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Load mp3 from an php file.

Hi guys,

I have some problems loading my mp3 file in the JW player.The mp3 file comes from a php file with the following code:

*myfile.php:*
bc.. <?php
$audio=array(
'1' => 'file1.mp3',
'2' => 'file2.mp3'
);
readfile ($audio[$_GET['mp3']]);
?>



My html code :

*test.html*

bc.. <p id="player1"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this player.</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var s1 = new SWFObject("mediaplayer/player.swf","ply","350","350","7","#ffffff");

s1.addVariable("allowfullscreen","true");
s1.addVariable("allowscriptaccess","always");
s1.addVariable("wmode","opaque");

s1.addVariable("file", encodeURIComponent("myfile.php?mp3=1"));

s1.addVariable("type", "sound");
s1.write("player1");

</script>';


The mp3 file doesn't load.

I'm using the 4.2.90 version.

Have you an idea where is the issue and how can i fix it ?

Thanks

12 Community Answers

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JW Player

User  
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If you call your script directly from your browser, does it deliver an MP3 file?bc.. http://www.mydomain.com/path/myfile.php?mp3=1



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JW Player

User  
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When i call my script directly i have special caracters:

bc.. ID3???vTCON
,etc , that's because of the readfile php function which writes the file to the output buffer. Same with the image file.

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JW Player

User  
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That's an indication that your script is delivering an MP3 file, so it's working properly

Try setting the proper content header just before the readfile():bc.. header("Content-Type: audio/x-mp3");



or:bc.. header("Content-Type: audio/mpeg");



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JW Player

User  
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I set the header("Content-Type: audio/mpeg");

When i call my script directly from the url, only the first
3 secondes of the mp3 are loaded !!.

I tried with the JW, the file is not loaded at all.



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JW Player

User  
-1 rated :

Probably a memory limit in PHP on your host.

Try a loop:bc.. $fh = fopen($audio[$_GET['mp3']], "rb") or die("Could not open file: " . $$audio[$_GET['mp3']]);

while (!feof($fh))
{
print(fread($fh, 16384));
}

fclose($fh);

?>



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JW Player

User  
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OOps, too many $$ here:bc.. die("Could not open file: " . $$audio[$_GET['mp3']]);
*_Better_*bc.. die("Could not open file: " . $audio[$_GET['mp3']]);

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JW Player

User  
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The problem come from the type of the browser and the type of the player.

I tried the code without the loop, just with the simple readfile function. This is the results:

1- With IE, the mp3 is opened directly with Windows media player, and all the file is loaded.(Same result with your last code (The loop).
2- With FF, the mp3 is opened in the browser with Quicktime and only the 3 first second are loaded (Same result with your last code (The loop).
3. With the JW, the file is not loaded at all.(Same result with your last code (The loop).

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JW Player

User  
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Hi,

I modified my php code but the fill doesn't load:

bc.. <?php
$audio=array(
'1' => 'file.mp3'
);

# get file name
$fileName = $audio[$_GET['mp3']];
# assemble file path
$file = $fileName;
$fileSize=filesize($file);

if(isset($_GET['mp3']) && array_key_exists($_GET['mp3'],$audio))

header("Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT");
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Content-Type: audio/mpeg");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $fileName . "\"");
header("Content-Length: " . $fileSize);


$fh = fopen($audio[$_GET['mp3']], "rb") or die("Could not open file: " .$audio[$_GET['mp3']]);



# output file
while(!feof($fh))
{
# output file without bandwidth limiting
print(fread($fh, filesize($file)));
}
fclose($fh);

//readfile ($audio[$_GET['mp3']]);
?>



Html code:

bc.. <p id="player1"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this player.</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var s1 = new SWFObject("mediaplayer/player.swf","ply","350","350","7","#ffffff");

s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true");

s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always");

s1.addParam("wmode","opaque");

s1.addParam("file", encodeURIComponent("audio.php?mp3=1"));

s1.write("player1");

</script>





What's wrong with my code ?

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JW Player

User  
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I just spent several hours trying to fix this and eventually found a solution.

I knew that the player (javascript etc) was good because when I played an mp3 straight from the server it worked.

I also knew that my php script that served the mp3 was good because it played in my browser okay.

I knew that headers weren't the problem because, using the 'live http headers' firefox plugin I could see I had exactly re-created the same headers that worked for the mp3 coming direct from the server.

So the only posibility I could think of was that the Flash player didn't like the URL so I tried adding '&whatever=whatever.mp3' to the end of the file name and it works :-)

So to summarise, for the above example, try:

urlencode('audio.php?mp3=1&whatever=whatever.mp3');

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JW Player

User  
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Just use *type=sound*

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JW Player

User  
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i want to work i php with xampp server
how to start my project plz tell me.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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@TEJ Bahadur – This question would be better suited for a forum about php/xampp

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