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Posted by Ben C on 02/19/07 08:49
On 2007-02-19, Patches Forever <jorkimer99@comcast.net> wrote:
> My web pages are simple but they get the info out there and aren't that
> cumbersome to use. I use Word97 to build a table and save the file as HTML.
> Then I tinker with the HTML and experiment by adding things in the Word
> document and seeing what it looks like in HTML form.
That sounds rather like trying to repair a basket of broken eggs in a
coal cellar using a piece of wire through the keyhole, but if it works
for you.
[...]
> QUESTION: If I have an MP3 file on my website and a link to the MP3 on a
> webpage, then when I click the link IE will start Windows Media Player which
> then plays the audio file. OKay. Windows Media Player also uses WPL files
> called Playlists. I created a WPL file that is a list of links to MP3 files
> on my computer (i.e. files not uploaded yet) and then put a link to the WPL
> file in a page on the PC (not uploaded). When I click the link IExp starts
> WinMP and the playlist is recognized and the MP3s are played in sequence.
> Okay. I uploaded it all to my webspace and opened the page in IExp but when
> I click the link to the WPL file it doesn't start up WinMP. Instead IExp
> displays a blank page that has the same name as the playlist.
This might be deliberate. It's one thing to associate a playlist on your
own hard disk with playing it, but things coming from the internet are
less trusted. If there any security vulnerabilities in the way WinAMP
plays playlists then they would suddenly be open to malicious webpages.
> When I look at the WPL file in Notepad I see that it looks like HTML.
It's XML, which does look a bit like HTML. But no particular reason to
think it should therefore be interoperable with a browser-- XML is used
for a lot of things.
> Perhaps there is something I can write in the WPL file that will cause WinMP
> to start up and sequentially play the list of links. But maybe the issue is
> a setting in Windows - so this idea won't work if the computer isn't set up
> for it.
I think it probably would (and certainly should) be a setting in
Windows. The other point is that even if you do get it to work, make
sure you don't end up with something that doesn't work for people who
aren't using Windows or IE.
If a playlist works from the local disk even if it references files on
the internet, then you could just present the playlist for download,
with instructions about how to save and launch it in WinMP for users
that are interested.
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