need help finding an error in this HTML code

[Santuzzo]

Hi,

I was looking for a code to embed an audio player in my website, and I found this:
Tutorial for Flash MP3 Player

Two files have to be placed in the audio webfolder.

The code to be used is this:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/audio-player.js"></script>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/player.swf">
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/music.mp3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

I changed the parameters to match my website address and my mp3 file but still it does not work.
There must be an error in this code, but I know as good as nothing about HTML code, so I was wondering if someon could help me find the error, so I can fix it and make this work.

Thanks in advance,
Lars

 

[office politics]

can you post the exact code that you are trying to debug? we may be able to spot the error.

 

[Santuzzo]

THanks.

This is the code I'm using:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.larsbauermusic.com/audio/audio-player.js"></script>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.larsbauermusic.com/audio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/player.swf">
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.larsbauermusic.com/audio/for Olivia (R.I.P.).mp3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

When I open the site and click on the player, it says file not found.

I use Treillian to make my page ,and I copied the code into the source view of Treillian, but when I switch to Editor and go back to source view, the code is changed and the part with the name of the mp3 file is missing.

 

[Yami]

I'm fairly sure you're not allowed to use spaces in the file name - you need to put underscores _ instead. Though I may be talking rubbish.

 

[Santuzzo]

I'm fairly sure you're not allowed to use spaces in the file name - you need to put underscores _ instead. Though I may be talking rubbish.

Thank you.

I tried something different, and it looks lioke I fond the mistake:

Instead of using Treillian, I pasted the code in the editor/notepad and saved it as an .htm file. Now it works in Firefox, but not in IE.....

 

[Santuzzo]

Ok, the code I'm using works now in Firefox but not in IE8.

Here's the actual code:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.larsbauermusic.com/audio/audio-player.js"></script>
<P align=center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.larsbauermusic.com/audio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/player.swf">
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.larsbauermusic.com/audio/for Olivia (R.I.P.).mp3">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
</object>

Does anyone have a clue what's wrong and why it does not work in IE8?
Or could it be sometihng with my IE settings?

 

[office politics]

i see the following for movie parameter.

<param name="movie" value="http://www.fakedomain.com/myname/audio/player.swf">


i would try changing this to point to the swf on the larsbauermusic.com server


ps - you can reference filenames that have spaces by substituting %20 in the url.

 

[Santuzzo]

I think I got it right now, worked on the code in the notepad/editor.

This is the result:

Lars Bauer - Guitarist - music

The site should have 4 audio files.

Now I only need to figure out hoe to change the color scheme of the audio player, I dislike the green line when a player is active.
I got the player form here: Tutorial for Flash MP3 Player

 

[Yami]

Random question, sorry, but have considered just letting users download it and just play it in their own preferred player?

Edit: One thing I noticed, sometimes when I look at the page I can see the table's borders and lines (white), sometimes I can't (Firefox 3.6).

 

[Santuzzo]

Random question, sorry, but have considered just letting users download it and just play it in their own preferred player?

That's a valid question, but these clips are mroe meant as shore demo's to get an impression of my music.
Once I have a full album recorded I want to make that downloadable.

But does the way it is now on my music page look ok? Does it work?