var httpPlayer = 'http://mychineselessons.com/player.swf';
var defaultAutoPlay = false;
var flashPlayerWidth = 290;
var flashPlayerHeight = 24;
var embedHeight = 16;
var defaultLoop = false;

function loadPlayer(container_id, file_url){
  player  = document.getElementById(container_id);
  if (player.innerHTML.length > 0)
     unloadPlayer(container_id);
  else {  
   html = '<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="' + httpPlayer + '"' +
  					 ' flashvars="soundFile=' + file_url;  					 					 
  if (defaultAutoPlay)
    html += '&autoPlay=' + defaultAutoPlay;
    html += '" ';    
    html += 'width="' + flashPlayerWidth + '" height="' + flashPlayerHeight + '" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" ' + 
					 ' bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="transparent"' + 
					 ' flashvars="playerMode=embedded" />';    
    //write the html text
	player.innerHTML = html;				 

  }
}



/////
//embeds a player into the page
function embedPlayer(container_id, file_url, height, auto_start, loop){
	player  = document.getElementById(container_id);
	if (!height) height = embedHeight;
	if (!auto_start) auto_start = defaultAutoPlay;
	if (!defaultLoop) defaultLoop = loop;
  	if (player.innerHTML.length > 0)
    	unloadPlayer(container_id);
    else {    	

    	html = '<embed src="' + file_url + '" autostart="' + auto_start + '" loop="' + false + '" height="' + height + '">';
	    //write the html text
		player.innerHTML = html;	
    }	
}

function unloadPlayer (container_id) {
	document.getElementById(container_id).innerHTML = "";
}