Re: Re: Browser could not get mp3 files from http site

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Nathan Rixham <nrixham@gmail.com> wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: >> >> On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 21:23 +1000, hce wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ashley, >>> >>> The object tag is indeed working. It does not automatically play >>> audio.mp3 from my home web server, but it does automatically play if I >>> add an audio source value from a streaming server. Can you make it >>> work to play the audio automatically from a normal web server not >>> streaming server? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> As far as I'm aware it should play from any server. What kind of paths >> are you putting into the object tag? Absolute or relative and is it a >> URL or local resource? >> >> >> Ash >> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> > > > when the file isn't in a streaming server you have buffering to contend > with; odds are it won't play the file till it's completely downloaded > [regardless of autoplay/autostart] I am not sure if it is a buffering problem or not. I am baffled as I can play from opening a file file:///home/webserver/audio.html, but could not play it if I play from an URL http::/www.myweb.com/audio.php, the audio.php generate the same content of the audio.html. > A few questions: > Why don't you just link to the audio.mp3 file and let the users browser/pc > determine how best to play it [normal]? I am sure you have many ways to play an mp3 file, that was not what I was asking for. My intention is to learn and understand the PHP and HTML program, and to resolve problems. It bothers me as I could not unserstand why the URL way does not work as it should.