Adding Audio to Blogger?

7roland8

Hi - hope this isn't too simple a question for you all.

I do quite a few blogs on our village - but am no expert!

Just thinking about how would it be if I added audio clips of people describing the places of interest?

I see blogger doesn't host audio stuff so I'd have to get a digital dictaphone to record - then upload to a free server of some sort -any ideas/recommendations or advice?

mttylad

How about get yourself a google mail account and host it on the google documents?
Or host it on youtube and embed it?

Lakeuk

I've not managed to stream audio on a blogger page with the audio hosted on Google Docs (if anyone has managed this please post a howto), but I have successful done it using Google Sites to host the audio.

• Go to sites.google.com and create a new blank site
• Add a new "file-cabinet" page to your blank site
• Upload your audio file to your filing cabinet page (mp3)
• Copy the download link to your audio file, it'll look like the following (you don't need the part in red, also the s bit in https isn't needed)

http[COLOR=Red]s[/COLOR]://sites.google.com/site/lakeuk/files/TheMikeParrBreakfastShow_.mp3[COLOR=Red]?attredirects=0&d=1[/COLOR]

• In your blogger post place the following piece of code, replacing the bit in red with the equivalent of the above for your audio file

<embed flashvars="" id="AudioPlayback" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/html/audio.swf?audioUrl=[COLOR=Red]filename.mp3[/COLOR]" style="height: 27px; width: 500px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>

• So your code should look like this

<embed flashvars="" id="AudioPlayback" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/html/audio.swf?audioUrl=[COLOR=Red]http://sites.google.com/site/lakeuk/files/TheMikeParrBreakfastShow_.mp3[/COLOR]" style="height: 27px; width: 500px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>

• Check that it plays ok in preview then publish it

7roland8

Thanks - have never heard of google sites so will try that - only ever done blogger (just tried but they don't seen to wnat to open the account!).

Yes youtube might also be the answer - if I saved the recording presumably I could have the picture of the place being talked about on the screen too? (Have opened an account now but got nothing to upload yet!)