How to Embed a Remote MP3 File into Google Wave

Google Wave is meant to be a platform that allows collaboration on a variety of different levels. When you wave, you’re not just limited to an exchange of text like traditional instant messaging, but you can even include elements like video and audio.

WavePlayer is a gadget that allows you to embed MP3 files in a wave. You’re embedded MP3 will appear in an embedded audio player like this:

Here’s how you can do it.

In the wave you’d like to embed a MP3 to, click the “Add Gadget by URL” button in the wave’s toolbar.

A prompt will come up asking you to type in a URL. You’ll need to type in the URL “http://www.waverz.com/waveplayer/http://www.yoururl.com/yourmp3file.mp3” and replace “http://www.yoururl.com/yourmp3file.mp3” with the full URL address of a remote MP3 file. This means the MP3 file you wish to embed must be hosted on a website. For example, with WavePlayer, you can’t embed a MP3 file that’s on your computer.

So you’re full URL will look like the following:

Then, just click “Add” and the WavePlayer gadget will be added to your wave.

Overall, it’s a cool gadget and works well, but eventually I would like to see a gadget that allows you to upload and embed any audio file right from your computer. This would be challenging though since the MP3 file would still need to be hosted somewhere. But it wouldn’t surprise me if we see something like this in the future.