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6 years 5 months ago #164990 by Owen Carlton
MP3s will not play in Joomla 3.8.1 was created by Owen Carlton
I have looked at other posts but cannot find any that relate to my situation.

I am a Novice at working with Audio Files in Joomla, or anywhere else for that matter.

I have Song.mp3 located at "images/AUDIO/Song.mp3.
I have a Single Article containing Lyrics of Song.mp3 and a Link to the Song.mp3
The Menu Item points to the Single Article.
When I click the Menu Item, the Article appears with a Black Bar representing the Player with a Play Button in the Centre.
When I Click the Play Button, it disappears but there is no audio playing with speakers on.

I have uninstalled All Videos and Reinstalled the latest version - which made no difference.

Can it be please be explained to me what I have done wrong here.
Can it be explained to me what I need to do to get it working the way I need it to be for my viewers.

I had first set this up in 2015 and I believe that although I had problems, I eventually had it working correctly.
It has recently been reported to me that it is not working.
That is why I am involved with it again.

Thank you in anticipation.

Owen Carlton

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6 years 5 months ago #164994 by william white
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First, please check your directory name "AUDIO" and make sure its not "audio"
Then try inserting your audios and / or videos into your content like

{mp3}Roy{/mp3}

{mp4}SampleVideo_1280x720_1mb{/mp4}

without the .mp3 or mp4 extension. Inspect the page and see what it is trying to display. In my case when i put the filename.extension inspecting it showed it was trying to load filename.extension.extension which would not work.
When browzing the server under the media tab it uses the entire filename and works for me
bty, I have the plugin set to find both video and audio in the /audio directory

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6 years 5 months ago #165023 by Owen Carlton
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Hello William, I have tried that mp3 Tab for All Videos and I get nothing when the Play Button is clicked on Firefox or Chrome, but on IE 11, I get animated movement of 3 white balls, where the Play Buttons was.

I have run out of ideas - I have my Host checking Server Configuration Files in case of issues at that end - no response yet, other than they believe I have set it up correctly.

Thank You
Owen Carlton

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6 years 5 months ago #165125 by Krikor Boghossian
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Hello Owen,
Can you send me a link to your site?

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6 years 5 months ago #165133 by Owen Carlton
Replied by Owen Carlton on topic MP3s will not play in Joomla 3.8.1
Hello Krikor,
Thank you for getting back.
Due to the lack of responses to my request, I have had to take another path to solve my problem.
I have obtained "Simple HTML5 Audio Player" which is doing the job of Single Article Audio Player with Lyrics, as it should do.
The only issue I had with it was the lousy support from people who did not know what they were doing - a Novice would have been dudded, but I had to force a few issues and finally got what I wanted for my particular situation.
I will be leaving All Videos Plugin on my Site - Disabled, as I may want it later for something else.
One point I will make is this - the Black Bar Player Control with just a Play Button is not the best and could do with improvement.
If you open my Site ( www.ratsoftobruktribute.com ) and go to SHOP/Rats of Tobruk Song you will see what a good Player Control looks like and how it responds to the user request to play.
All Videos Control just would not play when selected.
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Owen Carlton
Regards
Owen Carlton

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6 years 5 months ago #165146 by Krikor Boghossian
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Sorry about the delay in my answers.

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