From CD to website

[JuliePgh]

I have a client who creates her own music... so there's no copyright worries. My question is how do I go from popping her CD into my iMac and converting to whatever format it should be in, with the goal of ultimately putting it on her website. I've never put music on a website either, so I need clear, simple instructions... this is a totally new area for me.

Can I even go from CD to website?

Any suggestions, tips would be great. Thank you!

[SurfRocker]

I just started a new page for MY music...and my plan is simple:


convert all files to .mp3
Get FLASH (or download a mp3 player in flash movie format)
make .xml files for the directory and songs in the mp3 player
code the player in the html of her music page
send the songs to the player via the mp3's xml pages all to the same directory on your web server...

Hope that helps...trust me, its quick, easy, live streaming, and very impressive to users...

[sanfran_chris19]

Do you have sample code (or step by step on how to do this)? I am very NEWBIE at this, so getting FLASH doesn't help as much as it would for others. How do I do that?

[JuliePgh]

I converted to mp3 and tried what I thought was a shortcut found on another site. It's not that I didn't want to try the advice by SurfRocker, but I didn't quite follow it.

In any event, why doesn't this code work:

<embed src="./music/track2.mp3" loop="true" autoplay="false" width="145" height="60">

[SurfRocker]

About this:
<embed src="./music/track2.mp3" loop="true" autoplay="false" width="145" height="60">

Looks like your syntax is wrong? Maybe try
<embed src="/music/track2.mp3" loop="true" autoplay="false" width="145" height="60">

(no "." and check your song name...make sure its in the right dir.)

BUT REALLY

About the flash mp3 payer...check out my site...ITS NEW..and Im kinda a noob also...but I want to help...see how mind works? Check this:

http://meonearth.net/streamingPlayer.html

BUT I will send you the code, file, and xml list to edit if you want it...just email me (I got the sorce from www.flashkit.com) Good site...but not as good as this one :)

[JuliePgh]

Thanks. I got it to work. The "." isn't a problem... this is a relative reference indicating a directory higher.

My problem was caps. I didn't realize at first that my file name was "Track" and in the code I had "track".

Thank you just the same for the offer, but I'm set (finally!)

[SurfRocker]

cool! Whats the site...Ide like to check it out...did you hear any of my stuff?

-SurfRocker

[JuliePgh]

Yes, I did check yours out... and it's a great way for when you have a lot of songs. I only have 5 so I can list them out without anything fancy. My client doesn't want me to release the URL yet, so I'm sorry, I can't send it. But I just used the source code above, once I figured out my error.

[Sukhipanna]

I am an amateur at web design. Last weekend I was also searching for the method to upload songs for online promotion. I used a very amateurish method. But I like yours more, where the name of songs are listed on a player and the song which is being played will appear on top of the player.

For mine, these are what I did:

Just to share with those who may be keen to know how I did it. All softwares used are either Free or Trial version and available online.

1. I used CD to MP3 Ripper software to convert my CD to MP3.

2. Then used WavePad software to do audio editing. As I only wanted to play certain part of the songs, I used this software to trim, fade in at begining of song and fade out at the end. Save the file as MP3 instead of Wave file, which is bigger in size.

3. Then use MP3 Audio Creator software to convert the MP3 to Flash file which can be played online and not been able to be downloaded.

4. Copy the html code from the File where the flash buttons appeared to your webpage. Voila, done!

To see the result, you can go to this http://www.ukmba.org.my/mp3/i-gemz.html

Let me know what you think.