Embedding audio streaming into websites or blogs are getting common these days. And we all know that media on websites or blogs is going to stay and for providing better experience to our readers, we always find the best tools.
There are various other reasons too for placing audio or music clips for experienced web designers and musicians such as creating more opportunities in increasing sales and sign ups to their products and services. An online Music player is no rocket science for the website owners.
These website music players provides various functions to build your own Jukebox on your websites and most importantly the way you want ranging from different sizes to colors which-ever suits your web design the most. You can add hundreds and thousands of songs into these music players from loads of music related resources available on the net.
In this article, we compiled a list of free music players for your websites and blogs which surely helps you in saving lots of time while researching on these. And I am confident, if you are looking for some media solutions, you will surely find the best player here according to your need. With these online music players, you can easily add the songs and also most of these players are customizable and you can choose the best skins which suit the web design of yours.
So, here’s the SaveDelete’s compilation of 25 free music players for your websites or blog .
1) Flowplayer 3.1 : Flowplayer is an Open Source (GPL 3) video/audio player for the Web. Use it to embed video streams into your web pages. Built for site owners, developers, hobbyists, businesses and serious programmers.
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2) JW Player : The JW FLV Player is the Internets most popular and flexible media player. It supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle (FLV, MP4, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG and GIF).It also supports RTMP, HTTP, live streaming, various playlists formats, a wide range of settings and an extensive javascript API.
3) Dewplayer : Dewplayer is very light and easy to use flash mp3 player. The flash animation is very light and doesn’t take time to load the webpage. It downloads and plays the mp3 file when the play button is pressed. Dewplayer is very light and easy to use. The Multi version allows users to play previous and next songs via the buttons. Dewplayer comes in 5 sizes :
- Mini – 160 x 20
- Classic – 200 x 20
- Multi – 240 x 20
- Playlist – 240 x 200
- Bubble – 250 x 65
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4) MP3 Player : MP3 Player is free, open-source and customized flash music player for websites or blogs. It has 5 different modes which allows you to integrate the player you like or which one suits the best in your website or blogs. MP3 Player comes in 5 sizes :
- Mini
- Normal
- Multi
- JS
- Maxi
5) WP Audio Player : WP Audio Player is a WordPress Plug-in which help you to play MP3 file directly into your post. It’s very simple to use and customize. It comes with various skins, below is the default skin it comes with. You can also use this player in non-wordpress websites too.
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6) Yahoo Media Player : The Yahoo! Media Player enhances your web site or blog by creating an embedded player for each audio link. All the links can be played with one click, turning the page into a playlist. This is done by adding our JavaScript to your page.
7) Premium Beat Flash MP3 Players : Premiumbeat.com offers the easiest way to add music to your website with detailed instructions. You can choose one flash mp3 player from 4 options available with quick installation guide available.
Installation Insructions / WordPress Plugin / Installation Instructions for WP Plugin
8 ) Flash MP3 Player : Flash MP3 Player is a free application that allows you to play music on your website easy and fast. You won’t need any programming skills to install or use it. Just embed it into your website and player will automatically scan a specified folder and form a playlist.
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9) Flabell Flash MP3 Player : Fully customizable MP3 Player, built with support for multiple Artists and Albums. Everything is XML customizable, including player and images size, player colors, speed and transition effects.This Flash Mp3 Player contains a handful of features and settings. It is easy to use the player in your Flash projects or as an independent Flash Mp3 Player on your website or Myspace page. It is as easy as moving some actionscript files around, and dragging the movieclip containing the Flash Mp3 Player in your Flash file.
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10) XSPF Web Music Player : XSPF Web Music Player is a flash-based web application that uses xspf playlist format to play mp3 songs. XSPF is the XML Shareable Playlist Format. The software is written in Actionscript 2. XSPF Music Player comes in 3 versions :
- Extended
- Slim
- Button
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11) Macromedia Flash MP3 Music Player : This sample flash music player can play up to 25 of your favorite mp3’s continuously. You can make the music automatically play or have a manual start. Click the button on the left to pause the music and click it again to continue play. It will match your website because you can customize the music player using html color codes. Knowledge of Macromedia Flash is not necessary and the Flash program is not required. The music player is updated via a dynamic control file.
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12) jPlayer : jPlayer is a jQuery plugin which allows you to play and control audio files in your webpage. You can create and style audio player using HTML and CSS. jPlayer comes in 7 versions :
- Stylish Audio Player
- Stylish Audio and Playlist Player
- Multi Instanced Player
- Text Based Player with Track Switching
- Text based player with track switching using custom code
- Text Based player with progress bar
- ThemeRoller Version
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13) niftyPlayer : NiftyPlayer is a small and simple Flash Mp3 Player. If you enable Javascript, you can even control the player without touching the Flash interface.
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14) Website Music Player : Easily add music to your Web site with this advanced flash mp3 player and stream your music with style. No programming knowledge required. Simply upload your Mp3s to the MP3 directory and the songs are automatically added to the playlist. Then just copy-and-paste the code into any Web page. Features include collapsible playlist, graphic equalizer, volume control, song position slider, percentage of song loaded display, reliable buffering and song control buttons (previous song, play, pause, stop, and next song)
15) FLAMPlayer : This is an mp3 player built in Flash, and so, it can be embedded in an Html page. It works using PHP and MySQL. The database stores the authors and tracks characteristics, the PHP scripts manage the communication between the Flash player and the MySQL database.FLAM Player includes a back-end allowing the fast addition of tracks, the edition of authors or tracks characteristics, the creation of playlists and the simple integration of the player in a page.
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16) Zanorg Player : If you looking for some simple MP3 player for your blog or website which can play a single file of your need than Zanorg Player is best option for you.
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17) AudioPlay : AudioPlay is a one button Freeware MP3 player based on Flash technology. Simple upload AudioPlay and music file to your web page account. Edit configuration (config.xml or put options directly to URL). You could customize background color, loop settings and autostart options. You can customize player’s play/stop button by preparing your own button images. If you are looking for demo player for your sound clips or background music player for your website then AudioPlay is ideal for you.
18) Wimpy MP3 Player for WordPress : Wimpy MP3 Player is the is the simple way to present streaming audio content on your web page or web server. Wimpy is by far the most flexible online audio player.
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19) WordPress Plugin – Flash MP3 Player : This plugin can display a highly customizable MP3 player on your sidebar, in a single post page or any other places on your blog pages. It provides a lot of feature which other complex features can’t provide.
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20) WP Audio – WordPress MP3 Player Plugin : If you are not a fan of flash players, then this is the right choice for you. They said, ” Deactivate that lame Flash player and install a plugin that makes you proud to embed mp3s. WPaudio installs in seconds, looks great, and is easy to use.” You can convert all mp3 links, just the ones you specify, or you can use tags with advanced download options. Customize font, size, and colors right from WordPress.
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21) Taraganas Del.icio.us mp3 Player WordPress Plugin : This plugin makes any mp3 links (in post or page or any other location in your blog) playable directly on your webpage. In addition, your visitors will have the opportunity to easily tag and post the mp3 link to del.icio.us. This script is extremely lightweight, as is the flash movie that plays on demand. Must-have for podcasters or anyone who wants to allow blog visitors to play mp3 files on the website itself.
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22) Silverlight Audio Player : Silverlight Audio Player is a simple audio player that can be used for playing back one or more audio files. It currently supports two styles of player. The first plays a single file and is based on the visual design of the WordPress audio player. The second allows you to play multiple files.
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23) Website MP3 player – DNeX FMP256 : This unique Flash application lets you put a fast, small and reliable playlist-driven MP3 player on your website. It can play up to six MP3 tracks from anywhere on the Web, delivered to all the major web browsers and mobile platforms that support Flash Player 8 or above.
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24) 1 Bit Audio Player : 1 Bit Audio Player is a very simple and lightweight Adobe Flash MP3 player with automatic JavaScript insertion. It’s main purpose is to act as a quick in-page preview for audio files you link to from your website or blog. The player can be easily installed as a WordPress plugin or used stand-alone in any website. Small audio players will than automatically appear next to any MP3s you link to.
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25) Iradeo : Free open source MP3 player and online radio streaming platform. Start streaming your mp3 files, it’s easy. Launch your online radio station today.
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While putting this list, we tried our best to put the best and free options available for online music player. If you feel, that we missed something which fits in this list, please be kind and share with us.