his posts but most direct the reader to the two above.

OT

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oakmoon Author

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Oct 31, 2008 9:06 PM in response to Old Toad

I checked out his site but only found adobe flash as the player. I downloaded the free trial but I was not able to install. I really just want a control bar not the graphic box that is quicktime in Iweb. Any other suggestions ?

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Roddy

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Nov 1, 2008 4:52 AM in response to oakmoon

Drag your MP3 audio file onto the iWeb page but don't put an image in the place holder. On the published site it will just show the QT control bar.
Or do this ...

http://roddymckay.com/Satellite/QTControl.html

The reason I converted all my audio files to play in flash is that more people are likely to have Adobe® Flash player installed nowadays than QuickTime - especially PC owners who are not restricted to using the corporate computer!

If you are going to load your audio for play back in QuickTime, give the link to the download and emphasize that its free!
See....

http://roddymckay.com/

Control click the QT icon to download it to your desktop and drag it onto your iWeb page.

Note: I will only gain financially by recommending this link if you buy something - please don't!

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Old Toad

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Nov 1, 2008 7:15 AM in response to Roddy

Note: I will only gain financially by recommending this link if you buy something - please don't!

Is that reverse psychology, Roddy? 🙂

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oakmoon Author

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Nov 1, 2008 7:27 AM in response to Roddy

thanx Roddy for your suggestions. One last thing; when I downloaded adobe flash, everything seemed to go fine. It appeared on my desktop and I double clicked the icon to install. It took me through installation very quickly and yet nothing appears on my hard drive or for that matter anywhere on my computer.
Basically it did not install. Any clue before I contact Adobe ?
Thanx to old toad as well for his input.

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Roddy

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Nov 1, 2008 9:23 AM in response to Old Toad

Yes - I'm now going to try reversing iWeb to see if it works better!

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Roddy

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Nov 1, 2008 9:27 AM in response to oakmoon

The flash player is an internet plugin. You'll see it in System Library/Internet Plug-Ins.

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Nov 1, 2008 10:06 AM in response to Roddy

Hello,

Would like to find out where and how can I download the player and how can I install it into iweb.

I visited http://roddymckay.com/Satellite/FlashPlayer.html
but there is nothing to download.

Please advice as I am not sure... Many Thanks! Appreciated

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Roddy

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Nov 1, 2008 10:30 AM in response to josephlpw

There is a link to instructions on that page!

Here it is,,,,

http://www.macloo.com/examples/audio_player/

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Answer 10

Nov 2, 2008 12:20 AM in response to Roddy

Thanks... Tried to go thru that but I can't figure out... sorry, I am really not good at this.
Anyway to help me? Anyway to show me like step by step for iWeb 08? I am using iWeb 08...

Many Many Thanks!!

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Roddy

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Nov 2, 2008 5:54 AM in response to josephlpw

OK - first of all, where are you publishing - MobileMe or another server?

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oakmoon Author

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Nov 2, 2008 9:17 AM in response to Roddy

when I download Flash the icons appear on my desktop and actually says installed successfully. I look into my internet plugin files and click flash player and surprisingly my MOTU A/D set-up dialog box comes up. How are they related ? the same thing happens if I click my QT plug in as well.
Also, I have a mobile me acct. How would I upload to my server per your directions ?
Thanx

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Roddy

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Nov 2, 2008 9:36 AM in response to oakmoon

There is no default application to open these plugins so your Mac thinks that MOTU might do!
Control click the plugin file and select "Get info". Look at "Open with:" in the info window.
To prove to yourself that Adobe Flash is working, all you have to do is play a flash file off the internet like the one on my page.

Go to Finder/Go/iDisk/My iDisk/Web/Sites. Open your website folder and create a new folder and name it something like MusicFiles.
Upload your song file(s) to this folder by drag and drop from your desktop or a Finder window.
The URL of this file will be...

http://web.me.com/username/WebsiteName/MusicFiles/NameOfSong.mp3

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oakmoon Author

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Nov 2, 2008 2:58 PM in response to Roddy

Okay so Flash must be working but I still cant open it let alone copy its HTML to paste into my widget box. I created a folder (on my HD anyways) where my site is stored with some MP3s, so now what ?
Thanx

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Roddy

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Nov 2, 2008 3:55 PM in response to oakmoon

Go to ...

http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/

and download the Audio-Player.zip

Open the folder, copy "player.swf" and "audio-player.js" and paste them into the folder with the MP3s.

Upload this folder to your iDisk by drag and drop to Finder/Go/iDisk/My iDisk/Web/Sites/YourWebsiteFolder.

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