Title: MP3 Player for posts?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# MP3 Player for posts?

 *  [JimSeybert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimseybert/)
 * (@jimseybert)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/)
 * Is there a plug in that will add a simple MP3 player to a post?
    I downloaded
   Podcasting 2.0b20 which supposedly has such a function, but I can’t figure out
   to make it work.
 * This is the only post I have with an audio link. What did I do wrong?
 *  [http://jimseybert.com/2009/02/20/leading-managing/](http://jimseybert.com/2009/02/20/leading-managing/)

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 *  Thread Starter [JimSeybert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimseybert/)
 * (@jimseybert)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998682)
 * Hmm – Quite a few people have looked at this and yet no one has attempted an 
   answer. I can’t imagine I am the only one who’s ever asked this.
 * What do YOU do to have a simple player show when you post audio? OR, do you not
   have a player show and just provide the audio?
 *  [dmclaren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmclaren/)
 * (@dmclaren)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998695)
 * Like you, am looking for a good MP3 player. If you do not need a podcast solution,
   read on (and then I am going to suggest you look for a podcast solution at the
   end of this). I am testing a web site for a friend who wants to showcase his 
   radio shows. Been at it for days and encountered a lot of problems. Here is what
   I learned so far:
 * * Currently I am using Audio player version 1.2.3 (1 Bit Audio Player did not
   work – probably incompatible with current version of WordPress 2.7.1).
 * * This Audio player expects audio uploads to go into root folder called “audio”(
   did not work for me but I had to come up with work around).
 * * My web host company has not allowed me to create that folder in the blog root.
 * * Go to WordPress Settings > Miscellaneous and look at the “Store uploads in 
   this folder” setting. This is typically “wp-content/uploads” (yes I tried to 
   change it to “audio” but it did not work). The reason is you want to check to
   see where WordPress is sending your audio uploads. Do not change the setting 
   if it is “wp-content/uploads”. We are going to hack this.
 * * While still viewing Settings > Miscellaneous, UNCHECK “Organize my uploads 
   into month – and year – and year based folders” (my customer is not computer 
   savvy and I did not want him to keep changing settings each month as to where
   the audio files were to be found).
 * * I opened my host cPanel and looked for the audio files after they were uploaded.
   I recorded the path. (my path is “wp-content/uploads/2009/02”). This procedure
   is not totally necessary, just mildly recommended. I just want to confirm where
   the audio files were ACTUALLY going. I think they went into “/2009/02” because
   I uploaded the files in February and AFTER I unchecked (previous bullet point)
   the organization feature.
 * * Go to WordPress Settings > Audio Player and where it says “Audio files directory:”
   enter the same path as the c-panel location for your files. This is how I found
   out that the audio went into the “/2009/02” location instead of “wp-content/uploads”
 * * The radio shows were half hour long. They would not go up to the host site.
   There was a PHP restriction. I had to send the host technical support a request
   to have the PHP configuration limit raised to 40 MB (the shows were about 37 
   MB for mp3).
 * * Add a new test post to your web site to see if this works or not. Add the audio
   by mouse clicking on the music notation ikon when in “Edit Post” mode. You have
   three options for inserting the audio.
    1 From computer. 2 From URL. 3 Media 
   Library
 * You can also upload one audio file after another by using Media > Add New.
 * * You might have to mouse click “Insert Into Post”. and “Save all changes”. Then
   mouse click “Publish” and view the results on a browser. Just remember to refresh
   your browser every time you make a change in WordPress settings or you might 
   not see it work properly.
 * * To get the audio to play, I had to insert the html address for the audio and
   that was the trick that made this Audio player work. For example, here is the
   html code for one of my test posts:
 * “Test of third post. To play the test audio, click on this link: [j-m-cc-show-intro](http://mywebsite.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/j-m-cc-show-intro.mp3)”
 * * Results were disappointing. When the customer clicks on the link inside or 
   at the end of the post to listen to the audio, I got a new blank screen with 
   a simple audio player in the middle, ugly, simple, drab, uninspired. That is 
   the reason I think your idea of a podcast might be better for some customers.
   Good luck.
 *  Thread Starter [JimSeybert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimseybert/)
 * (@jimseybert)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998704)
 * dmclaren – hey, thanks for the complete step-by-step. I feel your pain and frustration.
   for the time being, I am just not thinking about doing audio. one of these days
   I will take the time to really research this. I have a friend who is extremely
   savvy with WordPress and Podcasts – so once the time is right, I should have 
   some answers. Which I’ll post here – might be a while.
 *  [tony_shangrila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tony_shangrila/)
 * (@tony_shangrila)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998710)
 * Jim– my understanding of your issue is that you want to attach an mp3 file w/
   embedded player in a post. Using the Podcasting plugin, this is actually very
   simple. I will use your post with audio attached as an example:
    [podcast]http://
   jimseybert.com/beta_1/audio/Congalton_Feb_18_09.mp3[/podcast]
 * Enjoy…
 *  Thread Starter [JimSeybert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimseybert/)
 * (@jimseybert)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998711)
 * Tony –
    Am I losing what little is left of my mind? This is what appeared on 
   my screen in your post –
 * [podcast]http://jimseybert.com/beta_1/audio/Congalton_Feb_18_09.mp3[/podcast]
 * Just the URL between the word podcast in brackets.
    Isn’t it supposed to be a
   little icon or something? Running Safari 4beta Mac 10.4.11, but it also looks
   the same in Firefox 3.XX
 * Could I be missing a browser plugin or something?
 *  [tony_shangrila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tony_shangrila/)
 * (@tony_shangrila)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998712)
 * Hi Jim,
 * I assure you, you are still sane 😛
 * If you have the podcasting plugin installed and active, that is the syntax to
   use to embed a player for the mp3 in question in your post. Did you try it?
 * PS – on my own blog, I have noted that if I try to view the post in a list (say,
   sorting by category, tag, etc.), I won’t see the player. However, if I view the
   post itself, it appears and functions correctly.
 *  Thread Starter [JimSeybert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimseybert/)
 * (@jimseybert)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998713)
 * Uninstalled and reinstalled Podcasting plugin (ver 2.0b20)
    Uninstalled any other
   audio plugin that may have been a conflict Checked server files to make sure 
   it was in the correct place – seems to be Added the following link in the proper
   place on the post [podcast]http://jimseybert.com/beta_1/audio/Congalton_Feb_18_09.
   mp3[/podcast] Nothing but the above code shows in the post on Safari and Firefox.
   Now I’m starting to get pissed at myself – what am I doing wrong???
 *  [cryptidwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cryptidwolf/)
 * (@cryptidwolf)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998714)
 * I use these to
    [http://wpaudioplayer.com/](http://wpaudioplayer.com/) This is
   simple but effective.
 * I also use
    Flash MP3 Player Widget (Do a search in wordpress plugins). This 
   adds a cool sidebar widget.
 * ShadowboxJS also will do a pop-up mp3 player.
 * I prefer WPaudio player and all work with the latest, greatest WordPress 2.7.
   +.
 *  Thread Starter [JimSeybert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimseybert/)
 * (@jimseybert)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998715)
 * I’ve tried wpaudioplayer a couple of times and get the same (nothing) result 
   as with the Podcasting plugin. The code shows up on the post but not the player.
   I am beginning to think I have something else set incorrectly somewhere. Plugins
   are simple to install so I don’t think it’s that. I have tried Firefox and Safari(
   Mac 10.4.11) and I’ve even checked it on a PC in Firefox.
 * Could it be that I need a browser plugin or some other setting changed?
 * I also have two Experts at Experts-Exchange trying to help me and they keep going
   back to the basics, which I’ve done many times.
 *  [banterbone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banterbone/)
 * (@banterbone)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998716)
 * I’ve found the simplest player to use is the Yahoo! Media Player. The instructions
   are here: [http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/](http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/) and 
   an example of what the player looks like is near the bottom left of the screen.
   Just click the arrow and it pulls the player open. Just drop the code on each
   page that has audio and that’s it! You can see it in use on my page: [http://bantermm.com](http://bantermm.com).
   Scroll down to one of the songs and click the small play icon and it loads right
   up!
 *  [willericksson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willericksson/)
 * (@willericksson)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998721)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve got similar issues, trying to add a simple .mp3 player to my posts, I’ve
   downloaded and installed
 * µAudio Player
    Audio player Inline MP3 Player
 * both locally and on the web and its not working. When I click on the mp3 link
   in my browser it just tries to download the file. Currently I’ve got audio-player
   activated at [http://mattdestry.net/?page_id=5](http://mattdestry.net/?page_id=5)
   but not much is happening.
 * I’m running WP 2.7.1, any ideas?
 * Thanks
 *  [curlsdiva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curlsdiva/)
 * (@curlsdiva)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998751)
 * I’m running 2.7.1 and although I’m a beginner at all this, I now know enough 
   from trial and error to know that it’s really NOT what I’m doing wrong and Jim,
   I bet you’re not doing anything wrong either.
 * *Forgive the rant that follows – it’s not directed at anyone posting in this 
   thread, but at everyone who can code a page with one hand tied behind their back
   and who doesn’t even try to understand why not everyone can. *
 * One of my main motivations for going over to hosted WordPress was audio and podcasting.
   I really really want audio on two of my blogs and I want to run a community podcast
   on another.
 * Well, I installed the audio player and the podcasting plug-ins and I’m damned
   if I can a) understand them or b) make them work. I doubted myself completely
   for many hours/days then I realised that I wasn’t ‘doing it wrong’, but that 
   the process was inadequately explained, instructions were often given for a different
   version of WordPress from what I’m running (and how would I know that?) and there
   was an assumption that we all speak code. Well, I speak English. I’m not stupid
   if I don’t understand geeky language, I am just still learning a new language
   and so need things explained in simple terms as I go along. Putting ‘it’s really
   easy, man’ in front of a paragraph of pure jargon and code does NOT make it easy.
 * I applaud dmclaren’s use of (almost) Plain English which is rare on these forums.
   If someone asks a question in plain english, it’s a fair bet they’re not a code
   junkie so why must people reply in geek language? The questioner wants an answer
   in plain english, people! My own profession had plenty of jargon but it would
   have been rude of me to use it when I talked to those outside the business. That
   should be true for web folk too.
 * As to the audio player issue, good lord I wish I had an answer – to put me out
   my misery and to put all those others out their misery who just want it to be
   SIMPLE. SIMPLE for ordinary people speaking ordinary English.
 *  [Angelo Mandato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandato/)
 * (@amandato)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mp3-player-for-posts/#post-998777)
 * I don’t quite follow this conversation, but my reply is an attempt to answer 
   why a podcasting plugin such as mine ([Blubrry PowerPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/powerpress/))
   is perfect for adding audio/video players to your web pages.
 * Podcasting is an extension of blogging. To create a podcast episode, all one 
   needs to do is create a blog post and then associate a media file to that blog
   post. So if your intent is to add an audio file to a blog post and also allow
   your blog feed readers to download it, then that is exactly what podcasting is.
 * If you plan on creating multiple media files and adding them to different blog
   posts, then it would be ideal for you to not only use a podcasting plugin, but
   it would benefit you to submit your podcast feed to all the podcasting directories
   on the web to take advantage of the increased exposure on the net as well as 
   gaining additional readers and listeners.
 * If anyone will be at the 2009 Blog World Expo, please feel free to track me down,
   I love talking about WordPress plugins and podcasting. I’ll most likely be hanging
   out either at the Blubrry booth or at the WordCamp Genius bar.

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