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What is it?
jMP3 (javaScript MP3 player) is an easy way make any MP3 playable directly on most any web site (to those with Flash & javaScript enabled),
using the sleek Flash Single MP3 Player
& the fantabulous jQuery.
The Del.icio.us Playtagger is OK for basic purposes, but is not very configurable, can often incur startup delays, and is just not very attractive.
jMP3 aims to fix all that!
Demos
Listen to this sound:
sound.mp3
Listen to, scrub and download this sound (conceal the filename):
sound.mp3
Listen to MP3s from any website (hide download option... let's not get the MAFIAA involved!):
yourepitiful.mp3
The call to this player is simply ignored if not an mp3 (see source):
broken.mp4
Instructions
- First, download the lightweight (3k)
Flash Single MP3 Player
(Feb 2007: looks like Jeroen has updated his player and removed the old version...
grab a local copy of the original Single MP3 Player compatible with jMP3 here) - Then, grab the jMP3 plugin (you do have jQuery already as well, yes?)
- Set the path to singlemp3player.swf in jMP3
- Include jQuery & the jMP3 plugin scripts in the <HEAD> your page
- Initialize MP3 player on individual IDs (for customization), or generic classes (for lists of files)
- Rock out!
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery/jmp3/jquery.jmp3.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
// default options
$(".mp3").jmp3();
// custom options
$("#mysong").jmp3({
backcolor: "000000",
forecolor: "00ff00",
width: 200,
showdownload: "true"
});
});
</script>
Plugin Information
- UPDATE 11/9/06 - Mike Alsup has put out a fine enhancement to jMP3 that is unobtrusive and adds more configuration options. Check out his other jQuery work too.
- UPDATE v0.2.1 - Eolas workaround implemented (thanks Kurt!) and jQuery object replaces "$" (thx Sam)
» If you downloaded v0.2 earlier, please replace your jquery.jmp3.js file with the current version - v0.2 -
thrown togethercreated by Sean O on 10/10/2006 - Tested on IE6, Firefox 1.5.0.7, Opera 8.54 & 9.02 and IE7 RC1
- Highly customizable (thanks to Jeroen's modular code), as seen in above examples
- My first jQuery plugin! I <3 jQuery
- DONE!
TODO: implement working Eolas workaround for those 90%ers using IE.
The ones on http://jquery.com/docs/Cookbook/ just don't seem to do it
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Terms Of Use
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just drop me a line at: moc.oohay@moctodonaes
and show me how you're using it!
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Questions? Comments? Random Blather?
moc.oohay@moctodonaes
Credits & Inspiration:
http://jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_Single_MP3_Player
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com
See Also...
jQueryHelp - Code Reference application for jQuery functions