Help:Audio

Wikia currently offers several options for embedding media into your wiki.

Please remember you need to follow the normal Wikia restrictions about placing copyrighted content onto your wiki when adding audio or video files.

Ogg
For audio files, we strongly support the open-source format Ogg Vorbis, which does not require proprietary software to record or play. You can embed and play OGG files directly from any Wikia page by adding a link to the file like this:

If the OGG player extension is enabled this will cause a simple music player to appear on the page. If not, please contact us to activate the extension for your wiki.

There are many OGG converters available on the web to convert files into wiki-compatible format: see http://www.google.com/search?q=ogg+converter

MP3
Because MP3 is not a free/open-source format, the MediaWiki software cannot provide an integrated player for MP3 files. However, we can enable the uploads of legal MP3 files for your wiki, so that others may download them.

We offer 2 different players for MP3 content
 * One requires the files to be uploaded, much in the same way as OGG files
 * One allows streaming of externally hosted MP3s, even with a wiki admin controlled whitelist of source domains

Please contact us to request one of these extensions for your wiki if it is required.