| Things to think about before you buy Flash audio player |
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Things to think about before you buy Flash audio player
Music is an integral part of our lives, it is a powerful tool for stress relief, relaxation and more. According to a research, over 80% people listen to at least one music track every single day to enhance our mood. We can also choose the music that we want to listen according to our current mood, happy music, sorrow music, relaxed music are just a few, while it is also proven that music can affect our body in many ways. For example if you put on some classical music that you enjoy when you are cleaning, then cleaning would become a funny activity rather than a chore; and playing some smooth jazz music 30 minutes 
before your bedtime can help you drop off to sleep if you are having a tough
time falling asleep.
Listening music is not at all a latest trend. This has been the hobby
and habit of our grandparents too. However, things have been changed in
the last decade. Older people used to have cassette tapes and other bulk
systems to enjoy their favourite music tracks. The market of cassette
tapes declined dramatically in mid 1980s and then the Compact Disc which
has larger storage overtook the tapes and became popular, and the emergence
of digital formats revolutionalised the way we listen to music. Everyone
prefers enjoying music in portable MP3 players in recent years because
they are able to hold hundreds, and in some cases thousands of songs.
Some MP3 players even allow you to carry pictures, video. Again, no more
CD or device to listen to the track you want but just a MP3 player.
Ease of use It would be a waste of time to learn programming or design skill just to create a personalized Flash audio player. Make sure the Flash audio player doesn't require you to have prior experience in Flash editing, and it allows you to instantly add songs and associated images, together with a built-in FTP uploader for you to upload the player to the site in a fast and convenient manner. Appearance Personal appearance is important for being successful nowadays and it is also the same for Flash audio player. If your music player has a wonderful skin it would be more likely for your potential customers to listen to the music and stay longer in your website. The longer time they stay, the higher chance you can close a business deal. Some Flash audio player software features a wide selection of player skins, from the Jukebox to iPod templates, delivering visual enhancment while visitors are enjoying the music. Features offered Ability to add a purchase link for each song is a great advantage and plus for the Flash audio player. Imagine you own a music website and you are going to sell music, anyone with a credit card or PayPal account can buy the music directly from the music player. Clients are then presented with an option to purchase individual songs or an whole album, and you can update the currency and the price anytime you want. Keep in mind that you can hardly sell the song if the player doesn't let you put a 'Buy" link or button. Prevent unauthorized download It would be great if the users can only listen to the song but cannot access to the playlist. A good Flash audio player can protect the music tracks from unauthorized download, and users are not capable of obtaining the file path of the song, which is what you need specially if you are going to sell music online. Integration to website Try to figure out how easy you can embed the Flash audio player into the website. For most cases the procedures of adding the players to the site would be like this: After you publish the music player, a small pop up window will appear offering the embed code to copy and paste on your website. You can then paste the code to the html view of your site using any website editor such as Dreamweaver, and then the Flash audio player will be displayed. You can also put the code into other content management systems such as WordPress or Joomla with just a click of mouse.
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