Add Sound To A Website

[tomyknoker]

I have a 5 second piece of sound which I want to play when my website loads, can I do this without Flash?

[tech_support]

<bgsound src="src">

...to the head section of your page.

[tomyknoker]

<bgsound src="src">

...to the head section of your page.

Will it just load? Do I need to do any kind or pre loading?

[tech_support]

Will it just load?

Yep.

Do I need to do any kind or pre loading?

Nope.

[tomyknoker]

Yep.



Nope.

Cool! Also what filetype I have all three... wav, mp3, aif

[tech_support]

Only wav.

For all other file types, you'll need to embed. Here's the code:

<object classid="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" id="WindowsMediaPlayer">
	<param name="URL" value="source here">
	<param name="rate" value="1">
	<param name="balance" value="0">
	<param name="currentPosition" value="0">
	<param name="defaultFrame" value>
	<param name="playCount" value="1">
	<param name="autoStart" value="-1">
	<param name="currentMarker" value="0">
	<param name="invokeURLs" value="-1">
	<param name="baseURL" value>
	<param name="volume" value="50">
	<param name="mute" value="0">
	<param name="uiMode" value="invisible">
	<param name="stretchToFit" value="0">
	<param name="windowlessVideo" value="0">
	<param name="enabled" value="-1">
	<param name="enableContextMenu" value="-1">
	<param name="fullScreen" value="0">
	<param name="SAMIStyle" value>
	<param name="SAMILang" value>
	<param name="SAMIFilename" value>
	<param name="captioningID" value>
	<param name="enableErrorDialogs" value="0">
</object>

[tomyknoker]

Only wav.

For all other file types, you'll need to embed. Here's the code:

<object classid="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" id="WindowsMediaPlayer">
	<param name="URL" value="source here">
	<param name="rate" value="1">
	<param name="balance" value="0">
	<param name="currentPosition" value="0">
	<param name="defaultFrame" value>
	<param name="playCount" value="1">
	<param name="autoStart" value="-1">
	<param name="currentMarker" value="0">
	<param name="invokeURLs" value="-1">
	<param name="baseURL" value>
	<param name="volume" value="50">
	<param name="mute" value="0">
	<param name="uiMode" value="invisible">
	<param name="stretchToFit" value="0">
	<param name="windowlessVideo" value="0">
	<param name="enabled" value="-1">
	<param name="enableContextMenu" value="-1">
	<param name="fullScreen" value="0">
	<param name="SAMIStyle" value>
	<param name="SAMILang" value>
	<param name="SAMIFilename" value>
	<param name="captioningID" value>
	<param name="enableErrorDialogs" value="0">
</object>

Hmm doesn't play in Safari any ideas?

[djr33]

windows media player won't work for mac/linux.

I don't think wmp is for linux... correct me if I'm wrong.

you can install it for mac, but it's hard to find and most (almost all) mac users don't have it.

Quicktime is more standard, and usually on most PCs, comes standard with mac and available for linux.
However, that is mac proprietary, so while better, not perfect.


I guess I've just narrowed it down to there not being a very compatible solution. Heh. Oops
(But it's true....)

[tech_support]

You'll need Windows Media Player to play it. I'm assuming your on a Mac right?

Then install the Windows Media Player for Mac.

(Sorry, replied at the same time djr33!)

[tomyknoker]

windows media player won't work for mac/linux.

I don't think wmp is for linux... correct me if I'm wrong.

you can install it for mac, but it's hard to find and most (almost all) mac users don't have it.

Quicktime is more standard, and usually on most PCs, comes standard with mac and available for linux.
However, that is mac proprietary, so while better, not perfect.


I guess I've just narrowed it down to there not being a very compatible solution. Heh. Oops
(But it's true....)

But when I test it in Internet Explorer on the Mac it plays... Can I make it an mp3 then so it will play on everones compuetr?