Media Files Question

[billntenn]

Have a question...

I'm a serious newbie when it comes to media on websites. I haven't had to work with embedded media before and I have a client who just released a CD and wants sound bytes of the tracks online. Figured out the embedded Media Player but the sound quality stinks. The files have great quality on my PC but lousy on the server when media player opens them. Any ideas on what I can do to rectify this problem?

I have placed the problem page up on the server to test my metafile before I finished it all up. Here is a link;

http://www.6stroke.com/album.htm

THANKS!!

[rhsunderground]

i think the best way to do this would be to simply have links to the different sound files. it saves bandwidth and a lot of hassle.

[ray326]

Yea, just rip it up into MP3 snippets and put links to each one. What's there now is quite annoying and very few people want unrequested noise out of a web page. I never revisit pages that make noise.

[billntenn]

Guys, thanks for responding but I think you missed something here. My client wants the embedded player, won't have it any other way so that's a moot point. The problem is the sound files themselves. I have tried everything I know to do to make them sound great and they do on a local PC but when they're loaded to the server, the sound quality goes kaput.

[LeeU]

What kind of format (Real, Windows, MP3) are you using? what type of server does your Web site have (does it have a RealAudio or Windows Media server)?