Sound Streamer - Stunning Simple Website Audio

Sound Streamer Help:

The following help documentation is designed to get you up and running as fast as possible.

Installing Sound Streamer
Using Sound Streamer
Putting Sound Streamer onto your website

Installing Sound Streamer:

Firstly, thank you for purchasing Sound Streamer!

By now you've probably downloaded the Sound Streamer ZIP file. If you haven't, check your email account for the download email we've sent you. It contains a link to your own download page.

Once you've saved Sound Streamer to your computer, you'll need to unzip it.

If you're using Windows XP:
All you need to do is double click on the file you've downloaded, and then copy its contents onto your hard drive.

If you're using a different version of Windows:
If you cannot access ZIP files, then you can download WinZip here. There is a free trial that will allow you to unzip the contents of the Sound Streamer download file. Once you've installed WinZip, simply double click on the file you've downloaded, and then copy its contents onto your hard drive.

If you're using a Mac:
If you cannot access ZIP files, then you can download StuffIt here. There is a free trial that will allow you to unzip the contents of the Sound Streamer download file. Once you've installed StuffIt, simply double click on the file you've downloaded, and then copy its contents onto your hard drive.

And that's all there is to it!

Read the "Using Sound Streamer" section on how to use Sound Streamer.

Using Sound Streamer:

Sound Steamer assumes you have recorded your MP3 file, and have it ready to play. Make sure your sampling rate is one of the following:

5500 Hz
11025 Hz
22050 Hz
44100 Hz (preferred setting)

If you're not sure how to do this, you'll need to check the help documentation for the particular sound recording software you're using.

Once you've recorded your MP3 file, go to the folder you've copied Sound Streamer into and double click on the index.htm file.

You'll now see the Sound Streamer interface. If you don't, make sure you have Macromedia Flash Player installed. It's free, and you can get it from here.

Step One:
If you've uploaded your MP3 file onto your website, enter the URL of it into the "URL to MP3 file" text box. If it is in the same folder as Sound Streamer, you can simply just type the name of the file.

If you'd like to hide the actual location of your MP3 file in your webpages source, tick the Cloak MP3 URL tickbox.

If you'd like the MP3 to start playing as soon as the page loads, tick the Start Playing When Page Loads tickbox.

You can also use what's called Branded Text. Have a look at the Step 3 Preview. You'll see, by default, "Make your sites talk today!" written underneath the player. You can change this text to anything you like, and link it to a webpage by entering the details into the Branded Text section.

Step Two:
If you'd like to change the colour of the box from the default Silver colour, tick the Use Custom Colour box.

You can now use the sliders to mix the colours you'd like to use. Experiment with the sliders to change the colour.

If you have a particular colour in mind, at the end of the sliders you will see the value of Red, Green and Blue. The numbers represent the RGB value. If you know the RGB value of the colour you want, you can simply move the sliders until the numbers match the correct values.

Step 3:
This allows you to preview the player. Try playing the sound, and also check your Branded Text if you've added it (refer to Step 1 to change this). If you're happy with this, continue to Step 4.

Step 4:
Click on the Generate Code button.

The code you need is displayed in the large box. Select all the text in the box and paste it into your webpage that you would like the Sound Streamer player to be shown. Where ever you paste the code, this is where the player will be displayed.

All done!

Read the "Putting Sound Streamer Onto Your Website" section on how to use Sound Streamer.

Putting Sound Streamer Onto Your Website:

For this step, you need to make sure you have pasted the Sound Streamer code into the webpage you would like the player to be shown on (see Step 4 in "Using Sound Streamer").

You will need to upload this webpage to your website. If you are unsure of how to upload webpages to your website, please contact your website hosting provider, and they will tell you how to do so.

You need to upload three files:

Firstly, upload your MP3 file if you haven't already done so. This must be uploaded to the location you set in Step One of Using Sound Streamer.

Next, upload your webpage that you've pasted the code into and the "siteaudioplayer.swf" file onto your website. These two files need to be in the same folder as each other.

Next, simply open your browser window and go to your webpage URL, and you will see the player.

Thank you for using Sound Streamer.

If you have any problems, please contact our support department.