Is there a theme function to include the player?

Hi,

I have setup SSP to show the player before my excerpt, and I want to style the excerpt text.

Theme code to show excerpt:

<p>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</p>

However, two <P> tags show up, and none around the excerpt. Resulting HTML (much of it removed for clarity):

<article>
	<p></p>
	<div class="podcast_player"></div>
	Post excerpt text is here.
	<p></p>
</article>

So the only way I’ve come up with to fix this is something like this (maybe):

<?php ssp_the_player(); ?>
<p>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</p>

Is there such a function? Or is there some other way I can solve this problem?

Thank you for a great plugin. Super easy to use for a podcast rookie.