Send clickable excerpts of music with email?

[cmdrdata]

I have a selection of mp3 library, and would like to send an email that
includes a clickable link that plays the song excerpts I chose. My
recipient should then be able to play without downloading any MP3
player. Is there a freeware for doing what I want? Thanks
Scenario: Say I recorded a birthday song for my grandson in mp3 format,
then I would select a greeting card, and create a link to an attached
file in my email.

 

[meow2222]

I have a selection of mp3 library, and would like to send an email that
includes a clickable link that plays the song excerpts I chose. My
recipient should then be able to play without downloading any MP3
player. Is there a freeware for doing what I want? Thanks
Scenario: Say I recorded a birthday song for my grandson in mp3 format,
then I would select a greeting card, and create a link to an attached
file in my email.

no

 

[dsmey]

I suspect your mp3 file would have to be hosted somewhere else and not
be attached to the email in order for it to "autoplay."

Most computers these days would have software installed that would play
the file.

 

[meow2222]

I suspect your mp3 file would have to be hosted somewhere else and not
be attached to the email in order for it to "autoplay."

Most computers these days would have software installed that would play
the file.

IIUC email uses a character set with less bits than .exe files and so
on. Attachments work by re-coding the attached file, adding it to the
body of the email, then removing and unencoding at the other end. There
is also the fact that sending files the size of an mp3 player plus mp3
would soon get you automatically consigned to the spam bucket.

NT

 

[Susan Bugher]

I have a selection of mp3 library, and would like to send an email that
includes a clickable link that plays the song excerpts I chose. My
recipient should then be able to play without downloading any MP3
player. Is there a freeware for doing what I want? Thanks
Scenario: Say I recorded a birthday song for my grandson in mp3 format,
then I would select a greeting card, and create a link to an attached
file in my email.

When I remembered the key word (girlfriend) I found the app instantly in
my Treepad file. Finding a good download link to a little longer. . .

Program: MP3 EXE Converter
Author: peakDesign Software
W: LFW
Ware: (Freeware) LFW (v 1.31)
http://www.softodrom.ru:8086/1856/mp3toex.zip
173 KB (177,782 bytes)

from the help file:

<q>
With MP3 EXE Converter you can create Selfplaying MP3 Songs. The
Selfplaying MP3 Songs(exe format) is only added 10KB from the original
MP3 song. MP3 EXE Converter is freeware! that means you can use it for
free, and you can distribute it freely.

How to use

First, launch MP3 EXE Converter, Click the button "Add" to add mp3 files
that you want to convert to exe files to the list box. Second, select a
directory which the exe files will be saved to. Last, Click "Convert",
and then the all selected mp3 files will be converted to exe files. You
can run the exe files to play mp3 songs directly.
</q>

Susan

P.S. quote from a previous request:

i want to be able to tape myself singing (badly) love songs to my
girlfriend, and then send them in such a format that she (who is not
really au fait with computers -not to imply that i'm much more adept!
in such a format that she can easily just open and listen...

 

[Craig]

When I remembered the key word (girlfriend) I found the app instantly in
my Treepad file. Finding a good download link to a little longer. . .

Program: MP3 EXE Converter
Author: peakDesign Software
W: LFW
Ware: (Freeware) LFW (v 1.31)
http://www.softodrom.ru:8086/1856/mp3toex.zip
173 KB (177,782 bytes)

Susan

P.S. quote from a previous request:

i want to be able to tape myself singing (badly) love songs to my
girlfriend, and then send them in such a format that she (who is not
really au fait with computers -not to imply that i'm much more adept! in
such a format that she can easily just open and listen...

Susan + Treepad = Unstoppable. <grin>

-Craig

 

[Eric]

Of course, this will only work if the persons e-mail system isn't
automatically removing EXE attachments to protect them from viruses.

I've run into quite a few that do that.

You could ZIP it up and send it.. but then... if they don't have an MP3
player then dealing with an archive is probably WAY out of their skill
range.

 

[Susan Bugher]

Susan + Treepad = Unstoppable. <grin>

<grin> I watching the TreePad site veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy closely right now.

http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/

Current version: 2.9.5
Next release expected: April 2006



Susan
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[meow2222]

Of course, this will only work if the persons e-mail system isn't
automatically removing EXE attachments to protect them from viruses.

I've run into quite a few that do that.

Yes. And even then your exe is liable to be deleted by the recipient.
Exes get attached to emails in transit, and clicking on one to listen
to something youve got no real interest in listening to is not usually
worth the security risk.

If theres one thing I dont like its exes that should be in passive file
formats. Its very poor practice.


NT