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31/08/2021

The problem with midi … resolved

Filed under: Announcements,Website — Tags: embedded midi player, javascript — Chris @ 7:31 am

In a previous post I wrote at length about the long-term problems of providing a midi player for tunes on the site.

I am pleased to say that, as of February 2021, that problem is now resolved.

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12/02/2018

Can I host TuneGraphs on my own site?

Filed under: Announcements,Software,Tunes,Website — Tags: javascript, search, Tunes, Website — Chris @ 10:45 pm

A number of people have seen the TuneGraphs on abcnotation.com and asked if they could include them on their own website.

The short answer is yes, although there are a number of restrictions.

If you are interested in this possibility, read on.

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10/04/2013

The problem with midi

Filed under: Software,Thoughts,Website — Tags: embedded midi player, javascript, quicktime, windows media player — Chris @ 10:12 pm

UPDATE: The problem has now been resolved!

When I first set up the tune search, back in 2009, I seem to remember it wasn’t too difficult to provide an embedded midi player next to each tune … once I’d got around Internet Explorer’s quirks, that is.

Sadly however, it seems to be getting harder rather than easier. And it’s not just me that thinks that: as w3schools says “Playing audio in HTML is not easy!”

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