Windows Users can't hear my audio files - Help -

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Windows Users can't hear my audio files - Help -

Hi iWeb fellow users from sunny Australia,

I'm so pleased with my website that I've done with iWeb but only one problem...some people (pc/windows users) can't hear my audio files/media files that I have incorporated from itunes. This is really really important to me as I am a musician trying to make money for cancer research from my music. Should I add a link to a download for Quicktime or Flash or ??

If you need to check out the website to help me with this it is:

http://web.me.com/deehandyside

THANK YOU SO MUCH,
Dee

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 6, 2009 2:10 AM

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Answer 1

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QuickTimeKirk

Level 10

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Jan 6, 2009 4:56 AM in response to Dee Handyside

iWeb writes page code that calls the QuickTime Player browser plug-in.
It is required to play your .m4a files

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Answer 2

Jan 6, 2009 5:38 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Thanks for that Kirk.

So, once pc/windows users bring up the Quicktime player browser plug-in, they can then download it?

Thats where some of them are having problems. Could it be their pcs are too old/windows 98 or 2000 or what do you think?

Maybe i should add a text box next to it advising them to download QT?
thanks
dee

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Answer 3

Jan 6, 2009 5:56 AM in response to Dee Handyside

Too old of an OS would be a problem as older versions of QuickTime are hard to find and the link to the QuickTime Player download would only find the most current version.
It requires an XP OS.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120297 shows a link for one older version for PC's.

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Answer 4

Roddy

Level 6

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Jan 6, 2009 8:38 AM in response to Dee Handyside

The statistics claim that over 90% of surfers have Adobe® Flash Player. This is why I stopped using QT over a year ago.
You can put your QT files in an iFrame to overcome the problem but flash is a much better way to go.
I'm in the process of building a website about all this but I'm having problems fitting it into all the other things I have to do!
If you click my name in the sidebar to get my email I will give you some alternative methods of playing music files on your website.

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Answer 5

Jun 2, 2009 3:59 AM in response to Dee Handyside

Thanks to Roddy for his brilliant solution and help!

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