EMBED with SoundManager

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I found a program called Soundmanager that solves the
<embed> problems... Works in all browsers, a js thing...
I got it working in Firefox, but in IE6 when the page loads,
it errors out saying cant load page.
Anyone know anything about SoundManager and what the problem
may be?

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show us a page where it's not working.
also, how does it output it's work, to a page/ folder?

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What's the URL so we can take a look?
Click to expand...

http://1960.yearthatwas.com/gadgets.htm

Works in FF, crashes in IE.

SoundManger info
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/scriptsound.html

A quick look at the idea...
Doing 1950 to present by year with lots of multimedia.
I have 15 minutes of music that one can begin on the music
page for each year. It opens in a NEW WINDOW so the player
keeps playing while one surfs the rest of the year. If I use
the audio clips as hrefs, then the music will stop to reload
the player to play the little clip. So I need EMBEDDING of
some sort that works in IE and FF. Or the user will end up
hearing just the first minute of the music over and over
again on restarts.

Or... SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! :)
 
why wouldn't I like what you have to say?
that link is bad but I think I'm working my way towards it.
wow. it really IS bad. not only won't it "work" in IE, the browser won't
even load the page...
There's a bunch of problems in the page (no body tab, but a </body> tag,
some stray tags etc.)
but what's killing the page is line 620:

<script>soundManagerInit();</script>
If you remove it you'll be able to browse it with IE.
I suspect that there was some kind of "onload" directive in the original
<body> tag and it's missing, but I could be wrong.



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I deleted a line from the very bottom and it would open up in IE.
line 620: <script>soundManagerInit();</script>
I don't often see bad JavaScript kill a page like this. throw errors, sure,
but to totally prevent a page from loading is rare.

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I've never seen that either but it's something to do with the script or
maybe the SWF (FLASH) that it's calling.
 
maybe someone with those cool firefox extensions will be able to pick it up?

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I want to thank everyone for trying to help!
Much appreciated.

I contacted the fellow who wrote it and he was a big help.
First off there is a new version, Soundmanager2. No longer
need that last line before the </body> or need to use an xml
file to name pointers to the mp3s. So it is much simpler,
even a cave man can do it!

What it does I think, is fools FLASH into thinking its a
..swf movie so the browsers will take the call rather than
need for a player.

You can see it work in both FF and IE at
http://19yearthatwas.com/1960movies.htm
Graphics with a small blue speaker icon.

If anyone else is interested in this cool way of embedding
sounds, the link is

http://www.schillmania.com/content/projects/soundmanager2/

The link to the tech page is down a ways called PROJECT or
something.
 
Glad it worked out for you!!

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