How to Add Audio to Your Web Site Using Flash   by Roger Weavers

Adding Audio Has Just Got Easier!

Only a few years ago the only way to add sound to your web site was to use a .wav or midi file. The problem with this was that the file size could be fairly large and the whole file needed to be downloaded before it could start to play.

Streaming audio was made available in the 90's and was in two basic formats, mp3 and Real Audio which enables the audio to start playing while it is still being downloaded. The size of these files is a lot smaller as compression algorithms are used but some loss of quality may be evident depending on the algorithm.

With these streaming audio formats audio player software is required by the browser and a streaming server is also needed.

Now audio can be streamed using Macromedia Flash (version 6 or above) from almost any web server and most web browsers can play the flash format files.

This is all very well but unless you can program in Flash (Flash 8 basic costs $399) you would need to pay a programmer to develop the audio button, which would also be expensive.

WebSiteAudioReviews.com has reviewed most of the easy to use software products that enable anyone to add audio to there web site and cost from $27 - $97

Most of these software programs have built in sound recorders so all you need to do is record your track and click a button which creates the required html code and paste this code into your web page. Then upload the .swf file and html file to your web site and you have audio on your web site in just a few minutes.

So, before you add audio to your web site read my reviews at www.websiteaudioreviews.com

About the Author

Roger Weavers has been working in the computer industry since 1983 and has been involved with Internet marketing since 1997. He has a number of successful web sites from Web design and promotion to Spanish real estate.