How to Play Music on Live Spaces with SkyDrive

Want to add a favorite audio clip to your Live Space? You will need to find a website to hose your music file first, which means opening another account, and putting your personal information on one more source of risk. Now with SkyDrive on Windows Live, you will be able to host your songs (photos, documents and even video files) with your existing Windows Live/MSN/Hotmail account username and password. Plus the Windows Media Player module on Live Spaces, your song can be easily put on the Space without logging in another website.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Upload your file to SkyDrive. After logged in Windows Live, click “More” -> “SkyDrive”. Go through all the introduction and agreement, and reach the main panel.
   
   Create a folder under “Shared Folder” category (Other categories are OK too, just make sure you make it “public”). Enter the folder you just created, and click “Add files” (on the left top corner) to add your music file.

2. 
    
   Photo 1 - Copy Shortcut

   Now you should be able to see your file in the folder. Click the file icon and reach the file description page, showing you the name, size, type and other info about the FILE (not the info about the folder).
   
   Right Click the file icon and select “Copy Shortcut”. Your computer saves a link now. (See Photo 1)

3. 
    
   Photo 2: Delete " ?download "

   Open a Notepad (or Word or any places that you can paste stuff), and paste the link. Check the end of the link, you should see “ ?download ” (Yes, there is a question mark in front of the word) . DELETE this term. (See Photo 2)

4. 
    
   Photo 3: Modified Link

   Copy the modified link (the link should now be ended with a file format, such as mp3 or wma). (See Photo 3)

5. 
    
   Photo 4: Add Modules

   Now go to your space’s home page -> “Customize” (on right top corner) -> “Add Module”. (See Photo 4)

6. 
    
   Photo 5: Add Windows Media Player

   A yellow bar will pop up, look at the left hand side, click “Modules” -> select “Show” for “Windows Media Player” -> “Close Tab”. Now you can drag your Media Player module to wherever you like. Click “Save” on the yellow bar after relocation. (See Photo 5)

7. 
    
   Photo 6: Paste Link

   Now you should be able to see the Media Player on your Space home page. Click “Edit” on the Player, you will see some setting options. Paste the modified link to “Wed Address of video or audio clip”, then “Save”. Now return to the home page and you will be able to play music on Spaces. (See Photo 6)

Tips & Warnings

• If the link copied from "Copy Shortcut" is not ended in " ?download ", that means you didn't copy the link from the file description page. Check back Step 2 for solution.

[karileighk]

on 6/26/2009 Neat. Never heard of it. *5