Ahhh…yet another good open source alternative. Well, this is cannot be called a software, perhaps more like a script for websites. Basically, what you do is to code a few lines into your web code and it will act as a mp3 audio player. Exactly like those you see on various websites but this is in flash. No worries, it’s not a resource hog and it’s pretty small in size. And in the looks department, it looks pretty nice. Not too  “flashy” so to speak but yet presentable to most visitors. I think it will look good on “minimalist” websites like mine.

This Flash MP3 Player comes in different sizes from small to well, medium. Even the largest takes up only a small portion of your web layout. The largest also allows you to play multiple music tracks. It allows your users to choose which music tracks to play and allows them to adjust their volume. It feels to me that it is very clean and very stable. I tried a few on other websites and all seems to work perfectly. Of course, it also depends on the MP3 file you are showcasing on your website but it was able to play all the stuff which I threw at it. And coding it to your webpage is very simple. Just link to it like any other flash file and do your configurations in an xml file. Easy. Of course, the easiest is the “mini” version of the MP3 Flash Player, it just allows you to play a single audio file and the colours and look can be easily customized. Nothing for you to configure either.  But I think playing just one track is going to be tedious after while, why not give your visitors something more? The “multi” isn’t that much bigger and it has a ton of cool features too. If I ever wanted an embedded player, I would certainly choose the “multi” version. But it really depends on your webpage and it’s layout. If it doesn’t fit, you will have to choose another style.

Anyways, this flash script is open source and you can download it to check out it’s code. Flash should be supported in a good number of web browsers. In fact, I think all modern web browsers should already have support for flash and if they don’t, ditch it and get a better one, like…well….dare I say it…..Internet Explorer 7 or Opera! Hahaha, I am sure a lot of web users will kill me if they know that I am promoting Internet Explorer, but I am serious. Firefox is getting nowhere for me. So Internet Explorer is my next best option.