MP3 playlist on your blog

LASZLO -- Add a functional mp3 player to your blog with playlists and all sorts of info for friends who want to rip, burn and share. Laszlo Systems provides SoundBlox free for non-commercial use, to spread awareness of Laszlo's XML-native platform for rich Internet applications. The code behind SoundBlox is freely available under the same terms as the Apache Open Source license

I first saw this running in Philadelphia where Becky put SoundBlox to good use after injecting the code into the header and body of the web page. The programmers behind it asks that you "respect the letter and spirit of content copyrights. Support the efforts of the Creative Commons." Here here.

Here are the steps needed to get it working:

1. Upload the mp3s to typepad or any other server.
2. Customize the XML file; point <mp3url> to the location of the mp3
3. Upload the XML file to typepad
4. Copy the soundblox header script into the header area of your Typepad page
5. Copy the soundlobx body script into the body of your Typepad page. You will have to change the script to point to your customized XML file instead of the default XML file

The Good Grief Rip Code follows.

<soundbloxdata>


<customize autostart="false" startopen="true">


<defaultimage>http://goodgrief.typepad.com/goodgrief/graphics/record_girl.jpg</defaultimage>


<bgcolor>999999</bgcolor>


<backgroundimage>http://goodgrief.typepad.com/goodgrief/graphics/bg_stars.jpg</backgroundimage>


</customize>





<playlist name="Mix of the Week">

<track>


<name>Take Me Out</name>


<artist>Franz Ferdinand</artist>


<album>Franz Ferdinand</album>


<mp3url>http://goodgrief.typepad.com/goodgrief/files/franz_ferdinand_take_me_out.mp3</mp3url>


<linkurl name="Franz Ferdinand home page">http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk</linkurl>


<asin>B0001ZMWQO</asin>


</track>

<track>


<name>Saint Simon</name>


<artist>Shins, The</artist>


<album>Chutes Too Narrow</album>


<mp3url>http://goodgrief.typepad.com/goodgrief/files/shins_the_saint_simon.mp3</mp3url>


<linkurl name="The Shins home page">http://www.darkcoupon.com/</linkurl>


<asin>B00009LVXT</asin>


</track>

<track>


<name>Clocks</name>


<artist>Casual Dots, The</artist>


<album>Casual Dots</album>


<mp3url>http://goodgrief.typepad.com/goodgrief/files/casual_dots_the_clocks.mp3</mp3url>


<linkurl name="More Casual Dots information">http://www.killrockstars.com/bands/factsheets/casualdots/</linkurl>


<asin>B00019HVZM</asin>


</track>

</playlist>

</soundbloxdata>

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Lyndon Wong -- "About the Laszlo Soundblox"
Becky S -- "MP3 soundblox"
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