Most WNYC On Demand audio now plays without any external player software!

You need to have Flash installed (at least version 7); this program is standard on most computers these days. If you need Flash, you can download here. If you'd rather not install Flash you will still be able to listen to any audio using Real Player.

There are actually 2 versions of our the WNYC audio player: the pop-up version (above), which launches from the home page and a few other places, and an inline version (below), which plays within most show segments and on news article pages.  Note: you may need to adjust the pop-up blocker on your browser to allow the pop-up version of the WNYC Audio Player to work.

We designed the WNYC audio player to be easy to use and the controls should be self explanatory. Read on for more specific information:

1. Previous Track - Click to play the previous track in the list or to restart the current track on the inline version.

2. Play / Pause - Click to start playing audio. (when a triangle is pictured), or to stop playing the current track (when a two vertical bars are pictured)

3. Next Track - If there is more than one audio file in the pop-up player's playlist you will see this button. Click to advance to the next track.

4. Progress/Status Bars - As the player downloads an audio file you will see the red background get larger. The bigger the red bar gets, the more you have downloaded. The darker red bar overlaps the download bar and shows you what point of the audio file you are listening too. If you would like to move playback to a new position simply click on that spot on the dark red bar, or drag the scrub button to another point.

5. Volume Click and drag this button side to side to adjust playback volume.

6. Pop-up Player (inline player only) Use this button to turn a inline player into a pop-up player so you can continue browsing while listening to WNYC audio. If your browser blocks pop-up windows you may need update your settings to allow pop-ups on WNYC.org.

7. Current Track - On the pop-up version of the player the track currently playing has a light red background. Other tracks in the playlist have a light grey background. To move to a new track simply click on it's title or click the forward button.

8. More (pop-up player) - If there is content on the WNYC.org related specifically to audio currently playing there will be a More link that you can click.

9. Download File - Some but not all of WNYC's audio is available as a download so you can import it into your own music software or portable MP3 player. Click the download button download the file.