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I have release the first version of µAudio, the super skinny genesis of Dynamic Audio.
µAudio takes advantage of the spectacular 1 Pixel Out mp3 player to squeeze in at under 6 KB (with the player loaded) and just over 500 Bytes (with just the control JavaScript loaded).
See Using the 1 Pixel Out Player for more on the player and some of the plug-in back end. In addition, part two of my simple media player tutorial will contain the details of the new plug in version.
In the new version of µAudio (formerly Dynamic Audio) I have switched to the 1 Pixel Out mp3 player by Martin Laine, mostly for size reasons. While I still like the the JW FLV Player a lot, it is rather hefty (even the older version I have been using in Dynamic Audio clocks in at 29 KB). The 1 Pixel Out player, on the other hand is a svelte 5 KB.
A new version of my Dynamic Audio Plug-in has been posted in WordPress Plug-ins.
Version 1.3 includes a much improved method of passing variables around, as well as the ability to check and see if WordPress is already loading an appropriate jQuery.
Coming in version 1.4: New Admin Interface (already prototyped in the 1.3 code)
In this tutorial we will examine a simple plug in created primarily as a jQuery script with just enough php to load the script. The purpose of this plug in is to change the functionality of links to audio files. If there is a link to an mp3 file on the page and the user clicks it we will add a small flash media player below the link. A second click on the link will hide the media player. In a later tutorial we will examine how to extend this to a wider range of audio types. At the end of this series of tutorials, you will have something akin to my “Dynamic-MP3″ plug in, without the administration pages.
Continue reading ‘A Simple Media Plugin – Part 1: Basic MP3 Player Replace’
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