Audio

The Web and New Media Services Group supports two options for making audio available on your Web site: embed the audio as a downloadable file or use a Flash audio player. To broaden the distribution of your files, you may also want to post them as a podcast on Stanford on Itunes.

Linked Audio File

The easiest way to post audio to your site is to upload it to the Web server and link to it. When a user clicks the link, the audio file will either be played by an audio player inherent to your user's browser, or it will be downloaded to your user's desktop where it can be played locally.

Preferred file formats: mp3, wav, midi

Embedded Audio Player (mp3 only)

If you want an audio player with controls on your Web page, we recommend the XSPF Web Music Player. This Flash audio player is an open source player for MP3 files that is easy to use and freely available. When installing this player, you'll also need to include our Flash detection plug-in. Please contact Web Help for further assistance.

Demo player (Stanford Medicine Magazine) I Download player I Flash detection plug-in