Uninterrupted Streaming mp3 player

  • thelocallanding

    (@thelocallanding)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    I’m looking for someone who would be able to create a plugin that would put a music (or, ideally, all media) player somewhere on the site that won’t refresh when users are searching through our site and will play any files from a folder that can be specified for the plugin to look in.

    The idea is to have a constant, uninterrupted stream of music available for people visiting our site. For an example of the kind of thing I mean, click here and keep your eyes to the bottom of the website. The player pops up when entering the page, shows track title and has the basic player buttons.

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  • Dgold

    (@dgold)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    I think they’re just using a “frame” along the bottom of their page, right? That’s always one technique for keeping a section of your site “constant” while the user navigates thru various links in the other frame. However some people frown on iframes. 🙁

    If you wanted to do an iframe, maybe you could stick an OpenTape in it. This is another open-source, new thing, but it’s not a WP plugin yet. It will monitor your folder for uploads like you asked.
    http://opentape.fm/

    Another method is having your mp3 player in a Pop Up. Of course some users disable and dislike pop ups. But this gives the user the choice, if they wish to open your pop up and let it continue playing in the background. The cool thing with this is, the pop up could stay open and they continue listening even when they go to another website entirely, leaving your site except for the pop up in the background. This method, I think, is a good choice for Podcasters if you make a long Podcast. If the listener is listening while reading your blog, then finish reading but the podcast is still playing. If they close the window it ends. So I think then it’s good to offer the option of playing it in another window.

    The PodPress plugin lets you have Play In Pop Up feature with ease.
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/

    Also look at
    http://www.taragana.com/products/free-wordpress-plugins/mp3-player
    http://an-archos.com/anarchy-media-player/
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yahoo-media-player/

    Otherwise, if you do get someone to create a new plugin, please release it for everyone to try 🙂

    Good luck with your site. Hopefully one of the above links will help

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