Music Player Stopped Working

[Arkayem]

I was using the simple music player shown here:
http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music

It worked great for several weeks. Now it has stopped working. I have done nothing to it. The Player now shows as a blank white box at the bottom of the home page.

Is it still working for others?

My site: http://www.russmacdonaldphotos.com/

Thanks,

Russ

[Arkayem]

I was using the simple music player shown here:
http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music

It worked great for several weeks. Now it has stopped working. I have done nothing to it. The Player now shows as a blank white box at the bottom of the home page.

Is it still working for others?

My site: http://www.russmacdonaldphotos.com/

Thanks,

Russ

I did some more research, and I think it stopped working after my computer updated the Apple Quicktime software, which it does every so often.

I think this might have something to do with it, since the music player always showed the Apple Quicktime logo on it before it began to play. Now that logo does not appear.

[Arkayem]

I did some more research, and I think it stopped working after my computer updated the Apple Quicktime software, which it does every so often.

I think this might have something to do with it, since the music player always showed the Apple Quicktime logo on it before it began to play. Now that logo does not appear.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Andy]

Bad URL in your music html:
<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/song.mp3" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>


Page not found

http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/song.mp3

http://img.skitch.com/20081124-teyg1r5nnx7pngmsafjfk3hhmu.jpg

your music is Here (http://4787088225296738764-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/Song.mp3?attredirects=0&auth=ANoY7crGN2QyeRRO6S8IS0gFjU9uH44pE2G83acEooTyB D81Pr1_VmOFlpB5x-PjVtu8va0MSToJfzRbd5Ar7GYYuwNmPkXP0AY8PlU_wF6S-9DLONT4Kh61zRGG2ixmC_0Y_z5oiDoIpaeoxaxH1LqP5E8zMA8 y6Ei0RI0ST0BAnD-PbCvTONy-IMR31HmYHPL_Xlahy6Yd). Change up the link in your Music HTML and you should be fixed up.

Though I recommend no music.

[jfriend]

I was using the simple music player shown here:
http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/How+To+Add+Music

It worked great for several weeks. Now it has stopped working. I have done nothing to it. The Player now shows as a blank white box at the bottom of the home page.

Is it still working for others?

My site: http://www.russmacdonaldphotos.com/

Thanks,

Russ
It's not working here.

In your footer, you have the code:

<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/song.mp3" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>
But, the link to the mp3 image doesn't work any more. If you try to paste just that link into the browser, it says "Page Not Found". So, something changed/broke on your Google site.

[Arkayem]

Bad URL in your music html:
<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/song.mp3" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>

Andy,

Thanks for your reply.

However, I copied the link as you suggested, but it still doesn't work. I actually messed up that link while I was troubleshooting the problem, so it was not the original problem.

The music player is just a white square at the correct position.

My code is now:


<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://4787088225296738764-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/Song.mp3?attredirects=0&auth=ANoY7crGN2QyeRRO6S8IS0gFjU9uH44pE2G83acEooTyB D81Pr1_VmOFlpB5x-PjVtu8va0MSToJfzRbd5Ar7GYYuwNmPkXP0AY8PlU_wF6S-9DLONT4Kh61zRGG2ixmC_0Y_z5oiDoIpaeoxaxH1LqP5E8zMA8 y6Ei0RI0ST0BAnD-PbCvTONy-IMR31HmYHPL_Xlahy6Yd" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>


Any more ideas?

Thanks,

[Arkayem]

It's not working here.

In your footer, you have the code:

<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/song.mp3" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>
But, the link to the mp3 image doesn't work any more. If you try to paste just that link into the browser, it says "Page Not Found". So, something changed/broke on your Google site.

Thanks for your reply. I had a bad link (I messed it up when I was troubleshooting the problem), but I have fixed it and it still doesn't work.

Here's my new code:


<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://4787088225296738764-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/Song.mp3?attredirects=0&auth=ANoY7crGN2QyeRRO6S8IS0gFjU9uH44pE2G83acEooTyB D81Pr1_VmOFlpB5x-PjVtu8va0MSToJfzRbd5Ar7GYYuwNmPkXP0AY8PlU_wF6S-9DLONT4Kh61zRGG2ixmC_0Y_z5oiDoIpaeoxaxH1LqP5E8zMA8 y6Ei0RI0ST0BAnD-PbCvTONy-IMR31HmYHPL_Xlahy6Yd" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>

Any more ideas?

Thanks,

[Andy]

Any more ideas?

Thanks,
Yes. Get a proper url for your Music file that you have hosted elsewhere. I'm very sorry, but that is the reason your music isn't playing.

[Arkayem]

Yes. Get a proper url for your Music file that you have hosted elsewhere. I'm very sorry, but that is the reason your music isn't playing.

Andy,

Again, thanks. I really wish I hadn't messed with that link when I was troubleshoooting the problem, since it has thrown us all off-track to the original problem.

I have now returned the link to the one that used to work:


<div id ="my_music2">
Music Player: <embed src="http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/Song.mp3?attredirects=0" width="70" height="18" autostart="true" loop="true"> </div>


As far as I can tell, the link is good now, and is exactly what I had been using for several weeks, and the music used to play correctly. Now all I get is a white square where the music player is supposed to be.

Thanks,

[Andy]

Andy,

Again, thanks. I really wish I hadn't messed with that link when I was troubleshoooting the problem, since it has thrown us all off-track to the original problem.

I have now returned the link to the one that used to work:



As far as I can tell, the link is good now, and is exactly what I had been using for several weeks, and the music used to play correctly. Now all I get is a white square where the music player is supposed to be.

Thanks,
The link is not good.

It goes to apage that says this

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[Arkayem]

When I click on this link, it opens my Media Player and plays the song.

http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/Song.mp3?attredirects=0

Isn't that a good link?

[Arkayem]

When I click on this link, it opens my Media Player and plays the song.

http://sites.google.com/site/rkmmusic/Home/Song.mp3?attredirects=0

Isn't that a good link?

Also, the music now plays correctly on my other computer.

[Arkayem]

Also, the music now plays correctly on my other computer.

I think there is something wrong in my regular computer that has changed the MIME associations away from the Quicktime plug-in, and I don't know how to change that back.

[Arkayem]

I think there is something wrong in my regular computer that has changed the MIME associations away from the Quicktime plug-in, and I don't know how to change that back.

I figured it out!!

Somehow, when I updated Quicktime, something happened to the associations. I reloaded it and the associations were corrected and the music player works again.

I wish I hadn't messed up the link when I was troubleshooting, since that threw us all off-track to the underlying problem.

Thanks for your help and your patience,