Customizable Flash XML MP3 Player
Project Status
Status: Live
Launched: Feb. 19th, 2007
Web Site: Flash MP3 Player
Project History
From the get go I was excited to work on this project because of some of the more challenging features requested by the client. Features include an easy to update playlist and artist information as well as a custom background image. The end result exceeded expectations and is highly customizable.
How It Was Built
The entire application runs off of a fairly simple XML file. Flash loads it and uses the values to create the interface along with the playlist of songs. Application settings allow you to turn playlist, display and autostart functionality on or off. From there, the look and feel of the player can be ‘skinned’ to match the surrounding web site. You can set values for the background image, playlist background color and transparency, the background color of the list, the list text color and rollover colors for both. The final customization is a drop shadow on the list background allowing you to set normal and rollover state colors.
The current version of the player allows you to set playlist values for song title, artist, a path to an icon of the artist or album cover, a link to the artist’s web site and the path the mp3 file on your web server. While this project didn’t require a database, modifying it to work with PHP or Cold Fusion would take a matter of minutes.
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