November 3, 2012, Saturday, 307

Help:Mp3s

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How to upload mp3 files to play on your wiki page

  • Upload your Mp3 file using the "Upload file" link in the toolbox. As with uploaded images, take note of the name you give your uploaded mp3 file.
  • Navigate to the page where you want to place the Mp3 player.
  • Press the Edit button and place the following code where you want to place the Mp3 player. 
<flashmp3>Test.mp3</flashmp3>
  • Replace "Test.mp3" with the name of your uploaded mp3 file.
  • You're done! Your player will look like this:
  • If you want more features, view the references below.



Syntax (default player)

Base Syntax

<flashmp3>filename.mp3|parameter=value|...</flashmp3>

filename.mp3 can be the name of a file uploaded to the Wiki or an external URL. Additional parameters are optional.

Parameter Reference

Option Effect
autostart=yes The player will automatically open and start to play the track (default value is no)
loop=yes The track will be looped indefinitely (default value is no)
bg=0xHHHHHH Background colour option (where HHHHHH is a valid hexadecimal colour value such as FFFFFF or 009933)
leftbg=0xHHHHHH Left background colour
rightbg=0xHHHHHH Right background colour
rightbghover=0xHHHHHH Right background colour (hover)
lefticon=0xHHHHHH Left icon colour
righticon=0xHHHHHH Right icon colour
righticonhover=0xHHHHHH Right icon colour (hover)
text=0xHHHHHH Text colour
slider=0xHHHHHH Slider colour
loader=0xHHHHHH Loader bar colour
track=0xHHHHHH Progress track colour
border=0xHHHHHH Progress track border colour

Multiple files

Multiple files can be played in one FlashMP3 player one after the other by separating them with comma.

Multiple players

Multiple FlashMP3 players on one site can be achieved by giving them an id. 

<flashmp3 id="2">secondmp3.mp3</flashmp3>

Examples 

<flashmp3>mymp3.mp3</flashmp3>

Plays an uploaded mp3-file called mymp3.mp3. 

<flashmp3>http://www.somedomain.com/mp3/mymp3.mp3</flashmp3>

Plays the remote mp3-file from the URL http://www.somedomain.com/mp3/mymp3.mp3. 

<flashmp3>mymp3.mp3,yourmp3.mp3|autostart=yes|loop=yes</flashmp3>

Plays the two uploaded files mymp3.mp3 and yourmp3.mp3 one after the other, autostarts playing when the site is loaded and loops the files.

Syntax (last.fm player)

Base Syntax

<flashmp3 type="lastfm">resourceID|resourceType|parameter=value|...</flashmp3>

resourceID and resourceType have to be retrieved from the source of the last.fm page of which you want to embed the player (Right Click -> View Page Source and search for resourceID and resourceType). Both resourceID and resourceType are compulsory. Additional parameters are optional.

resourceType is either artist, album, song, label, playlist or the ID-number directly (if you know it).

Parameter Reference

Option Effect resourceType
restTitle= The title shown after the player loaded (default value can be set in the PHP code below) all
albumArt= URL of the cover shown after the player loaded (default value can be set in the PHP code below) all
labelName= Name of the label label, playlist
firstTrackName= Name of the first track played (will be shown even before the play button is pressed) artist, album, song
firstArtistName= Name of the first artist played (will be shown even before the play button is pressed) artist, album, song
restDuration= Duration of the track (will be shown even before the play button is pressed) artist, album, song

Additional parameter are possible as long as the last.fm player can interpret them in the given situation (i.e. resourceType).

Examples 

<flashmp3 type="lastfm">11572702|artist</flashmp3>

Plays songs from the given artist (Tookoo). 

<flashmp3 type="lastfm">51022335|song|firstTrackName=Dance+For+Yourself|firstArtistName=TOOKOO|albumArt=http://static.last.fm/coverart/130x130/3245162.jpg|restDuration=227</flashmp3>

Plays the given song and displays the track name, artist name and duration as well as the cover right after loading.

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