Adding Sound Samples to my Site??
Hi
I've got some of my own music on cd and want to be able to add it to my site as sound samples - can anyone tell me how to do this or point me in the right direction. My current host doesn't support sound streaming so I have to switch.
Is it better to add sound in mp3 format or to play via real?
Sorry if this sounds all wrong its just that many prospective hosts seem not to support the real server (I presume they need this to play via real player? The new host that I would like to go with told me "You can stream over http without issue, but we do not support any specific server such as the real server." I don't know what this means.
I need to add about 20x20 second sound samples so I'm wondering is mp3 the way to go or would I be better off paying more for a host that supports Real?
Basically I just want the method that allows visitors to access the samples in the easiest and fastest way.
Sorry again if my post is unclear its just that I don't really understand what I need to do to do this.
Many thanks.
Cheers
Megan posted this at 14:22 — 13th November 2002.
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Hmmmm. The easiest option would be to just offer an mp3 for download.
I don't know two much about embedding a real player - you could probably go to the real player website and find out more (although that place is always a pain in the bum). IME, Real in general is a pain in the bum.
Another option you might want to try is flash. That way you could build in your own loading animation to keep people busy, and your own play/stop/pause buttons.
Megan
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Brian Farkas posted this at 02:33 — 14th November 2002.
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I *believe* to add a real player file you need to create a text file called something like "sound.ram" (replacing sound with the actual file name). The text file should contain only the URL to the actual file (e.g. http://www.domain.com/sounds/sound.rm) - not sure exactly why a .ram file is required before the .rm file is accessed, but that has been my experience with it.
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