By Roger Weavers
Adding Audio Has Just Got Easier.
Only a few years ago the only way to add sound to your web site was
to use a .wav or midi file. The problem with this was that the file
size could be fairly large and the whole file needed to be
downloaded before it could start to play.
Streaming audio was made available in the 90's and was in two basic
formats, mp3 and Real Audio which enables the audio to start playing
while it is still being downloaded. The size of these files is a lot
smaller as compression algorithms are used but some loss of quality
may be evident depending on the algorithm.
With these streaming audio formats audio player software is required
by the browser and a streaming server is also needed.
Now audio can be streamed using Macromedia Flash (version 6 or
above) from almost any web server and most web browsers can play the
flash format files.
This is all very well but unless you can program in Flash (Flash 8
basic costs $399) you would need to pay a programmer to develop the
audio button, which would also be expensive.
WebSiteAudioReviews.com has reviewed most of the easy to use
software products that enable anyone to add audio to there web site
and cost from $27 - $97
Most of these software programs have built in sound recorders so all
you need to do is record your track and click a button which creates
the required html code and paste this code into your web page.
Then upload the .swf file and html file to your web site and you
have audio on your web site in just a few minutes.
Add Audio to your Web
Site
