Music Player On Website, How to? Good Or Bad?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by warman2442, Oct 29, 2007.

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    Hello

    I never done anything of this sort before, i will have soft anime music playing no loud stuff, this good or bad for users? I was wondering how could i make a complete flash player embeded into my website. Or something easier would be, how can i make it randomly select a song from my (Folder) ?

    Using this code, i assume should work with randomizing what music file gets played?

    <embed src="yourmusicfile.mid" autostart="true" loop="true"
width="2" height="0">
</embed>
<noembed>
<bgsound src="yourmusicfile.mid" loop="infinite">
</noembed>
    HTML:
     
    warman2442, Oct 29, 2007 IP
  2. deathshadow

    deathshadow Acclaimed Member

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    DO NOT set it to start playing by default, DO NOT hide the controls to manipulate it, and frankly don't use midi because most people don't have anything better than the M$ wavetable emulation or OPL-2.

    Seriously, there is NOTHING more annoying than websites that start playing music without so much as asking. Good way to get most people to close the page as quickly as they open it.
     
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  3. 8everything

    8everything Peon

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    I would skip the music all together. People have very different music tastes and what if the visitor already has music playing in their music player? It would just clash with the sound. Don't get me wrong.. I'm sure there are the few that will love the music...
     
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  4. twistedspikes

    twistedspikes Notable Member

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    I'd agree with deathshadow. I wouldn't use music unless absolutly needed, and even then don't have it autoplay, keep the controls somewhere so people can play/pause when they like.

    Personally I always have my music playing when i'm browsing on the internet, when I go on a page with music, I exit unless I really want to see whats on there.
     
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  5. warman2442

    warman2442 Active Member

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    Ok well, can anyone give me a code to have it so people CAN play music if they want?
     
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    best way is to use Flash, it can work good if its done right
     
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    I would always set the autostart to false. Reason : my friends will get caught if they open my site in the office and suddendly a song is play. The same goes for my visitors. We have to give them the right to listen or not.
     
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    You're giving me flashbacks of angelfire websites with the midi that you can't turn off.

    I use JW MP3 Player it's a really easy to use flash player, just embed it and point it to the mp3 or playlist you want it to play.
     
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  9. warman2442

    warman2442 Active Member

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    prinz yea i would turn it off anyways, but that code doesnt have any interface :) thanks artflutter i will try that ! looks awesome!
     
    warman2442, Oct 31, 2007 IP