Browser playback is compromised by the browser opening a new window with advertising, and then spawning a popup with still more ads when the player closes. We need a little utility that lets the user select a Media Player, then opens an audio file cleanly with no ad popup window.
Selecting a Media Player at Audible.com and at BlogRadio.org.
Here's an example of choosing a Media Player at BlogRadio.com. (Click on the speaker icon.) If you do not have a particular media player, you will be prompted to download it and install it.
Here's the javascript that invokes this choice of media player. You also need some middleware code on the server
<a href=""
onClick="window.open('http://app.skybuilders.com/timelines/mp3Handler.html?MP3URL=http://media.skybuilders.com/lydon/slugger.mp3','','resizable,height=60,width=290,left=100,top=100',true); return false">
<img src="http://media.skybuilders.com/Lydon/Images/SpeakerSmall.gif" border="0" alt="Choose a media player"><a/>
Alternatively, we can open audio in the same window by setting the Media Player size attributes to height="0" and width="0", but then no controls appear to pause and stop the audio.
