• Yahoo!’s javascript based media player!

    by  • January 9, 2008 • code, demo, download, life, music, news, script, yahoo • 10 Comments

    Yahoo! launched it browser based media player written in javascript. All you have to do is link the javascript code (located at http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js) in a web page having links to audio file(s) .

    Although it takes a while for the “player” to load completely, yet I am pretty okay with it (for now). Moreover, it’s in beta. I, however, sincerely hope that it doesn’t follow GMail beta path. urghh!

    Check back again in a few hours. I’ll posting a demo of the player on my portal. A demo is here. The demo would have This demo has a special meaning for the Indians of my age (or older than) because the songs I’ll be using will be the one we all grew up with, viz. Jungle Book, Mile Sur Mera Tumhara, Baje Sargam, Byomkesh Bakshi, Malgudi Days, Surabhi, Tipu Sultan & Mahbharat. :)

    Special thanks to Madhav for sharing them.

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    • http://www.diovo.com/ Niyaz PK

      How did they do that? Is it possible to write an enire media player in js? I don’t think so. I think they use flash or something for that. What do you think?

    • http://projectbee.org Bipin 3~ Upadhyay

      Niyaz,
      If I remember correctly, they had also launched a flash based player sometime ago.
      Although I am not 100% sure, but I don’t think they used Flash this time. Maybe they are using quicktime plugin of the browser.
      If you find out something, let us know. I am too lazy for it (plus loads of unfinished work) :P

    • http://blog.tayfunsen.com tayfun

      Hi,

      Firefox just shows file download dialog when I click on any of the mp3 files. I have given permission for the javascript to run, so what do yo think is the problem?

      Thanks in advance.

    • http://blog.tayfunsen.com tayfun

      OK, to anyone interested in the solution. Here’s the answer to my own question.

      I should have looked at browser support at: http://yahoomediaplayer.wikia.com/wiki/How_To_Use .
      It says there that none of the browsers for Linux are supported. For firefox, it specifically says that it is a C-Grade browser, which means:
      “A C-grade browser is on a blacklist of platforms which are specifically unsupported. There are important bugs in support for that platform and no plans to fix them. In a C-grade browser the player hides itself and lets the original media link do the work. Clicking on the link will invoke whatever helper application you have installed in your browser. ”

      I don’t know why YAHOO doesn’t support Linux, which has great market share in geeks.

    • http://projectbee.org Bipin 3~ Upadhyay

      Tayfun, Thanks for posting the info. This is really sad state. Look here for the definition of C grade broswers. Looks like they are not just living a decade ago, but also a little ambiguous with the bug part. uh!

    • Labiral

      Hi! I was looking for a JS based media player to use instead of Flash. I was a little discouraged because of the comment about Linux support, bu I had already openend the demo link. Surprisingly, it works. It seems that Iceweasel 3.0.3 (aka Firefox, but in Debian) does have support for the player… Is the YahooMediaPlayer wikia outdated? Well, thanks anyway for the post and the music samples. I’m from Colombia and I like this kind of music, especially Jungle Book’s and Tipu Sultan’s.

    • http://bipinu.myopenid.com/ Bipin Upadhyay

      @Labiral:
      I am not sure about the wiki, but yes, it seems to be working across more browsers now (disclaimer: not first hand experience).

      By the way, did you understand the lyrics? :)

    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/26917592@N08/ Manoj K

      Nice to see the demo.. your mp3 collection is cool Bipin :D

    • http://bipinu.myopenid.com/ Bipin Upadhyay

      hehe Thanks Manoj :)
      So you joined somewhere?