Mp3 player plugin for WordPress
August 22, 2007 – 8:03 pmIf you want WP to display a mp3 player and also make embedding or linking to mp3 audio easy, you should install this plugin in WP (FTP onto the plugins folder):
Audio Player from http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/ allows us to integrate mp3 files on the posts and pages. The download page contains a detailed how-to description. There is also a detailed user manual on Mindy McAdams’ website http://www.macloo.com/examples/audio_player. But basically, what you do is you upload (ftp) your mp3 file to the audio folder on the website’s directory and then add this piece of code to your post or page where you want the player to appear:
[audio:name_of_audiofile.mp3] (NO SPACE between colon and file name!)
You can also link to a mp3 file on another server by describing the absolute path to the file:
[audio:http://www(and so on)/path to file/name_of_audiofile.mp3]
Important note:
The mp3 player is a swf-document. This means sample rate in Audacity should be set to 44,100 (stereo) or even better 22,050 (mono) to avoid the “chipmunk” effect