Mp3's in Folder to HTML

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I want to be able to take a folder of mp3's and generate an html page with
links to the individual mp3 files so I can just click on a link to hear the
song. Is there any program that will do this?
 
I want to be able to take a folder of mp3's and generate an html page with
links to the individual mp3 files so I can just click on a link to hear the
song. Is there any program that will do this?
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Dirhtml creates index.html files from a directory list using the GUI or
command line, optionally including HTML code of your own design at any
point in the generated file. With dirhtml, your index.html files can be
unique and arbitrarily complex.

http://home.pacbell.net/nitzsche/dirhtml/dirhtml.html

http://www.bigfoot.com/~dirhtml

http://www.freeware.org.uk/ht.htm
 
I want to be able to take a folder of mp3's and generate an html page with
links to the individual mp3 files so I can just click on a link to hear the
song. Is there any program that will do this?
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DIR2HTML creates an HTML index from a file system directory. This is
useful for building file lists, cataloging contents of CD-ROMS, etc. The
program can index either a single directory or multiple directories at
once recursively.

http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/dir2html/
 
Scout Lady said:
Thanks, this one did exactly what I wanted.
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I tried it and created the html list. But when I click on a link it does Not
play the song. It tries to open the song in IE.
What settings do you use to make it play the song? I use Winamp to play my
mp3's.

Thanks.
 
Elmira said:
I tried it and created the html list. But when I click on a link it does
Not play the song. It tries to open the song in IE.
What settings do you use to make it play the song? I use Winamp to play
my mp3's.

Thanks.
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Winamp will itself generate an HTML list of the songs with titles and
playing times:

Click PL
Click Misc in the Playlist Editor
Click Misc in the popup menu
Click Generate HTML playlist (or Ctrl+Alt+G)

But.....it does not seem to be possible to click on the list to play the
MP3s. Unless someone knows how to add the code to link the songs to the
MP3s.

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Elmira said:
I tried it and created the html list. But when I click on a link it does
Not play the song. It tries to open the song in IE.
What settings do you use to make it play the song? I use Winamp to play
my mp3's.
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Did you save the generated html list in the same folder as your mp3's?
 
Scout Lady said:
Did you save the generated html list in the same folder as your mp3's?
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REPLY:
I didn't originally, but since you mentioned it, I tried it. Now the .wma
files come up to play in Win Media Player but the mp3's only want to play in
IE using Quicktime. Is there any way to change that? As I said, winamp is
my default mp3 player.

Thanks for your help. This is great!!
 
Elmira said:
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REPLY:
I didn't originally, but since you mentioned it, I tried it. Now the .wma
files come up to play in Win Media Player but the mp3's only want to play
in IE using Quicktime. Is there any way to change that? As I said,
winamp is my default mp3 player.
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It sounds like your file associations might be messed up. If you are using
windows XP you can right click on an actual mp3 file and choose properties.
It will tell you what program is set to open the mp3. If it is not winamp
that might be the problem. If you are using something other than XP maybe
someone else can tell you how to check what program opens your mp3/wma
files.
 
Scout Lady said:
It sounds like your file associations might be messed up. If you are using
windows XP you can right click on an actual mp3 file and choose
properties. It will tell you what program is set to open the mp3. If it is
not winamp that might be the problem. If you are using something other
than XP maybe someone else can tell you how to check what program opens
your mp3/wma files.
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I have WinXP and the file associations are set just fine. I click on an mp3
and Winamp pops open. It is only when I click on the html link that it
opens inside IE. I dont know if there is a special IE option for opening
music. I've looked around and not found any. Maybe the html link changes
the extension so it isnt seen as an mp3?
 
I tried it and created the html list. But when I click on a link it
does Not play the song. It tries to open the song in IE.
What settings do you use to make it play the song? I use Winamp to
play my mp3's.
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Maybe you should consider using Firefox. Here's what I got the first time I
clicked on a link. A dialog box, offering me the option to Save To Disk,
Open With Winamp, or Open With Firefox. I selected Open With Winamp, then
ticked "always handle these files in this manner." Problem over.
 
Elmira said:
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I have WinXP and the file associations are set just fine. I click on an
mp3 and Winamp pops open. It is only when I click on the html link that
it opens inside IE. I dont know if there is a special IE option for
opening music. I've looked around and not found any. Maybe the html link
changes the extension so it isnt seen as an mp3?
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Here is the html it generated for me. Of course the links won't work because
the mp3's are not on the server. I really don't know why it is not working
for you.

http://www.scoutlady.com/music/
 
elaich said:
Maybe you should consider using Firefox. Here's what I got the first time
I
clicked on a link. A dialog box, offering me the option to Save To Disk,
Open With Winamp, or Open With Firefox. I selected Open With Winamp, then
ticked "always handle these files in this manner." Problem over.
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I never got a dialog box. What program do you use to view the html? Mine
opens in IE.

Thanks.
 
Scout Lady said:
Here is the html it generated for me. Of course the links won't work
because the mp3's are not on the server. I really don't know why it is not
working for you.

http://www.scoutlady.com/music/
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REPLY:
Looks just like mine. What program do you have that opens the html list?

Thanks for trying..... Elmira
 
Elmira said:
REPLY:
Looks just like mine. What program do you have that opens the html list?
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I just click on the html file and it opens in IE because that is my default
browser. When I click on a link it opens the song in itunes and plays. It
is not the html itself that is your problem, it is because the mp3 files are
not opening up in winamp like they should.
 
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