Do you host mp3 files on your music blog? If so - please add a /crossdomain.xml file to your webserver root - ala http://musiclibre.org/crossdomain.xml

The crossdomain file grants permission for Adobe Flash applications to read files from your server, and more specifically - to be able to read ID3 tags located in the mp3 files you host. This is kindof awesome, cause it means Flash music players will work better when rendering your music blog. Check out our player, currently kicking out tunes from http://ccmixter.org/. The ccMixter site has a crossdomain.xml file which means that once the tunes have loaded, you’ll see the Flash player that’s playing them gets updated with the metadata info contained in the ID3 tags. It also grants the Flash player access to the audio stream, so developers can build cool visualizations like what you see playing back right now. Click on the area of the player where the waveform is displayed to toggle the different options. This will only work if playing back mp3s served off a site with a crossdomain.

Long story short - if you run a music blog, or even if you’re just posting mp3s of your own music online… please create decent ID3 tags when you encode your mp3s, and add a crossdomain.xml to your webroot (usually a folder called /public_html)… Your music will be easier to share and play back better across all the Flash music players on the net.

http://www.crossdomainxml.org/

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