var startTime=0;
var stopTime=0;
var url;
var autoStart = "false";
var title="";

function start() {
	var theURL = url;
	
	var filePath = "&filePath="+theURL;
	var basePage = "&basePage="+window.top.location.href;
	
	title = encodeURI(title);
	
	var parameters = "&startTime="+startTime+"&stopTime="+stopTime+"&autoStart="+autoStart+"&title="+title;
	
	
	
	var finalParams =  filePath + parameters + basePage;
	//var finalParams = parameters + filePath + basePage;
	
	/*
	for (i=0;i<clips.length;i++) {
		// fixes name spacing
		//var namePieces=clips[i].clipName.split(" ");
		
		urlString+= 'name'+(i+1)+'='+encodeURI(clips[i].clipName)+'&';
		urlString+= 'start'+(i+1)+'='+clips[i].clipStart+'&';
		urlString+= 'stop'+(i+1)+'='+clips[i].clipStop;
		if (i!=clips.length-1) {
			urlString+="&";
		}
	}
	*/
	
	//alert(urlString);
	

	//theURL=theURL.toLowerCase();
	
	var array=theURL.split(".");
	var extension=array[array.length-1];
	extension = extension.toLowerCase();
	
	if (extension=="mp3" || extension=="m4a" || extension=="aac") {
		document.write('<table></table>');
		// is an audio file
		document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="360" height="80" id="test" align="middle">');
		document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
		document.write('<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />');
		document.write('<param name="movie" value="http://collections.uiowa.edu/opp/audioPlayer/audioPlayer.swf" />');
		document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
		document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
		document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
		document.write('<param name="FlashVars" value='+finalParams+' />');
		document.write('<embed src="http://collections.uiowa.edu/opp/audioPlayer/audioPlayer.swf" FlashVars='+finalParams+' quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="360" height="80" name="test" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
		document.write('</object>');
	}
	else {
// dummy code - gets around IE issue of not showing embed, without something already on the page.
		document.write('<table></table>');
	// is a video file
		document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="528" height="366" id="test" align="middle">');
		document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
		document.write('<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />');
		document.write('<param name="movie" value="videoPlayer.swf" />');
		document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
		document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
		document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
		document.write('<param name="FlashVars" value='+finalParams+' />');
		document.write('<embed src="videoPlayer.swf" FlashVars='+finalParams+' quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="528" height="366" name="test" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
		document.write('</object>');
	}

}