Why isn't it loading my sound files?
Please review the QuickStart Guide, it covers many possible reasons.
- Most common reason is you are not running it from a website but have made custom names for your files and folders. If you are not planning on running it from a website or do not have a web server that will allow you to use directory indexing rename your song folders "album1", "album2", "album3", etc. and your songs "track1.mp3", "track2.mp3", "track3.mp3", etc.
- Your directory structure may be configured wrong:
www.yoursite.com/
diskdriver.html
diskdriver.swf
diskdriver.js
covers/
diskdriver/
.htaccess
album1/
album2/
- You do not have directory indexing on, you can either use an .htaccess file inside the "diskdriver" directory that says:
Options +Indexes
download our sample if you want by clicking here (remember you need to add a "." at the beginning of the file name once it's up on your server using FTP), if that does not work you can ask your HOST provider to turn the feature on.
- Have masked the albums or "diskdriver" directories with an index file
- Have place songs in sub-sub folders
- If using PWS, you are browsing your local path verse your external resolved url or IP for example "file:///library/web server/diskdriver.html" verses "http://63.24.11.25/diskdriver.html"
- do not have an internet connection
Can I have it load without starting on a song?
Yes, there is a simple way to do this. In Basic mode create a text file called "track1.mp3" and put it in your "album1" folder". DiskDriver will load the file but won't play any music. In NetActive mode, create a text file and order it in your first album (alphanumerically sorted), and label it as the first track such as "01 track.mp3".
Why does the playlist button not show up on the bottom of my DiskDriver?
The playlist feature only works with DiskDriver when it is in NetActive mode. If the large playlist button does appear it means you have the ability to name your sub directories and files anything you want.
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Are there ways to hide the location of my files?
Different users have tried different techniques. As a registered user you can choose any name for your master directories so that other users can not readily find your assets. Please contact us if you would like to know of other ways of hiding the paths to your assets or creating custom paths for each asset.
I have hundreds of master directories and I do not want to make a copy of the application in every single master directory what are my options?
As a registered user you can simply have one copy of the application and then multiple master directories such as the following:
www.yoursite.com/
classical page1.html
rock page2.html
R and B page3.html
diskdriver.swf
diskdriver.js
classical directory/
rock directory/
R and B directory/
Each master directory can be called by a different html page (example "classical page 1.html" loads diskdriver.swf but calls for "classical directory " to load... and yes this works on MACs as well.
Can I make the background transparent?
Yes, look at our example file for the parameter settings.
Some of my directories are not showing up and my songs seem to be out of order, why?
Check your folder and files names for any non standard characters or punctuation.
How is this program better then others out there?
THIS IS FOR WEBSITES
The technical answer is the application is self contained, there are no external resources or scripting languages needed to support it, NO PHP, NO PERL, NO ASP, NO CF, NO JAVA, nothing. You don't need a different version for a different type of server. |
