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Installing Stratus is easy!
<head>, after jQuery, add the follow script:<script type="text/javascript" src="https://stratus.soundcloud.com/stratus.js"></script>
And that's it! For further customization options, keep reading.
You can customize Stratus by passing the appropriate options to the stratus function.
For example, the code below will cause the player to auto play a random Queens of the Stone Age track and hide the download button.
Refer to the table below for all configuration options.
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| align | 'bottom' | Whether the player appears at the top of bottom of the page. Acceptable values: top or bottom |
| animate | 'slide' | How and if the player should animate when it opens. Acceptable values: slide, fade, or false. |
| auto_play | false | Whether the player should start playing automatically. |
| buying | true | Whether the buy button should appear on the player. |
| color | 'F60' | The color of the controls and waveform. Acceptable value: hex or name (from SVG color codes) |
| download | true | Whether the download button should appear on the player. |
| links | An comma separated list of SoundCloud links. Can be a track, set, user, or group. | |
| offset | 0 | This will position the player x pixels from the top or bottom of page depending on alignment. |
| position | 'fixed' | Change to absolute if you do not want the player to scroll with the page. |
| random | false | Whether the first played track is randomly chosen. |
| user | true | Whether or not the track artist name is shown on player. |
| stats | true | Whether or not the stats for comments, favorites, and plays appear on the player. |
| theme | The theme option is deprecated due to security concerns. | |
| volume | 50 | The default volume level. Acceptable value: 0 - 100 |
You can now add tracks to Stratus right from your page. Simply give a SoundCloud track link the class of stratus and the player will do the rest. This works great for the discography section of your site.
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/zedsdead/zeds-dead-twin-shadow-lost-you-feat-dangelo-lacy" class="stratus">Zeds Dead - Lost You</a>
Try it out: Zeds Dead - Lost You
Users can now click the share button to email, tweet, facebook, and embed your tracks around the web.
Users can now comment and favorite tracks right from Stratus. Upon intially clicking either button, they will be asked to login to your player. Once logged in, they'll be able to comment and favorite currently playing tracks.
Double-click any blank space on the player to unveil a tracklist of all currently queued up tracks.
Users can now popup your player and continue listening to tunes while they browser your site.
Passing a custom theme is deprecated due to security concerns.
Got a suggestion? Found a bug? Deployed the player on your site? Let us know api@soundcloud.com
Not currently. Your site would need to be built so that it doesn't reload rather than the player. However, we do provide a popup function that users can click to enjoy your tunes while browsing your site.
The trick is adding ?wmode=transparent to each of your YouTube videos. You can also adjust all YouTube videos on a single page with jQuery.
Stratus is Copyright © 2023 SoundCloud, released under the MIT License.