audio player and skydrive

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  journeymanconsultant · Member · Mar 9, 2009 at 1:05 pm

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  Hi, I’m trying to link audioplayer to an mp3 on windows live skydrive. The WP blog page url is: http://journeymanconsultant.wordpress.com/perla-six-music/audio/

  The code I’m using in the page is: [audio http://cid-d57924fd754c5ac8.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/dirty%20protest%20audacity.mp3%5D. The url in the code is ‘unlinked’.

  It returns the player icon, which indicates “buffering”, but fails to play.

  Any suggestions ?

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  journeymanconsultant · Member · Mar 9, 2009 at 1:16 pm

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  Just tried the url from within the code above… and it shows “file missing” on skydrive. Have replaced code with:

  [audio http://cid-d57924fd754c5ac8.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/dirty%20protest%20audacity.mp3%5D

  This is the correct url. It still returns “buffering” and doesn’t play.

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  journeymanconsultant · Member · Mar 9, 2009 at 1:18 pm

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  ah ! STILL returns “file missing” (which can include “you don’t have permission to view”). Does this mean WP can’t access the file. It is saved in a “public” area on skydrive and can be publicly accessed through the url though ???

  anyone know the answer to this ?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 9, 2009 at 1:21 pm

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  It won’t work because the URL you’re using is a webpage, not the actual mp3. You need to download the mp3 and upload it to a host that gives direct URLs (e.g. Fileden or Getdropbox).

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  journeymanconsultant · Member · Mar 9, 2009 at 1:25 pm

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  excellent… thanks !