Embedding BBC audio

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  hesspartacus · Member · Jul 14, 2010 at 1:13 pm

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  I am trying to embed the following code into a wordpress.com blog post:

  <object width=”466″ height=”138″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf”></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always”></param><param name=”FlashVars” value=”playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2F6music%2Femp%2Fxml%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Fjohnlydon2%2Exml&config_settings_skin=silver&config_settings_displayMode=audio&config_settings_showFooter=true&”></param><embed src=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swf” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowScriptAccess=”always” width=”466″ height=”138″ FlashVars=”playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebbc%2Eco%2Euk%2F6music%2Femp%2Fxml%2Fnews%2Faudio%2Fjohnlydon2%2Exml&config_settings_skin=silver&config_settings_displayMode=audio&config_settings_showFooter=true&”></embed></object>

  I have tried pasting the code directly in the post, and using the add media from URL option. Neither is working. Can anyone help?

  Cheers.

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  andrewspittle · Staff · Jul 14, 2010 at 3:29 pm

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  Sorry but that embed code will not run on a WordPress.com blog. We remove JavaScript, Flash, and iFrames for security reasons.

  We have full details on this at:

  Add Code to Your Site

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  hallluke · Member · Jul 14, 2010 at 7:44 pm

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  If you view the XML file the code points to you can easily embed just the MP3 file using the audio shortcode.

  The link is http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/6music/emp/news/audio/johnlydon2.mp3

  lh

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  hesspartacus · Member · Jul 16, 2010 at 4:03 pm

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  Fantastic! That worked a treat!

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  hesspartacus · Member · Jul 16, 2010 at 4:10 pm

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  One other question, hallluke:

  Where did you find the URL for the link? It isn’t in the code.

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  hallluke · Member · Jul 17, 2010 at 3:36 am

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  It is in the code you just have to replace some of the character codings, for example %2f is a /slash/ %3a is a :colon: and %2e is a .period. The URL is in the code twice, following the word “playlist” each time.

  lh

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 17, 2010 at 4:03 am

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  You might also see if the you can embed it through vodpod button for wordpress.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/vodpod/
  http://vodpod.com/wordpress/

  I don’t know whether it will work with BBC videos or not, but it might be worth a try. It works with virtually everything else.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 17, 2010 at 4:04 am

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  Actually, I was thinking video rather than audio. Just ignore me.

  :-)

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  hallluke · Member · Jul 17, 2010 at 12:58 pm

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  Just to make it clear, the link will be for an xml file which points to the mp3. You can safely ignore everything after the &ampersands& as they aren’t important. Here’s the link so you can see:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/emp/xml/news/audio/johnlydon2.xml

  lh