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Watch out Odeo, Here comes Google!

Posted in AV, Cool by Dan at 12:40 pm

Google has snuck a “Google Video” style MP3 player into the GMail interface which can be used to play audio attachments in GMail. When you receive an audio file as an email attachment, click the play button and Google will play the audio file for you in a popup window. Yawn fest, right?

However this neat little feature can be hacked, to play any MP3 you want as an embedded flash player on any external site.

The code that the embedded music player uses the call:
http://mail.google.com/mail/html/audio.swf?audioUrl=MP3_URL

The rest of the instructions after the jump…

So you just stick in the URL of the MP3 you want to embed, using an iframe in your website and BAM, you have a built in beautiful embedded flash MP3 player - as illustrated:

Enjoy!

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13 Comments, Comment or Trackback

  1. Derek

    Playback working for anyone else? No sound or activity on my end. Firefox 1.5/2.0, Safari.

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  2. dan

    firefox worked, safari didn’t, i guess the iframe syntax has to be altered

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  3. Jason Schramm

    I’m using it on my radio show’s website at http://www.radiofirefox.com

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  4. Mario

    The audio, she don’t-a work!

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  5. ben

    no go in safari. its just a white rectangle with a gray boarder.

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  6. Dan

    We got audio - server got slamed for a bit.

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  7. SIdd

    does it tell you the total song of the time?
    mine does not, im using Opera

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  8. Patrick

    Ring, ring, ring, ring… Banna Phone!!!

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  9. Patrick

    *Banana
    Oops! Guess I got too excited! :)

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  10. mike

    Works in Ubuntu / Firefox 1.5 :)

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  11. R031E5

    Oh yeah! Banana Phone! works in Mac OS X 10.4.7 / Firefox 1.5 :D

    Aug 22nd, 2006

  12. Steven

    Less attractive but much more powerful: http://musicplayer.sf.net

    My gf has a playlist on her myspace site using it, it works pretty well

    ….I hate myspace…

    Aug 23rd, 2006

  13. Fayaaz

    So, I thought I’d do this. Made some files in to 56kbps, to make them small.
    It plays it twice as fast. Listening to Trivium with chipmunk like vocals is hilarious.
    Any idea why?

    Dec 22nd, 2006

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