Choosing an mp3 player

I'm new to designing my own website. I have a lot of sound to make available to visitors. On some pages, the player will only need to play a single file. On other pages, it will play many files. This is not music, per se, but a website showcasing animal calls, and researchers investigating communication.
I am looking for advice about a multi-file mp3 player. tt would be very nice for a visitor to the website to choose a sound to play, and then see a photo of the species represented, andf maybe two or three text sentences explaining  the endangered status and habitat of the animal.
I'm hoping someone here may be able to recommend an off-the-shelf player that will let me accomplish this merger of sound, image, and text, on my own, and hopefully without too much coding involved. I can do a little code, but I'm still mostly a WYSIWYG kind of guy, using Dreamweaver. 

I've never come across an application exactly like what you need, it's rather specific. The foundation of what you need could be accomplished in either Flash or Javascript (with Flash for the sound). If that technology is over your head you could try www.rentacoder.com.
Good luck!

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