What Sound Source to Choose to Create Flash Sound Player for Your Website

Audio flash player is the most popular way to embed audio in a website.What sound sources can be used by flash sound player? What kind of sound can you offer your website visitors to playback? What sound source will meet your requirements the best? We're going to answer these questions in the article.

Sound sources used to create flash-based web music players can be divided into following groups:

1. External files - sound files (mainly mp3 files), which are not embedded in swf file (file which contains the player). Sound files are located in a web folder. Making player using external files allows you to replace the files at any moment without changing player's swf file (the only condition is that the files' names mustn't be changed). External files can be played in two ways:

1.1 With a preloader - preloader is used to show download progress. File(s) should be downloaded completely before the playback begins.

1.2 In real time - playback begins while user continues to download data. User can listen to the already downloaded fragment. After file will be downloaded completely, user can play back it fully or seek necessary fragment. Players, which support this sound source, have seek bar to allow finding the necessary bit of a sound file.

2.à Streaming audio - a method of delivering an audio signal which allows hearing the sound as it arrives at your computer instead of waiting for a complete download. Arriving (or streaming) data is buffered for a few seconds and then playback begins. No data is saved (or cashed) on user's computer, so this method doesn't allow searching. Also, the sound can't be listened for the second time or listened partially.

3. Embedded sound - sound file is embedded in swf file. Using this method, you should upload only the swf file to your website to publish the player. Sound file shouldn't be uploaded because the sound is already included with swf. Players of this type are the easiest to publish but the sound can't be changed after publishing without rebuilding swf file. Embedded sound usually means that player contains only one sound file.

Before choosing a sound source, consider what your web sound player is for. For example, your company allows a discount for its product and you want your website visitors to listen to voice message with this ad information - in this case you'd better use an embedded sound. Sound player with an embedded sound can also have a preloader. So, if you want to be sure that your visitors can listen to the message fully and without interruptions, choose an embedded sound with a preloader. To entertain your visitors with background music, use player for external files with or without preloader. Your website visitors will be able to use control buttons, seeking bar and volume control to enjoy music while staying at your website. Streaming audio is obviously the best solution for online radio.

Fun SoundPlayer Makeràand FlashWAmp tools allow creating flash music player using whatever sound source you prefer. Use Fun SoundPlayer Maker to create either on\off button with one embedded sound file or a full-functional audio player with multi sound tracks support. Use FlashWAmp to create Winamp styled flash mp3 player or flash streaming radio. Both programs support streaming audio so that you may add online radio URL to your playlist.

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