Linking to MP3 after upgrade

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  wanderingchew · Member · Feb 2, 2008 at 4:20 pm

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  According to the FAQ:

  “2. Buy the Space Upgrade. This allows you to upload mp3, ogg, wav, m4a, mov, wmv, avi, and mpg files to your blog and play them too.”

  Ok, I did that. I bought the upgrade. Now, I’m trying to link to the MP3 I just uploaded. I did this:

  [audio name-of-file-mp3]

  A little audio player came up, but no song played. It just said “buffering”…and nothing happened.

  Question: IF the MP3 is here on wordpress.com somewhere…what URL do I need to put in there. What IS the URL of the MP3 I just uploaded?

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  isadora · Member · Feb 2, 2008 at 6:00 pm

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  I suppose it will be something like:
  http://nameofyourblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/nameoffile.mp3
  as for pictures. Did you try to look under “Manage” > “Uploads”?

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  wanderingchew · Member · Feb 2, 2008 at 6:12 pm

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  I figured out the URL but it still didn’t work.

  I then tried to to link to a musicwebtown file using the same method and that ended up the same: endless buffering.

  I looked through all the questions/responses on this issue and I don’t think this is going to be very easy to do. Better to skip it.

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  isadora · Member · Feb 2, 2008 at 6:42 pm

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  could you give us the url to the file?

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  tomeppy · Member · Feb 2, 2008 at 11:23 pm

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  I am having the exact same problem. If I link directly to the file, it works fine, but using [audio http://filelocation/file.mp3%5D results in endless buffering.

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  wanderingchew · Member · Feb 3, 2008 at 6:27 am

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  I’m doing this:

  [audio http://myscratchingpost.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/boney-m-ma-baker.mp3%5D

  It doesn’t work. Endless buffering.

  It’s kind of annoying because I paid for the upgrade in order to do this.

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 3, 2008 at 6:41 am

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  The problem is that, just as here, the link is a clickable one. You have to put your cursor on it and click on the “unlink” icon before it will work, otherwise the commands sort of cancel each other out.

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 3, 2008 at 6:47 am

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  Remember to include that code for the audio link on the Code Tab and not the Visual Editor.

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 3, 2008 at 6:58 am

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  I think this must be browser-specific, because I never do that. I didn’t do that just now when I tested the Boney M audio. And it worked just fine.

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  wanderingchew · Member · Feb 3, 2008 at 7:06 am

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  I just put it in the code rather than the editor and it works!

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  djeddieo · Member · Feb 3, 2008 at 6:01 pm

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  This is a big problem of mine, so I’m far from expert, but back when I was able to get them to work, the big difference was an = sign between audio and http, as in:
  [audio=http://myscratchingpost.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/boney-m-ma-baker.mp3]