Re: Tips on adding sound files


"BMc" <bethpi11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? The files are about
7mb each as they are about 15-20 min long. I do not want to stream them.


Although this is probably not technically the correct group, I have a small
piece of advice you and your visitors may find useful. You say you do not
wish to stream the files, but the method I describe will at least allow
people to listen to the file while it is downloading (assuming compatible
software and bandwidth).

As well as linking directly to the mp3 file, create a file with the
extension .m3u which contains only the URL of the mp3 file:

<a href="http://www.mysite.example/myfile.mp3";>Download file</a>

<a href="http://www.mysite.example/myfile.m3u";>Play file</a>

The contents of myfile.m3u would be simply:
"http://www.mysite.example/myfile.mp3"; without the quotation marks.

You can see this method in action on this page:
http://www.doctorbusker.com/music.php


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