<p>SoundManager was written to meet a desire to have Javascript-driven sound for interactive web-based projects, and "to make it easy to play MP3s in the browser." It is free for use in both personal and commercial projects (see <ahref="#licensing"title="SoundManager 2 licensing information"onclick="resetFilter()">Licensing</a>.) It was originally developed for personal use and has been packaged with the hopes of being useful to others.</p>
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<h3id="related-projects">Related Projects</h3>
<h4id="html5-compatibility">HTML 5 Audio/Video Compatibility Wrappers, <audio> for HTML 4 etc.</h4>
<p><ahref="http://gettingsoftware.posterous.com/html5flash-using-html5-video-and-audio-right">HTML5Flash</a> is a project that lets you use HTML 5's <code><audio></code> and <code><video></code> tags in HTML 4 browsers, making them compatible using SoundManager 2 behind the scenes.</p>
<p>Additionally, see the <ahref="http://getsatisfaction.com/schillmania/topics/html5_audio">SM2 discussion thread on HTML 5 audio</a> support.</p>
<h4>JavaScript/DHTML/Flash MP3 and video players</h4>
<p>Searching for an included/embedded-type media player? These related projects might be of use.</p>
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<li><ahref="http://www.happyworm.com/jquery/jplayer/"title="Happyworm jPlayer">jPlayer</a> is a HTML5/Flash player which jQuery fans should feel at home with; several different players and skins are provided.</li>
<li><ahref="http://flowplayer.org"title="Flowplayer does video, with free and commercial versions available">Flowplayer</a> is a pretty solid GPL Flash-based video player with a JS API.</li>
<li><ahref="http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/">JW FLV Player</a> is a general-purpose Flash-based player which can handle FLV, MP3, MP4 and a number of image formats.</li>
<li><ahref="http://developer.yahoo.com/mediaplayer/"title="An embedded player that supports a number of sound formats">Yahoo! Media Player</a> supports a number of different formats depending on installed plugins (WMA etc.), can display artist / album information and so on.</li>
<li><ahref="http://jssoundkit.sourceforge.net/"title="A Javascript/Flash MP3 player">JSSoundkit</a>, an MP3 player with a simple UI.</li>
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<h3id="external-links">Links</h3>
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<li><ahref="http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/"title="SoundManager 2 Web Home">SoundManager 2 Project Page</a> (schillmania.com)</li>
<li><ahref="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/"title="Info on Flash 8's sound object">Flash 8 / AS2 documentation</a> (livedocs.macromedia.com) - download, open index.html under "main" subdirectory, use navigation: ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference -> ActionScript Classes -> Sound</li>
<liid="fpgss"><ahref="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html"title="Configure Flash security settings">Flash Player Global Security Settings Panel</a> - Configure your Flash Player security, eg., allow SM2 .swf on your local filesystem to have internet access for testing by whitelisting its location eg. file://Users/Administrator/Desktop/soundmanager... etc. Alternately, view the page over HTTP and access internet resources that way.</li>
<p><ahref="http://www.schillmania.com"title="Scott Schiller's experimental design site">Scott Schiller</a> (<ahref="http://www.schillmania.com/content/react/contact/"title="Contact Info @ Schillmania.comrmation for Scott Schiller">contact</a>) is a Front-end Engineer (previously "Web Developer") who builds fun creative and technical stuff on the web - or failing that, tries - when he has free time. He likes building cool things which contribute to, yet enjoys mocking, the <ahref="http://www.schillmania.com/content/opinion/2005/10/dont-believe-the-web-20-hype/"title="Web 2.0: Don't Believe The Hype!">Web 2.0 meme</a>. (See <ahref="http://www.schillmania.com/content/entries/2006/08/how-web20-aware-are-you/"title="Take the Web 2.0 Awareness Test!">How Web 2.0-Aware Are You?</a>)</p>
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