Today I came across a page that embedded mp3 playback nicely, using a gadget named "Yahoo! Media Player". It displayed a link labelled "
learn more about this player", and the set of instructions displayed on Yahoo's pages is really simple:
A: Link to Audio - Add audio links to your page<a href="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/example1.mp3">First link</a>
<a href="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/example2.mp3">Second link</a>
<a href="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/example3.mp3">Third link</a>
B: Get Code - Copy and paste this code into your page<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js"></script>
C: Play - Press play next to a song
A revolutionary and easy to use music player that plays audio on your website.
* Adds audio to your site with one line of HTML
* Uses simple, easy-to-hack HTML instead of complicated proprietary markup, ushering in the REAL Media Web
* Magical floating design never gets lost, is available when you need it, gets out of your way when you don't need it
* Automatically finds all audio links on your page, turning your page into a playlist
* Plays all your blog entries with a single button click
* Allows you to put the play buttons where they belong: IN CONTEXT
* Keeps the user in the page rather than sending them away to a media player
* Picks up your images and adds them as cover art
* Requires no download, install or maintenance
Imo this gadget could easily be converted into a Coppermine plugin, so if someone feels like looking into it, I'm all ears.