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    Embedding MIDI Files in a web page

    What's the correct tag for embedding a MIDI song in a web page?

    Code:
    <bgsound src="http://www.myurl.com/sound.mid" loop=N">
    (where N is the number of loops, -1 for an infinite loop)

    or
    Code:
    <embed src="http://www.myurl.com/sound.mid">
    Is this sintax HTML standard compliant or does it work only with IE?

    And how can I turn the sound ON/OFF with a mouse click?
    Last edited by carloc; December 5th, 2005 at 10:19 AM.

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    I learnt from here that there is no major difference except that the <bgsound> tag should be included in the <background> tag.

    The output will vary in each case though. The <bgsound> tag will cause the file to be played in the background whereas the <embed> tag will make the midi file appear as an object on the page- thereby enabling the user to turn on/turn off the music as he wishes.

    More info here.
    Last edited by rohitk89; December 6th, 2005 at 09:54 AM.

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    Continuous play:

    Code:
    <EMBED src="http://www.myurl.com/sound.mid" autostart=true loop=true volume=100 hidden=true><NOEMBED><BGSOUND src="http://www.myurl.com/sound.mid"></NOEMBED>
    Play once:

    Code:
    <EMBED src="http://www.myurl.com/sound.mid" autostart=true loop=false volume=100 hidden=true><NOEMBED><BGSOUND src="http://www.myurl.com/sound.mid"></NOEMBED>

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    Thank you guys!
    Currently I'm testing this solution:
    Code:
    <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
    <!-- 
    var filename="Jingle bells.mid";
    if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
        document.writeln ('<BGSOUND SRC="' + filename + '">');
    else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
        document.writeln ('<EMBED SRC="' + filename + '" AUTOSTART=TRUE WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=20>');
    // -->
    </SCRIPT>
    <NOSCRIPT>
    <BGSOUND SRC="Jingle bells.mid">
    </NOSCRIPT>

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