Because a friend of mine asked about this here’s a quick and dirty howto on how you can get your mp3 files played on your website.

I will recommend using the extended XSPF player from boutell, which support autoresume, and randomplay.

I will use the slim (the one you can see in my sidebar) version of the player for this tutorial.

First of all download the audio player, and upload to a folder called player (you should have http://your-site.com/player) where player is your desired folder.

You should have a folder called Slim. Upload the files in that directory to the player (or whatever folder you choose) folder of your website.

Next, create an xspf playlist named playlist.xspf (the xspf extension is very important) that should look like this:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<playlist version=”0″ xmlns = “http://xspf.org/ns/0/”>
<trackList>
<track>
<location>http://YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/player/Carbon_Based_Lifeforms_-_Comsat.mp3</location>
<annotation>Carbon Based Life Forms – Comsat</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/player/Faithless – Salva mea.mp3</location>
<annotation>Faithless – Salva Mea</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/player/Faithless – Drifting away.mp3</location>
<annotation>Faithless – Drifting away</annotation>
</track>
<track>
<location>http://YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/player/Afro Celt Sound System – Eireann.mp3</location>
<annotation>Afro Celt Sound System – Eireann</annotation>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist>

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