musto

Hello

I'm working on a singer's site, he wants one of his songs to be played whenever his site is accessed. Please guid me how to do this. I'm using dreamweaver but i'm not good in html. I also want to give "stop music" or "stop song" button. Is it possible?

thanks in advance
musto

Joy Foraker

Sound files are very large. You first have to decide what format you want to use. Some require plug-ins to operate.

Wav has good sound quality and doesn't require a plugin but they are not compressed. If your friend wants an entire song on the site, it will be a long wait for viewer to load.

MP3 is a compressed format and can be streamed but requires a helper application or a plugin. Quicktime, Win Media Player or RealPlayer can play mp3 files. Streaming means the music starts playing before the song is completely downloaded. Some server-hosts can't accomodate streaming, you should check first.

Ra, Ram, RPm or Real Audio offers best compression and can usually be streamed from a normal server-host. real Audio is a popular plug-in and most users already have it.

You can link sound files or embed them. Embedded would probably be your best choice because you want a on/off volume control on the page.

Ok save your audio into the best format for your needs. If you want to use DW click the plugin button in the objects panel or choose Insert, media, plugin.

In the property inspector, click the folder icon to browse for the audio file or type the name of the link.

Enter the width and height of the audio controls. Usually 144 X 60 make them as small as possible.

Have fun and keep us posted on how it works.

musto

Hi,

Thanks so much for a very detailed reply. I've convinced my client not to use songs. Now i'll give a download options of songs for users, hope its not a problem.

Thanks again.

musto

Joy Foraker

Before you give up, consider many music sites give short clips of the songs.

I did a site for a clock store selling musical clocks --I used a small sound bite to give the viewer a taste. http://www.clocksclocks.com/ see left menu bottom. It pops up only because the clocks are animated also.

I used Flash to make the sound clip but there are other applications that are easier to use for clips, I just happened to have Flash.

I'm sure you've seen the sound bites on MusicMatch JukeBox and other sites that sell CDs. Its not really hard to do.

musto

Thanks a lot Joy Foraker

musto

tomdalenberg

just enter this code: <embed src="yourfile.mp3" width="as much as you like" height="as much as you like"></embed>

you have to keep in you rmind that the loading of your musicfile will take some time...
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