Thursday 28 April 2011

Autoplay MP3

Please help, I've Googled this to bits.

Why won't the following code autoplay an mp3?

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.podbean.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/player.swf" width="290" height="24" id="audioplayer6003" autoplay="true">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/player.swf" />
<param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=6003&amp;bg=0xF8F8F8&amp;leftbg=0xEEEEEE&amp;text=0x666666&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xCCCCCC&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;border=0x666666&amp;soundFile=http://www.castaway.org.uk/clients/voices/sounds/Jonathan_Aris.mp3&amp;autoplay=true" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="autoplay" value="true" />
</object>

Here's the code in action:
http://www.castaway.org.uk/clients/voices/joar_test.htm

Help!
Thanks

Friday 15 April 2011

2011 Tour Dates

"Love Your Chocolates"
An Evening with Tim Bentinck
(David Archer in "The Archers")
-An Earl Entertains-

Hanger Farm Arts Centre, SouthamptonSun 22nd May
Theatre Royal, Bury St. EdmundsFri 10th June
Otley Courthouse, Otley, E. YorksSat 25th June
Watermill Theatre, NewburySun 3rd July
Church Stretton School Theatre, SalopWed 3rd Aug
Fulham Town Hall, LondonTues 20th Sept
Drill Hall, LondonTBA

Tim Bentinck has played David Archer in The Archers for over 28 years. Join him as he brings his hugely entertaining one-man show ‘Love Your Chocolates' to our theatre, and find out what really happened on that roof! The only Earl currently working as a professional actor, Tim Bentinck brings tales from The Archers, comedy songs, video clips and a live radio lambing!

Thursday 7 April 2011

Windows 7 and HP C4480 problem solved

Ok. Bloody Microsoft again.
New computer with Windows 7 64 bit. Year old HP Photosmart C4480 printer that worked fine with XP. Couldn't install software, got "Fatal Error during installation" then install prog went into a loop. It said the printer was installed and the scanner worked in Photoshop but when went to print, got "Printer not installed". Tried everything online, no joy.
Paid £16 to HP support for an online 'Friend'. Got Nathan. Top man. Here's what we did.
Installed latest Java, Flash, C++ Runtime, MS XML and .NET version 4. Still got "Fatal error during installation" and program looping but....... IT PRINTS.
Now to get on with the rest of my life.
By contrast, when I bought my Macbook and plugged in the printer, it recognised it and installed the driver immediately. WTF?????