I'm having trouble figuring out how to put controllable sound on the site that I'm webmaster of. I want to use .mp3s generated by the site owner, and be able to set them to play at a certain minute/second mark. <embed> seems to want only .wav files, which are too BIG to be practical, and doesn't have the controls I want, anyway:--- Play/Pause/a slidable bar/minute-second timer.

Should I be looking for particular software (don't have much $)? or is there another way.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Wyrde

The best way to incorporate controllable audio into a web-page is through Flash. You can design a little "radio" that can be embedded or launched in a new window.

Your best bet would be to embed an mp3 file, but there is no way (as far as I know) to make it start at a certain point (why would you want it too?). You should give the user the option to launch the audio in a new window so that the audio can run in the background while they surf.

Here's some javascript and a button form that would open a new window (a new window that can contain an mp3 file)...

Javascript:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
<!--- Hide from tired old browsers
var nifty_little_window = null;
 function tunes() {
nifty_little_window = window.open('music.html', 'Tunes', 'width=500, height=330, resizable=2');
}
// End hiding --->
</SCRIPT>

The Button Code:

<input type="button" value="Open the Radio" onClick="tunes()">

This might not be the best solution though.

Do a search for free flash players. There are several floating around out there that will play one file or several.
Here is a link to one I use for some of my stuff http://www.steveedgeart.com/jukebox/

And here is a link to the code.
http://aheimlich.home.comcast.net/flashjukebox/