AudioPlay 0.9.7-1 was released. What's new ?

• transparent skins
• players chaining

Additionally some bugs were fixed. Details in FAQ section.
Important note: Version 0.9.7 had an irritating bug (musicfile tag in config.xml doesn't work property). It was fixed in version 0.9.7-1. This bug is not related to Online version of Audioplay.

AudioPlay is a one button Freeware MP3 player based on Flash technology. Simple upload AudioPlay and music file to your web page account ...and that's all :-). Edit configuration (config.xml or put options directly to URL). You could customize background color, loop settings and autostart options. You can customize player's play/stop button by preparing your own button images. If you are looking for demo player for your sound clips or background music player for your website then AudioPlay is ideal for you. Additionally AudioPlay is very lightweight.

AudioPlay could be also used as online music player. Simple put proper information into AudioPlay's generator. Next copy generated code and paste it into your page. Player could be used on your blog, myspace, home page, wherever you want.

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How it looks like ? For example:

Appearance of player is fully customizable.

Download it (tar.gz or zip archive containing music and sample button images).

Version 0.9.7-1 (07.07.2009)
tar.gz    zip

How to add an AudioPlay button to your website ?

Method 1: Use AudioPlay Online Generator.

Method 2: Download AudioPlay and install it on your website.
Upload all extracted files. Prepared archives contains ready to use index.html file with following object/embed tag:

If you want use multiple instances of AudioPlay on your web page use 'audioplay.swf?playerid=XXX' instead of 'audioplay.swf' in object/embed tags where XXX is unique identification string. Next change 'playerid' attributes in config.xml file. Another way is URL configuration. Here is the list of possible parameters:

• auto - autostart (yes|no), default no
• bgcolor - background color (color in hex format, 0xff0000 for red for example), default 0x000000 (black)
• repeat - how many times music will be played, 0 - infinite loop, default setting
• file - music file path, default 'music.mp3'
• buttondir - path to button directory, default 'buttons/classic'
• mode - select player mode: 'playpause' (default) or 'playstop' (stop button stops streaming)
• listenstop - stop/pause after clicking play on other player, default 'yes'
• sendstop - send stop/pause command to other players after play button click, default 'yes'
• trackid - unique track id (used with 'nexttrack' parameter), default empty (NEW !)
• nexttrack - which player will start after playing will be finished, default empty (NEW !)
• usebgcolor - disables transparency if set to 'yes', 'bgcolor' will be used as background, default 'no' (NEW !)
• fadeindur - alpha fade-in duration, default 0 (NEW !)
• mastervol - master volume (0-100), default 100 (NEW !)

Example: audioplay.swf?auto=yes&bgcolor=0x404040&repeat=1&file=music/file.mp3&buttondir=buttons/mybutton&mode=playstop&listenstop=no&sendstop=yes&mastervol=50

Note:

• Using any above parameters cause ignoring 'playerid' parameter and 'config.xml' configuration file !
• Ensure that audioplay.swf file and editing html document are in the same directory. Otherwise you should change path to audioplay.swf.

How can I use AudioPlay on my blog ?

AudioPlay generator produces HTML code. Open your post in HTML mode (in WordPress for example there are two tabs for each editing post - Visual and HTML) and paste there generated code.

Can player automatically stop other players after play click ?

Yes. This is default AudioPlay's behavior now. It could be controlled by 'listenstop' and 'sendstop' parameters.

Occasionally player must be clicked twice to play/stop/pause in Firefox.

There is a known bug in Firefox and it is related to 'wmode' parameter in embed tag. You should make small changes in EMBED tag to avoid this problem.

1. Delete 'wmode=transparent' from EMBED tag.
2. Change 'bgcolor' parameter in audioplay.swf or 'backgroundColor' tag in config.xml. Change 'bgcolor' parameter in EMBED tag too. It should be the same as your's website backround color.
3. Add 'usebgcolor=yes' parameter to audioplay.swf or <usebgcolor>yes</usebgcolor> to config.xml

Example EMBED tag after changes:

I have problems with running AudioPlay on my local computer.

AudioPlay requires some files to start (music file, config.xml, and buttons images). That files are local when you trying to play audioplay.swf from your local computer. Some browsers disallows access to that files by default. It could be changed by setting opportunely options in your web browser, but problem disappears when you upload AudioPlay's files to your web account.

AudioPlay doesn't show up.

Ensure that all files (config.xml, button images, music file) has right paths and permissions.

I want to use larger or smaller buttons than 30x30 pixels, how can I do it ?

You could change Flash movie dimensions in object/embed tag to adjust it to dimensions of your buttons images.

What about license, warranty ?

Because the program is licensed as Freeware, there is no warranty for the program. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you.

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