posting audio files

AZ_Scott · Share | #1 (**permalink**) 05-20-2009, 11:19 AM

Hi all,

I'm having an issue with the demos I've posted on my website http://sans-moi.com/discography.htm. Some people have reported when they click on a link nothing happens. Its happened on different browsers, IE, Safari and Chrome. I know when I'm using Chrome if the demo doesn't launch I can close out the browser and retry it works fine. Its very important when I get some potential customer to my website that the site works seamlessly. Any and all feedback is welcome here. Thanks to the v7n!

Scott

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-20-2009, 08:09 PM

1. You have spaces between the words in your file names. Some browsers and web servers don't like this. It's a Windows "thing". Use hyphens or underscores instead of spaces.

2. The file type you have chosen is Windows specific.

Quote:

...Audio file compressed with Windows Media compression; proprietary format developed by Microsoft, similar to the .MP3 format; can be converted to other more standardized formats; often used for playing music from the Web....

Reference: http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/wma

AZ_Scott · #3 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 05:30 AM

Awesome! thanks for your aid ht. I'm leaving for a week of camping in CO, so the site will have to limp along for a week until I get back. Thanks again.

AZ_Scott · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2009, 02:50 PM

So thanks for ht's advcie, I renamed all the files and removed all the spaces replaced them with underscores. I still don't reliably launch the audio from my browser, the files are all .wma, in Chrome WMP launches, it goes "connecting to media" but never launches or sometimes says "ready" but never plays the file.

I'm also having an issue with the volume, the playback volume is too low. I'd like to have the volume set so the user gets a good sound level every time.

Scott