Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Richard Huggins]

A last word on this topic, with thanks to all who chimed in with valuable 
insight. it appears that the m3u method works just fine for what I wanted (how 
to create a link that would play all of the MP3s on a given page).  In a couple 
of tests with other people it does launch their MP3 player and it does play the 
songs  according to the sequence they appear on the m3u  document

 thanks again,

Richard


On Feb 27, 2013, at 1:31 AM, Richard Huggins  wrote:

> Okay, here's what happened and what I observed:
> 
> 1. TextEdit would not allow me to put the m3u extension on a txt file. It 
> refused to accept it. I had converted the default rtf to plain text, so as to 
> remove any possible encumbrance but nothing worked. Finally i duplicated a 
> working  m3u file on the server side, changed the URLs and gave it a new file 
> title, then laded it back onto the sever.
> 
> 2. Went to browser and called up the URL of the m3u. Instead of playing 
> through the browser, though, it downloaded the m3u command onto my computer, 
> sent it to jTunes and began to play. Other than that, it worked on my 
> two-song trial file
> 
> 3. Grabbed my iPhone to see what would happen if I tried to play t there. In 
> this case it did exactly what I hoped: it played both songs through the 
> browser. 
> 
> So, Dennis, what do you use to create your m3u file that allows changing the 
> filetype to m3u,  or what can i do to convince text edit to allow it. If I 
> changed the extension to m3u *after* reloading it on the server, would that 
> work?
> 
> Richard
> 
> On Feb 26, 2013, at 8:19 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz  
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, February 26, 2013 7:15 pm, Richard Huggins wrote:
>>> I want every mp3 on the page to be played, unless the listener clicks off, 
>>> of
>>> course. It is meditative music, so I wanted them to be able to hear it with
>>> just the single click at\ the start. The sequence of which file plays when 
>>> is
>>> not important. This could be done with an m3u? 
>> 
>> Yes. The .m3u file is a text file containing the FULL URL of the file. You
>> make a list of them separated by a carriage return and one CR at the end. 
>> Link
>> to the .mp3 file, click on the link and the files play in the order they are
>> listed in the .m3u file.
>> 
>> For example, the following text (saved as 'eventide-all.m3u') plays all 8 mp3
>> files of the movements of my piece "Eventide":
>> 
>> 
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-1.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-2.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-3.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-4.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-5.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-6.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-7.mp3
>> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-8.mp3
>> 
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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

On Wed, February 27, 2013 2:31 am, Richard Huggins wrote:
> So, Dennis, what do you use to create your m3u file that allows changing the
> filetype to m3u

I open a new text file in Notepad and save it as .m3u ... I'm on Windows, so I
can save to any file extension. If I forget and save it as .txt, I hit F2 and
change it. (If you're on Mac I can't help -- never used one.)

Dennis




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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Richard Huggins]

Okay, here's what happened and what I observed:

1. TextEdit would not allow me to put the m3u extension on a txt file. It 
refused to accept it. I had converted the default rtf to plain text, so as to 
remove any possible encumbrance but nothing worked. Finally i duplicated a 
working  m3u file on the server side, changed the URLs and gave it a new file 
title, then laded it back onto the sever.

2. Went to browser and called up the URL of the m3u. Instead of playing through 
the browser, though, it downloaded the m3u command onto my computer, sent it to 
jTunes and began to play. Other than that, it worked on my two-song trial file

3. Grabbed my iPhone to see what would happen if I tried to play t there. In 
this case it did exactly what I hoped: it played both songs through the 
browser. 

So, Dennis, what do you use to create your m3u file that allows changing the 
filetype to m3u,  or what can i do to convince text edit to allow it. If I 
changed the extension to m3u *after* reloading it on the server, would that 
work?

Richard

On Feb 26, 2013, at 8:19 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz  
wrote:

> On Tue, February 26, 2013 7:15 pm, Richard Huggins wrote:
>> I want every mp3 on the page to be played, unless the listener clicks off, of
>> course. It is meditative music, so I wanted them to be able to hear it with
>> just the single click at\ the start. The sequence of which file plays when is
>> not important. This could be done with an m3u? 
> 
> Yes. The .m3u file is a text file containing the FULL URL of the file. You
> make a list of them separated by a carriage return and one CR at the end. Link
> to the .mp3 file, click on the link and the files play in the order they are
> listed in the .m3u file.
> 
> For example, the following text (saved as 'eventide-all.m3u') plays all 8 mp3
> files of the movements of my piece "Eventide":
> 
> 
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-1.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-2.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-3.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-4.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-5.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-6.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-7.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-8.mp3
> 
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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Richard Yates]

And then add this line to your html:

Play all files

> For example, the following text (saved as 'eventide-all.m3u') plays all 8 mp3 
> files of
> the movements of my piece "Eventide":
> 
> 
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-1.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-2.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-3.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-4.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-5.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-6.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-7.mp3
> http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-8.mp3
> 
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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

On Tue, February 26, 2013 7:15 pm, Richard Huggins wrote:
> I want every mp3 on the page to be played, unless the listener clicks off, of
> course. It is meditative music, so I wanted them to be able to hear it with
> just the single click at\ the start. The sequence of which file plays when is
> not important. This could be done with an m3u? 

Yes. The .m3u file is a text file containing the FULL URL of the file. You
make a list of them separated by a carriage return and one CR at the end. Link
to the .mp3 file, click on the link and the files play in the order they are
listed in the .m3u file.

For example, the following text (saved as 'eventide-all.m3u') plays all 8 mp3
files of the movements of my piece "Eventide":


http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-1.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-2.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-3.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-4.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-5.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-6.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-7.mp3
http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/music/mp3/newcentury/eventide-8.mp3





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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Richard Huggins]

I want every mp3 on the page to be played, unless the listener clicks off, of 
course. It is meditative music, so I wanted them to be able to hear it with 
just the single click at\ the start. The sequence of which file plays when is 
not important. This could be done with an m3u? 

R.



>
> From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz 
>To: finale@shsu.edu 
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page
> 
>On Tue, February 26, 2013 10:42 am, Richard Huggins wrote:
>> Well, true! If it goes to that level, you're right. I hoped it would be
>> something simple (like an m3u extension) whereby it would instruct the 
>> browser
>> to find every mp3 file and play it, in some organized way
>> (alphabetical..something like that ? ).
>
>I was going to suggest .m3u, but it seems you want something else. Do you want
>every file to be found, without naming them? And playing in order or at the
>same time?
>
>Something like this? <http://www.inbflat.net/>
>
>Dennis
>
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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

On Tue, February 26, 2013 10:42 am, Richard Huggins wrote:
> Well, true! If it goes to that level, you're right. I hoped it would be
> something simple (like an m3u extension) whereby it would instruct the browser
> to find every mp3 file and play it, in some organized way
> (alphabetical..something like that ? ).

I was going to suggest .m3u, but it seems you want something else. Do you want
every file to be found, without naming them? And playing in order or at the
same time?

Something like this? 

Dennis





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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Richard Huggins]

On Feb 26, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Richard Yates  wrote:

> If you are asking this on the Finale list then you probably do not have the
> programming training to implement an answer. ….

Well, true! If it goes to that level, you're right. I hoped it would be 
something simple (like an m3u extension) whereby it would instruct the browser 
to find every mp3 file and play it, in some organized way 
(alphabetical..something like that ? ).

Richard



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Re: [Finale] OT: Playing all mp3s on a page

[Richard Yates]

If you are asking this on the Finale list then you probably do not have the
programming training to implement an answer. The only simple answer 
I know is to concatenate the mp3 files and play that one. Of course, the
resulting file will be huge. More complicated would be using javascript to
send an XMLHttpRequest() for the first file, then a SetTimeout() for the
duration of that mp3 file then load another one. I am a beginner at
javascript so there may be something misguided in this approach. In any
event, you need a programmer. 

There might off-the-shelf code for this somewhere. See http://jplayer.org/ 

Out of curiosity I looked at the source code for an amazon.com page that
pops up when you select 'play all' on an CD page. The source code is 8000
lines long! 

Richard Yates

> I'm going to have a web page with many mp3s. What do I create and embed
that
> would be a link that if clicked would play all those mp3s without further
action by the
> listener?
> 
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