Question

In the following code i use a flow player that is used to play a song.Muy question is that insted of http://release…….. why cant i use the downloaed one which resied in my site directory
i.e, instead of this
f("audio", "http://releases.flowplayer.org/swf/flowplayer-3.2.5.swf",
i want to use this
f("audio", "/var/site/media/flowplayer-3.2.5.swf",

When i include /var/site/media/flowplayer-3.2.5.swf i get an error saying mp3 file not found.What am i doing wrong

 <script>
     $(document).ready(function () {
     $f("audio", "http://releases.flowplayer.org/swf/flowplayer-3.2.5.swf", {

        // fullscreen button not needed here
        plugins: {
           controls: {
              fullscreen: false,
              height: 30,
              autoHide: false
           }
        },

        clip: {
           autoPlay: false,

           // optional: when playback starts close the first audio playback
           onBeforeBegin: function() {
              $f("player").close();
           }
        }

     });
     });
   </script>
   <div id="audio" style="display:block;width:350px;height:30px;" href="/var/site/media/a.mp3"></div>

Answer 1

The MP3 player runs in your browser. The browser does not have access to your server’s local file system.

You will always need to specify a URL pointing to the MP3 file like you do in your first example.