Since I first published this website I’ve heard from a few people running into difficulty with the “simple” flash player.

I guess once you’ve done anything a few times it becomes simple or simpler!

I started to look around for something that is really simple and, inadvertently, stumbled across one solution when I bought a software bundle from Vertical Moon.

This came with their application Audio2SWF included. To purchase it separately is an astronomical 10 bucks.

The application has a number of player styles but I was struck with the sheer simplicity of the single button.

As I mentioned before, I don’t like to use players whose assets are on someone else’s server. If they go down, you go down with them.

Anyway, here’s what I got for half the price of a decent hair cut which I badly need......

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"

codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"

width="50" height="50"

id="Player Name">

<param name="movie" 

value="http://www.website.com/foldername/songtitle.swf" />

<param name="quality" value="high" />

<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />

<embed src="http://www.website.com/foldername/songtitle.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000"

width="50" height="50"

name="Player Name" align="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">

</embed>

</object>

SWF

Folder containing my .swf files  to upload to the server.

MP3 loaded and selected.

You can process multiple files at once.

Format: SWF   Background color: Black

Audio Output Settings

My MP3 was edited before loading.

No autoplay or loop.

Encoding and Export.

Select Player and color(s)

HTML Snippet code with the variables in RED.

Change “bgcolor” to match your webpage background color.

I think you could say that CD Baby has been the single most important factor in enabling independent Musicians to release there albums world wide.

A lot of people have asked me how to implement the type of player that they use on their website - a simple play button with the song title.

The one below is created using Audio2SWF and I have made it bright blue so that you don’t overlook it.

The one next to it customized in a rather brash fashion and I have embellished it slightly with a shape and a text box.

Unless you own the copyrights on a musical composition, you will have obtain and pay for two separate licenses to play it on your website.

These are explained here -  http://www.iwebformusicians.com/DistributeandPromote/CopyrightPublishing.html

The institutions who protect and manage these copyrights have big bucks to sue offenders.

You have been warned!

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