Linking to an mp3

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  harmlessj · Member · Feb 21, 2009 at 7:27 pm

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  Howdy, I am trying to link to an mp3 I have uploaded to dropbox. Here’s how I am posting it. [audio https://dl-web.getdropbox.com/get/I%20Can%20See%20Clearly-02.mp3?w=e738b5ea%5D If I add the brackets, etc. to the url in my post the WordPress player shows up but the mp3 never plays. If I eliminate the brackets and the word audio and just have the url in the body of the post, when you select it, a quick time player page opens and it plays. I would prefer the WordPress player so you can still see the blog while it plays. Any suggestions. Many thanks

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  ellaella · Member · Feb 21, 2009 at 7:51 pm

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  Remove the S from https and the filename needs to end with .mp3.

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  harmlessj · Member · Feb 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm

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  Thanks ellaella, I did as you suggested and still it first says buffering, then error opening file. I know it’s the correct url for the file because without the brackets and the word audio or even the .mpe at the end it finds it and opens quick time. Anyone else have a suggestion

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 22, 2009 at 3:47 am

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  You need to remove the ?w=e738b5ea from the end.

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  harmlessj · Member · Feb 22, 2009 at 4:06 am

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  Thanks raincoaster. I did that as well but no luck. So I went to Dropbox where the mp3 is filed and found that there is a “public” url for it that ends in .mp3. That’s so anyone can download it. Aha! I thought. So I paste that in with the brackets and audio,etc. and still it just buffers and then gives an error message. Makes me wonder if anyone else has actually done it or is it just a good theory! I’ll keep on tryin’. Thanks

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 22, 2009 at 4:20 am

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  Perhaps Dropbox does not support hotlinking? Some sites don’t.

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 22, 2009 at 4:21 am

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  You see the way the URL is an active link in this thread? If it’s that way in your blog you need to go in to Edit and use the broken link icon to break the link or it will never stop buffering.

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  harmlessj · Member · Feb 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm

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  Thanks raincoaster!! The broken link icon was the trick. Works beautifully now