Gmail Adds mp3 Playing Capabilities
It seems like I’m announcing some new Gmail feature every month, but they are definitely welcomed features. This month Google adds the ability to play mp3 audio files attached in emails. This feature adds-on to the recent news of the updated version of Google Talk which allows for voicemail messages; now gTalk users can listen to their voicemail messages within Gmail.
Similar to how you can view the original size of an attached image or simply download it, Gmail gives you the option of playing or downloading attached mp3 files. Playing an mp3 file pops up a window with a basic audio player with a GUI similar to that of the Google Video player.
Update: You can also embed the audio player by calling something like the following (as mentioned on Uneasy Silence):
where MP3_URL is the location of the mp3 file on your server to play. From what I’ve seen messing with the CSS, you can make the iframe as wide as you want and the Google player fluidly expands nicely.
The song was something I made for a Garageband project for a Computational Media class.
Now it would be nice if they would only allow us to import VCard contacts into the contact list instead of only allowing CSV files. Pretty much every contact/email program uses VCard, but not GMail.
ewww, Panic at the Disco…. horrible band…
as for gmail, sadly i wont use the feature cause i download all my mail to thunderbird.
haha. I’m not a big fan of Panic at the Disco either. GMail is always adding new features and I think this is pretty cool…though I never would have noticed it myself.
Dude I moved to Mail.app yesterday just because. Today I’m going back to web based gmail. Playing MP3’s is the shit, and I bet they will be integrating the same thing for attached movies.
nice song! man, now you will have me fiddling around with garageband instead of doing my work (argh mid semester! (in Australia… have fun starting a new year!))
mmm… I _like_ gmail
Heyyy, nice song.
Isnt the mp3 format patented? Does this mean Google has purchased some kind of licensing to allow distribution of mp3 files that are created via GTalk??