Since we launched Mixlr, one of the most frequently requested features has been to allow users to embed live broadcasts into their websites, blogs and social networking profiles.
Over the last few months, we’ve been working hard to make this a reality, and today we’re really excited to launch Mixlr’s new embeddable live player.
If you’re a broadcaster, you can get going straight away by visiting our new widgets page. In the meantime, lets take a closer look at the player.
When a broadcaster is off-air, the player will display information about forthcoming scheduled broadcasts, or most recently saved broadcasts, where possible.
This is an image of how the player looks when a broadcaster is live:
We’ve made it easy for listeners to share the broadcast with their Twitter followers and Facebook friends, just by clicking on the Share link on the right-hand side of the player.
It’s also possible to see how many comments have been made on the live broadcast so far.
And as you’d expect from Mixlr, the player delivers exactly the same high-quality audio stream that listeners enjoy on our existing website.
Embedding in a website
Our player makes it possible to embed your live broadcasts almost anywhere. First, we’ll take a look at embedding a player in your own website. To use this method, you’ll need to have the ability to add a snippet of HTML code to your website. Getting started is easy: first, just visit our new widgets page.
Here, you can select some basic attributes for the player. You can select any width between 480 and 700 pixels, suitable for most websites and social networking sites.
Next, just copy-and-paste the code and drop it into your webpage. You should see our great looking new player when you reload the page.
As an example, here’s our player embedded in a Tumblr and Posterous blog. It’s that easy!
Embedding in Facebook
Embedding in Facebook is even easier. Just share the link to a Mixlr user profile page or live page: for example, http://mixlr.com/mixlr/live. The live player will automatically be embedded into your Facebook status update. For example:
This means that your Facebook friends and fans will be able to listen to live broadcasts directly in their Facebook pages. We feel that this is an extremely powerful tool for broadcasters to increase their listener base, and better engage with their fans, and we can’t wait to see it being put to use.
Embedding in other sites
We have also incorporated the oEmbed specification into our live player. This means that it’s easy to drop the player into external websites which support this standard.
An example is the popular self-hosted Wordpress blogs: we’ll be publishing a separate blog post later this week with more details.
Feedback welcome!
As usual we love to hear feedback from our broadcasters and listeners, so if you’ve got a comment or question then hit us on our Twitter or Facebook pages, or our dedicated feedback forum.
The Mixlr team
