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Topic: aspx and mp3 player

Being new to web design and not the web master, just curious as to why this happens on this site....  www  lacroixchurch  org/Messages/The%20Wound%20and%20the%20Lie.aspx    I'm assuming it was written in asp, but not sure, so hope this question is in the correct area.

When play is selected, the audio starts, but then quits when the above image switches while using (safari, firefox, opera), but works fine in IE - at least I'm told, I don't have IE.   Why would this work fine in IE and not other browsers, and should it be an easy fix for the programmer?

Thanks,  Mark

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Re: aspx and mp3 player

Based on the code, it looks like the audio player itself is written in Javascript. In Firefox, when the play button is clicked on, it starts playing for maybe two or three seconds, and then the page reloads.  I am not sure, but it is possible that if the javascript was associated with an image, rather than a button element, the page wouldn't reload. I am not sure whether this is something specific to do with Firefox, or something in the Javascript that is IE only.

Will it be an easy fix for the programmer? I'm not sure... depends on their skill level. My suggestion would be avoid using whatever player you are currently using, and use an open source player that is better known. Perhaps one of these samples:

http://www.macloo.com/examples/audio_player/
http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/
http://developer.yahoo.com/mediaplayer/

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Re: aspx and mp3 player

Are the players you mentioned, written in a language other than Javascript?  Can you tell what player they are using by looking at the code?  I'm not familiar with Javascript - plan on tackling it after PHP.

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Re: aspx and mp3 player

Most players for this sort of thing, with the exception fo the Longtail Video link above (though it does use some Javascript for embedding the player), seem to be written in Javascript. If you looked at the links, though, they don't really require any Javascript knowledge--it should just be a matter of following the tutorial to get things set up.

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Re: aspx and mp3 player

I was able to check this out in IE last night. While listening to the audio, the images did change, but it did not affect the audio. Why does this play in IE and not other browsers?

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Re: aspx and mp3 player

Ben, Thanks for the info!

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Re: aspx and mp3 player

Glad to help -- hopefully you got it sorted out