I have experienced this off and on for a little less than a week now. The MP3 code seems finicky; sometimes the play button doesn't load properly, sometimes all of the code after the MP3 becomes garbled or stops functioning. It's hard to replicate because it seems very sporadic. I can't be entirely sure if this is happening for everyone viewing these MP3s or just me, but I've experienced these issues on a couple of computers, so I don't think it's a local issue. Perhaps it depends on the source of the file? I've been using Dropbox for all of mine so far. Most recent example here, where it would appear the play button has failed to load properly, thus the file cannot be played. (It's under the spoiler tag with a musical note on it.) I've opened the url manually and the MP3 plays with no problem.
It's not really intended to be used for much more than the podcasts, I never really intended anyone else to use it. If you're posting a lot of audio, I'd recommend using one of the other media sites we support: Spoiler 8tracks http://8tracks.com/ CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/video/ CNBC http://video.cnbc.com/ CollegeHumour http://www.collegehumor.com/ Dorkly http://www.dorkly.com Ebay Item http://www.ebay.com ESPN http://espn.go.com/video/ Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ FunnyorDie http://www.funnyordie.com/ Gamespot Shows http://www.gamespot.com/shows/ Gamespot Videos http://www.gamespot.com GameTrailers Trailers http://www.gametrailers.com/ Hulu http://www.hulu.com IGN http://ign.com/videos/ Issuu.com Docs http://issuu.com/ MIT World http://mitworld.mit.edu/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com MTV Music Videos http://mtv.com MTV Programming http://mtv.com MTV Trailers http://www.mtv.com/movies/trailer_park/ NBC Sports http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/ NBC Video http://www.nbc.com/ PBS Video http://video.pbs.org/ Perezhilton and affiliated http://perezhilton.com Playlist.com http://www.playlist.com/ Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/ SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/ Splicd.com http://www.splicd.com/ Trailer Addict http://www.traileraddict.com/ Twitch.tv http://www.twitch.tv Veoh.com http://www.veoh.com Wall Street Journal http://live.wsj.com/ & of course, youtube
...Funny... I actually tried a Soundcloud link once, and that didn't seem to want to work either. We're sure that's fully supported? Lemme try a few and see if they turn out... [media=soundcloud Your browser does not support the audio element. [media=soundcloud Your browser does not support the audio element. Yeah, weird... It ranges from not working to spitting out codes I didn't enter in the title box. Tried it with the long url too, and got much the same effect. E: Oh, I see. Soundcloud is supported by the media code and autofills it. That explains that. Still, none of those sites really offer what Dropbox does... Is there nothing to help it?
Well first of all, the code can only be used once per page. I've been looking around for alternatives because that's not ideal, but for now, soundcloud is probably your best bet if you're posting a lot of audio.
