Google has implemented an MP3 player into GMail which will lets users stream MP3/audio attachments right inside the GMail interface. This is a very useful feature, indeed. Digital Inspiration also found out that the player is a stripped down version of the Google Video player which plays mp3 files. This way the player can be embedded inside any webpage for streaming audio content. Below I have included the player to play an excellent Rocketsauce podcast episode.
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Turk!
Welcome back, compadre! Time for some Halo 2, n008!
Oh, also, please tell me how to embed that bad boy in a post. It’s small and simple and I like it.
Hey monkeypup, it is good to be back and see you here
I pasted the below code inside iframe brackets to embed the player:
src=”http://mail.google.com/mail/html/audio.swf?audioUrl=
MP3_URL style=”border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); width: 500px; height: 25px;” id=”musicPlayer”
MP3_URL is of course the url path to the mp3 of your liking…
[...] However, what is more interesting here is what the Blogoscoped points at: Google’s strength at locking in the users. It is obvious when you think about it. You are already using Gmail, and once you are inside that application it is way more convenient to use Google’s spreadsheet program to download and open the attachment in any such software. Google already has an mp3 player to play mp3 attachments inside Gmail. One day, they may convert any video format to Google Video format on the fly and offer opening any video attachments in Google Video. I would hardly oppose because it would be convenient. [...]