However, if its just for a one off MP3 and you are able to host it somewhere then you can use Google Reader's audio player to play it back by using this code:
<embed height="27" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=[MP3 URL]" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" wmode="transparent"></embed>
Replace [MP3 URL] with the full address of where the file has been uploaded, beginning with http://. The player will only play MP3 format files.
Here is an example:
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Thank you for this useful tip! I am trying to include an interview in a post on my blog, and this seems to work. have a nice day!
loop="false" is not working in my embeded code (repeat over and over).
do you know how can I fix it?
The code I have given does not include loop="false". Not sure where you got that from. I actually stopped using the Google audio player and switched to the Wordpress flash player which i call up from my own server for Blogger pages. You can see an example here:
http://www.ecalpemos.org/2011/10/recreating-miles-davis-muted-trumpet.html
thanks
its working
nice tutorial
Thank-you. Very helpful.
Good day.
Thanks for your help here, Gordon, but I'm still not having success.
Does this look like an address that should work in the URL space in the code you offer above?
http://www.ziddu.com/download/18247207/WS500425.mp3.html
I had a look and that service dows not seem to allow direct linking to the mp3 file itself so you can't use this method. I upload mine to a web hosting account that I have (simpler and easier to link to).
Thanks! I'm trying it out on my blog that will appear this Tuesday (2/14/12).
Thank you for this tutorial; very helpful.
Thank you this was simple and to the point.
IT DOESNT WORK ON http://dc496.4shared.com/img/1260412264/b0a87406/dlink__2Fdownload_2FUfTj_5FAaD_3Ftsid_3D20120317-31958-965cda40/preview.mp3
I am trying to post some audio, follow your steps , it seems to load but when I publish and click the start icon I get a Nan:Nan above the sound clip, no sound?
Not sure James. NaN means "not a number" and usually indicates a javascript call that expects a number but is sent a string instead. I need to update this article as I have a better way of doing this. I just need the time to get round to it (like everything in life).
I got the Nan:Nan too......it's because I left the brackets [ ] in.....if you delete them, the audio plays perfectly. :)
Thanks for this post! It was super helpful!
Thanks for the correction! I had used the square brackets as a normal programming shorthand for "replace with....". I guess people haven't realised that. Incidentally, I believe that Dropbox now provides a small folder where you can put audio files and call them straight from a URL without having to log in. I haven't tried it, but it might mean not requiring a hosting account.
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