Post audio to your website?

[yourdj]

Hi just got a band together for Your DJ and would like to stream audio live on to my website as a standalone player. Probably simple but I cant seem to work it out :D

I want it to be like the "see one of our parties in action" link halfway down on this page: http://www.yourdj.co.uk/

This was done on google video which gives the code for the stand alone player. I just pasted it in to the online site builder for the website HTML bit and it shows as the player.

Basically, I need an easy way post audio in the same manner :rolleyes:

Any help great :)

[Marc J]

would like to stream audio live on to my website as a standalone player....

...I need an easy way post audio in the same manner

Are you streaming live audio, or playing recorded audio?

[discomobiledj]

<embed src="yoursong.mp3" width="175" height="60" autostart="false" loop="false" volume="60" />

[yourdj]

Don't understand the thing above :confused: i assume i add the URL of already downloaded audio in the HTML but i have not found anywhere that downloads m4pa files, which is that is on the CD.


Are you streaming live audio, or playing recorded audio?

I have a cd and i want to download it to a hosting site like google video

It has an embed option on the right:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2254377969201094046

Its really easy as i just copy and paste the text to the web builder.

Ta :)

[Marc J]

Your "easiest" bet is to convert what you have to mp3, then upload it somewhere - either to your own webspace or somewhere else, then embed it as shown above.

However, that approach relies on the viewer's browser being able to play mp3's, which isn't always the case. You could put your mp3 in a flash file and embed the flash file - if you don't have flash use something like Coffecup Web Jukebox (http://www.coffeecup.com/web-jukebox/).

Google Video and YouTube's embed code is fine if you've uploaded a video to those sites, but for just audio it isn't going to work.

[yourdj]

Thanks, how do you convert (i have a mac) the files? I think you can do it in itunes? I will have a go at the rest after working this out.

Thanks

[Marc J]

I think M4P is a protected format and so iTunes won't convert it. If it's MP4, that's different....

[sleah]

I think M4P is a protected format and so iTunes won't convert it. If it's MP4, that's different....

Following on from Marc's comments.....
If it's in a DRM protected format, then it's almost certainly been bought from iTunes or similar, in which case if you converted it and posted it on a website, you could be (deservedly) hung drawn and quartered:eek:

However, I guess this isn't the case as it's your own music, then iTunes can convert a CD to mp3. Just dig through the preferences 'till you find the bit about ripping and make sure it is set to mp3, 128k should be fine for what you are doing, and check where they are being saved.
When you insert the CD with iTunes running, it should show a button to rip the CD.
Job done!

[yourdj]

Thanks. The format is .m4a (typo earlier) I will try the ripping option over the weekend.

It is our own stuff so no copyright issues.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks