Problems embedding flash music player

Can't load playlist

[Syzygy]

I'm trying to embed a flash music player (using Dreamweaver MX), but seem to be having a problem in that whilst the player shows in the browser, the XSPF play list won't load.

Here's what I've got:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="400" height="168" >
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"/>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/xspf_player.swf"/>
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="bgcolor" value="#E6E6E6"/>
<embed src="http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/xspf_player.swf?
playlist_url=http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/playlist.xspf&autoload=true"
quality="high" bgcolor="#E6E6E6" name="xspf_player" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
align="center" height="168" width="400"> </embed>
</object>

Here's the play list:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
<trackList>
<track><location>http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/song1.mp3</location></track>
<track><location>http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/song2.mp3</location></track>
</trackList>
</playlist>

Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Syzygy

[Receptional Andy]

I think you might be missing the playlist URL from this line:

<param name="movie" value="http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/xspf_player.swf"/>

Should be

<param name="movie" value="http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/playlist.xspf&autoload=true"/>

[Syzygy]

Thanks for that. I tried it, but still no joy, which is very frustrating!

Syzygy

[Receptional Andy]

I don't know if it's any use, but below is the code I have for a currently working player:

<objecttype="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://example.com/xspf_player/xspf_player.swf?autoload=true&amp;playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fplaylist" 
 width="250" height="50" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0">
<param name="movie" value="http://example.com/xspf_player/xspf_player.swf?autoload=true&amp;playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fplaylist" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
 <param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
</object>

[Syzygy]

Thanks again. In the end I went with Jeroen Wijering's free player and that's working a treat!

Still no idea why the playlist wouldn't load. Regardless, I now have an embedded player up and running.

Cheers,

Syzygy

[Syzygy]

Just for the record - I discovered why my original playlist wouldn't load...

In the mp3 file names, I had a capital letter!

<sigh>

Syzygy