Thanks Michael, I'm glad you think it will be helpful. I have implemented something like what you have requested here. I have hived this code off into a separate file called org-player.el.
You can get it at: http://bitbucket.org/eeeickythump/org-player/ I intend to add it to worg in the next little while. Links can now contain times to start playback, as follows: [[file:/path/to/song.mp3::2:43]] Starts playback at 2 min 43 sec. [[file:/path/to/song.mp3::1:10:45]] Starts playback at 1 hr 10 min 45 sec. [[file:/path/to/song.mp3::3m15s]] Starts playback at 3 min 15 sec. [[file:/path/to/song.mp3::49s]] Starts playback at 0 min 49 sec. [[file:/path/to/song.mp3::1h21m10s]] Starts playback at 1 hr 21 min 10 sec. As you see I have made XX:YY mean minutes and seconds, as it seems more logical to me for this particular purpose. If there is a compelling reason to interpret XX:YY as hours and minutes in these links then I am not totally opposed to changing it, but I think many people would find it confusing and counterintuitive. In all cases playback continues until the end of the file. I couldn't find a way to implement playback of 'snippets' with a specified start and end time, unfortunately. Cheers Paul