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add music player to website

I'm developing a website for a local sporting club and would like to add a music player to the website. I'd like to have it play/pause/mute and skip between 5 different tracks (this is not essential though).
I'd like it to be able to play automatically on page load and randomise the song it plays each load.
What can I use to acheive this?

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karnapune

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Reece

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which method is quickest to load and least intrusive?

karnapune

I think XSPF Web Music Player will be better

Reece

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ok... how on earth do I use the xspf option? I like the look of the player.
I have 5 mp3 files that I can store in my website's "music" directory.
I have the following code on my home page...

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="170"
data="http://mydomain.org.au/music/xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=http://mydomain.org.au/music/ftbaplaylistlist.xspf">
<param name="movie"
value="http://mydomain.org.au/music/xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=http://mydomain.org.au/music/ftbaplaylistlist.xspf" />
</object>

now what??
how do I make the xspf file and how does it use my 5 mp3's???

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keyu

keyu

set autostart variable value true and pass it inside your parameter

Reece

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any idea on why it just sits there with "loading playlist..." ???

The code I have used for the xspf is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="0" xmlns = "http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
<trackList>
<track>
<location>http://mysite.org.au/music/alexisonfire-thiscouldbeanywhere.mp3</location>
<image></image>
<annotation>Alexisonfire - This Could Be Anywhere In The World</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://mysite.org.au/music/metallica-one.mp3</location>
<image></image>
<annotation>Metallica - One</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://mysite.org.au/music/kanyewest-gottahaveit.mp3</location>
<image></image>
<annotation>Kanye West - Gotta Have It</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://mysite.org.au/music/pendulum-witchcraft.mp3</location>
<image></image>
<annotation>Pendulum - One</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://mysite.org.au/music/nero-guilt.mp3</location>
<image></image>
<annotation>Nero - Guilt</annotation>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist>

The files are definately there because if I use one of the url's in a web browser, the song loads and plays with quicktime (in IE9).

Please help!

Reece

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Accepted answer: 500 points for karnapune's comment http:/Q_27408091.html#37004265
Assisted answer: 0 points for reecem27's comment http:/Q_27408091.html#37004691

for the following reason:

don't worry - I got it sorted!<br /><br />In case you are wondering...  I did need to add a MIME type in IIS for the .xspf   <br />It was [b]application/xspf+xml [/b]

keyu

try this link might help you

http://lacymorrow.com/projects/xspfwmp/xspfdoc.html

and try to set

autoplay : boolean value that makes the playlist load and the music start without the initial user click
autoload : boolean value that makes the playlist load without the initial user click

parameter which helps you