<p id="audioplayer_1">My Audiofile</p> <script type="text/javascript"> AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1", { soundFile: "", titles: "call 3 October 09 2009"}); </script> </p> this is all mashed into one line and doesn't work any more.
Try this code:
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://tw.neisd.net/webpages/mbelmo/files/uploads/210510/clinton.mp3" width="400" height="27" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" />
I have used it in webpages and Google Earth.
Misty
Hi Mary - looks like you might be able to help. We're trying to embed a small mp3 file right in the front page of our site (that is a small audio prompt). We've created a link in the "Front page description" box within the "Front page settings". But it does not seem to work. Any idea? Thanks!
Hi and thanks. Actually, it seems like any text I type into the Front page description box does not appear anywhere. Is there a place where we have to specify that the description should appear? The mp3 file is stored in the "site files" area. We did activate the module filters as described previously in this post. Also worth mentioning is that our frontpage is viewable by anonymous visitors not being logged in, and we would like them to hear the small audio clip.
Thanks!
Hi Sylvain,
I'm not sure it's a good idea to have an audio player start to play automatically when you visit a web page. The visitor's machine audio speaker/headphones might be off. The visitor might be listening to some background music on their system and resent the interruption. Whenever I visit a website which forces audio on me I resent it as an intrusion upon my privacy and run away to some other site.
In my opinion it's enough to display an audio player and let the visitor decide whether they want to click on Play ... or not.
Joseph
Merci Joseph,
Agreed : I discussed the exact same thing with my customer because I feel the same way you do regarding sites that force "music" on me! On the other hand, my customer insisted because the audio "snippet" is 11 seconds long, very easy in terms of audio content and it is somewhat part of the marketing image for the site in development.
I agreed on putting it there on a "trial basis" until he collects enough information on users reaction... and if we cannot start it automatically, we'll just remove it from the front page - I doubt that people would click on a player just to see what happens 
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Now : anyone knows if we can start it automatically?
Syl
Hi Matt,
Of course my solution is extreme and its most undesirable potential consequence is that if there are more than one moodle mp3 players on the same page they will all start playing upon entering the page, which will result in a real cacophony.
I do hope forthcoming Moodle 2.0 will have more robust and user-friendly multimedia players, which will work in the most common browsers, and will be finely customizable - not at site level but at least at course level or even better at instance level.
Thanks for the tips and your valuable remarks,
Joseph
Matt : Here's an example that you can edit to meet your needs. It's strict XHTML 1.0, W3C standards compliant-ish (no declarations the the head section). Moodle will most probably mangle it but it should still work:
What do you mean "here is an example"? All I can see on this forum page is the Get ADobe Flash Player logo, but I have it installed already in FF. I'm puzzled.
Joseph
Thanks Joseph for the tip,
Implemented it, works OK, now we'll see if we get comments on it.
