Song playing on my pc but not on publicly - trouble with steps

[Guest]

I've spent hours today going thru threads but haven't resolved this as yet
and wondered if there's a source of info re this problem.
I have a 1mb song I want to play automatically when someone goes to my
homepage, I can hear it but not from another computer.
I went thru downloading the Windows Media Player 10, IE7, the WMP add-in and
am trying to see how to convert the 1mb to something smaller if necessary to
be user-friendly on my homepage.
Not sure what I need to convert the mp3 to as I can't find that thread
again. I know someone said no more than 1 bit - that sounds tiny.
I just inserted from the drop-down WMP option, the file but now it's not
playing at all. Maybe someone has info typed you can copy and paste?
Many thanks,
Suz.

 

[David Berry]

What's the URL so we can take a look? Switch to Code View and make sure the
link isn't pointing to a file on your Hard Drive. It will look like
file:/// If you see that you need to import the file into your web and then
insert it from there.

 

[Guest]

Thanks David.
It's: www.suzgoldphoto.com
I've just been reading up on using the Remote View and setting the properties.
When you say check the code, would one normally check in the remote or local?
I think I need to set the properties and don't even know what choice I
should make there. Should I select the option with my web name, or the one
with the local path to my site in the hard-drive, or even keep it separate.
Sorry to be going off on a bit of a tangent, but I don't want to save in the
wrong place then have an error to have to find and go back and rectify.
(If you look at the site, you may also notice that the shared border
graphics are missing. This is another issue which first brought me to the
Remote view issue as apparently I need to link them there to the style but
again. relies on the Remote Properties and working out where to run that
from.)
Appreciate your help!
Suz.

 

[David Berry]

I hear it playing just fine.

Thanks David.
It's: www.suzgoldphoto.com
I've just been reading up on using the Remote View and setting the
properties.
When you say check the code, would one normally check in the remote or
local?
I think I need to set the properties and don't even know what choice I
should make there. Should I select the option with my web name, or the one
with the local path to my site in the hard-drive, or even keep it
separate.
Sorry to be going off on a bit of a tangent, but I don't want to save in
the
wrong place then have an error to have to find and go back and rectify.
(If you look at the site, you may also notice that the shared border
graphics are missing. This is another issue which first brought me to the
Remote view issue as apparently I need to link them there to the style but
again. relies on the Remote Properties and working out where to run that
from.)
Appreciate your help!
Suz.

 

[Guest]

Thanks David.
Apparently the problem lies as far as I can tell with macs - it doesn't play
on them.
The code that's in there now is: <bgsound src="mysong.mp3">
Don't know if there's some additional code one can use to play for both mac
& pc?

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[David Berry]

Try this instead of the bgsound tag

<embed src="mysong.mp3"
autostart="true"
loop="false">
</embed>

 

[Guest]

Ok, tried that but now the mac message is "cannot verify file, please check
path" or something, with a big question mark on the screen.
Also, my links disappeared on that page. Maybe I should have added the code
at bottom of page at least to keep the links in place - not sure if that's
the cause.
Anyway, back to the mp3 vs. mac, wonder if any other solutions come to mind?
Thanks again,
Suz.

 

[David Berry]

Did you include the correct path to where the MP3 file is in your web? For
example, if you put it in a folder called music then the line should read:

<embed src="music/mysong.mp3"

 

[Guest]

I realized I have probably 2 sources of music start-up for the page as I
looked at the bottom of the code and realized there was a large amount in
there about Windows Media Player which I had some problems when I'd
downloaded the plug-in but now I see it's there. WMP probably overrides the
other code entered?
Do you know if I should delete it and just run from your suggestion? I
didn't have the path source as you suggested so thanks for that and I'd like
to try it ie. I guess it should be more universal? (Not exactly sure which
character to delete from.)
(Oh, these inexperienced site-makers ... I know.)
Suz.