Saturday, November 7, 2009

What's a simple and very minimal m4a player for Blogger?

I don't need a playlist, I just want to add a very small and minimal music player, for 1 tune, on 1 blog post, using Blogger. Prefer it handles m4a, but not necessary. Thank you!!!
What's a simple and very minimal m4a player for Blogger?
Hi there,





This was a tough one as I never had to upload a file in m4a. But found the way to post on Blogger.





- Open an account on blip.tv (http://blip.tv).


- Upload your .m4a file to your account.


- After upload it done, you will be redirected to Thank You page click on "Copy %26amp; Paste Add this video to your blog or your website"


- Under "Where do you want to put the video?" Select "Legacy Player"


- Click on "Show Advanced Option" button/link


In advanced option


- For "Mode" select anything besides "Show Player" (show player works only with .flv). I selected pop-up player as it will open the player in new window and your visitor will be on the same page where s/he clicked the link.


- For "Preferred format" select MPEG4 Audio (mostly it would be last option)


In "Click To Play Text: " You can type whaterver you want. e.g. you can have default "click to play" or if it is a file name like xyz song you may add "to play xyz click here". This will work as link/button to start playing your file.


- You can change player width and player height if you want. I kept it 0 as I was opening the player in new window.


- Click on "Update copy and paste code" button.


- Copy the code just above advanced option button.





Now go and open login to your blogger account.





Click on the post you want to create. ( you need to have basic understanding of HTML coding. If you dont know ask someone who you know who can guide you).





- Click on create post if it is new OR on edit post if it is existing post.


- By default you should be under "compose" tab, where you write your blog. There should be "Edit HTML" link next to "Compose". Click on that.


- Now paste the code (which you have copied from blip.tv) where you want the link to be appear.


- Save the post


- Click on preview to see if it works ok (and it should.. )


- If it is working ok, click Publish post..





and BAMN! you are up and running... you have successfully added m4a file to your Blogger's blog post.





*("If you run into problems copying and pasting into Blogger you'll want to change your Blogger editor into "Edit Html" mode (there are two tabs at the top of Blogger's text edit 鈥?Edit Html and Compose. Pick Edit Html). You'll then want to publish the post. If Blogger complains about forbidden HTML tags, check the "Ignore HTML errors" box and publish again. Everything should work fine. ")





Hope this helps. Good luck.. Enjoy!

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