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DigitalOrganics

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Oct 6, 2007, 2:07:07 PM10/6/07
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How do I play local mp3s in my tiddlers? I could embed a player from
the web, but then I'd have to play the mp3 from the web also, yes?
Thanks...

-- digiO

DigitalOrganics

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Oct 6, 2007, 2:19:05 PM10/6/07
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p.s. I'm making a tiddlywiki for learning languages, and I want to
embed an mp3 clip for each word tiddler. I've got the tiddlywiki
stored on my usb flash drive, along with the mp3 clips, and so I want
to be able to play the clips within the respective tiddlers even when
I'm not at a computer w/ the internet. Any suggestions?

Ken Girard

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Oct 6, 2007, 2:28:00 PM10/6/07
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Why not just put a link to the file? [[Tenacious D - Kielbasa|file:///
c:/myDocuments/Tenacious%20D/Kielbasa.mp3]] and then let your default
player handle it?

And then there is the TiddlyPodPlugin, http://www.tiddlytools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin
(by Eric of course).

Ken Girard

Eric Shulman

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Oct 6, 2007, 2:40:07 PM10/6/07
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> to be able to play the clips within the respective tiddlers even when
> I'm not at a computer w/ the internet. Any suggestions?

Try these:
http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PlayerPlugin
http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin
http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#DeliciousPlayTaggerPlugin

also, try embedding the following in the tiddler content and see what
happens...
<html><embed src="..." width="..." height="..." loop="..."></
embed></html>

HTH,
-e
Eric Shulman
TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios

FND

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Oct 6, 2007, 2:41:52 PM10/6/07
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> Why not just put a link to the file? [[Tenacious D - Kielbasa|file:///
> c:/myDocuments/Tenacious%20D/Kielbasa.mp3]] and then let your default
> player handle it?

Instead of an absolute path, you'd probably wanna use a relative path
here - though quite honestly, I'm not sure how to create such a link
with TW wiki markup... (Temporary amnesia?)
The raw HTML version would look like this:
<html>
<a href="audio/foo.mp3">Play It, Sam!</a>
</html>
(This links to "foo.mp3" in the "audio" sub-folder of your TW dir.)

> And then there is the TiddlyPodPlugin, http://www.tiddlytools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin
> (by Eric of course).

Using one of Eric's plugins is probably the best solution here.
Just in case, here's the first Google result for "embed mp3":
http://tinyurl.com/37sct3
(http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/07/embed-mp3-files-into-your-website.html)

HTH.


-- F.

DigitalOrganics

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Oct 6, 2007, 3:07:24 PM10/6/07
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On Oct 6, 2:28 pm, Ken Girard <ken.gir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not just put a link to the file? [[Tenacious D - Kielbasa|file:///
> c:/myDocuments/Tenacious%20D/Kielbasa.mp3]] and then let your default
> player handle it?

I want to be able to play the clips w/i the tiddlywiki, so I can just
click through words and listen to them w/o having to open anything
else.

>
> And then there is the TiddlyPodPlugin,http://www.tiddlytools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin
> (by Eric of course).
>

I tried TiddlyPod, but it wouldn't play a local file either.

Thanks.

DigitalOrganics

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Oct 6, 2007, 3:09:28 PM10/6/07
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Thanks, but no luck!!

On Oct 6, 2:40 pm, Eric Shulman <elsdes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > to be able to play the clips within the respective tiddlers even when
> > I'm not at a computer w/ the internet. Any suggestions?
>
> Try these:
> http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PlayerPlugin

It gave me an error: unrecognized media type

> http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin

Wouldn't load local files

> http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#DeliciousPlayTaggerPlugin

Relies on the internet.

>
> also, try embedding the following in the tiddler content and see what
> happens...
> <html><embed src="..." width="..." height="..." loop="..."></
> embed></html>

Nothing happened when I tried this.

Eric Shulman

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Oct 6, 2007, 3:56:23 PM10/6/07
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> > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PlayerPlugin
> It gave me an error: unrecognized media type

because several of the embedded players can handle mp3, the plugin
does NOT do 'auto-detect' for mp3 files. You need to specify the type
of player you want to use, such as:

<<player windows "C:\path\file.mp3" 200 70>>

> > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin

DOES work with *most* local files. In fact, nearly all of the entries
in the TiddlyPod playlist definition on TiddlyTools are relative
filenames, such as "midi/Take5.mid"

However, because TiddlyPod uses the browser's built in <embed></embed>
to insert the player, the ability to support various media types and
source locations depends upon your particular browser/platform
configuration.

Nonetheless, there *does* seem to be a problem with the embedded
player supporting *locally-stored* mp3s... I'll look into it...

yeah... that's true... this one doesn't fit your needs...


-e

DigitalOrganics

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Oct 6, 2007, 8:53:11 PM10/6/07
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Thanks Eric! I ended up downloading a free flash mp3 player and using
InlineJavascriptPlugin to embed it.

Eric Shulman

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Oct 7, 2007, 8:33:00 PM10/7/07
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> Thanks Eric! I ended up downloading a free flash mp3 player and using
> InlineJavascriptPlugin to embed it.

Which free flash mp3 player are you using?

-e

Uwe

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Oct 8, 2007, 1:22:47 PM10/8/07
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Hi digiO,

perhaps this is of some interest for you:

http://bbz-dormagen.de/wennmann/TWLernkartei/TWLernkartei.html#Anleitung

look at the tiddler-contents there are some different solutions for
your problem included.

-Uwe

DigitalOrganics

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Oct 31, 2007, 11:04:06 PM10/31/07
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Hey, sorry for the delay, google stopped notifying me of replies for
some reason....anyway, I'm using a mp3 player from:

http://www.premiumbeat.com/flash_resources/free_flash_music_player/

DigitalOrganics

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Oct 31, 2007, 11:06:48 PM10/31/07
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Thanks! That does look useful...the main problem I'm having right now
isn't getting it to work but the speed of having mutiple tiddlers with
embedded mp3 players open. I guess I can't have everything. Thanks
again!

Paco Rivière

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Nov 6, 2007, 6:31:43 PM11/6/07
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I've been unable to play local mp3 files with any of the alternatives.
The Delicious Player keeps loading forever, can make the PlayerPlugin
in the same tw, it just opens a new window, neither do manage to embed
the needed JS for the http://www.premiumbeat.com/flash_resources/free_flash_music_player/
what code do you use to mbed it.
I've even tried to download remote parts of the Delicous Player, and
change the corresponding references of the code, but it just does not
work.

On 6 Oct, 20:07, DigitalOrganics <digitalorgan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 6, 2:28 pm, Ken Girard <ken.gir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why not just put a link to the file? [[Tenacious D - Kielbasa|file:///
> > c:/myDocuments/Tenacious%20D/Kielbasa.mp3]] and then let your default
> > player handle it?
>

> I want to be able toplaythe clips w/i the tiddlywiki, so I can just


> click through words and listen to them w/o having to open anything
> else.
>
>
>
> > And then there is the TiddlyPodPlugin,http://www.tiddlytools.com/#TiddlyPodPlugin
> > (by Eric of course).
>

> I tried TiddlyPod, but it wouldn'tplaya local file either.


>
> Thanks.
>
> > Ken Girard
>
> > On Oct 6, 1:07 pm, DigitalOrganics <digitalorgan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> > > How do Iplaylocal mp3s in my tiddlers? I could embed a player from
> > > the web, but then I'd have toplaythemp3from the web also, yes?
> > > Thanks...
>
> > > -- digiO

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