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Thread ID: 45179 2004-05-12 23:33:00 html tag with file formats .midi and mp3 palmeriain (5441) Press F1
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236007 2004-05-12 23:33:00 Hi

I am writeing an webpage and I would like to include a background sound using the bgsound tag. The files which I want to use are in midi and mp3 format. So far my attempts at doing this have not worked.

How should I write the code into the html code and where?
Also are the file formats supported with this tag and ie5.5 and 6?

Thanks
palmeriain (5441)
236008 2004-05-12 23:55:00 well a quick and dirty google search brings up a lot of info includeing this site (www.bgsound.com/). also have a look at this one to (http:)

>Also are the file formats supported with...... ie5.5 and 6?

your page should be supported by all browsers. non of this IE only crap please :)
tweak'e (174)
236009 2004-05-12 23:58:00 also this (www.htmlhelp.com) is handy tweak'e (174)
236010 2004-05-13 00:25:00 I cant help you with the how, but my i say that effect is often a way to drive people away from your site?

i hate sites that play sounds at me.

my advice is dont so it!!.
robsonde (120)
236011 2004-05-13 04:51:00 I agree with Robsonde there...
Offer your visitors the option of Downloading the mp3 or midi file rather than forcing them to listen to it. This is of course unless your page is specifically supposed to be playing the music, such as if it were a sample of some music you may have done yourself etc.

Just be careful because if Joe Bloggs is on Dial-Up, downloading a 3-8 meg mp3 file is not going to impress him/her.


Chill.
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