media player like jquery media plugin which plays outside files

Question

I am trying to use jquery media plugin, which is very simple to implement for the local files. I dont see an option to play the outside files.

The jquery media plugin works fine when we implement like:

Html:
<a class="media" href="sample.mp3">Sample Mp3</a> 
Script:
$('.media').media();

But this is not working when we implement like:

Html:
<a class="media" href="http://www.sample.com/mp3/sample.mp3"&gt;Sample Mp3</a> 

Is there any workaound for the Jquery Media Plugin to play outside files or is there any other similar plugin to play the audio files?