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Fb:mp3

Description

Renders a flash-based audio player.

Attributes

Required Name Type Description

required src

string

The URL of the audio file. The URL must be absolute.

optional title

string

The name of the song.

artist

string

The name of the artist performing the song.

album

string

The title of the album.

width

int

The width of the player in pixels. (default value is 300)

height

int

The height of the player in pixels. (default value is 29)

Examples

<fb:mp3 src="http://host.com/file.mp3" title="Song Name" artist="Song Artist" />

Notes

The src attribute must point directly to the mp3 file,

[possible bug?][who says?]

and cannot be played by a query

string (for example, "songs.php?songid=35911").

Supported formats include .mp3.

.wav files are not supported

[possible bug?]

File's bitrate must me in increments of 11KHz (11KHz, 22KHz, 44.1 KHz all work).

File must end in .mp3 (for example, /location/1385097 will not work).

Song name, artist, and album must be in ASCII characters or does not display correctly. i.e. Song names

in Chinese do not display in Chinese but in gibberish or not at all

[possible bug?]