In a previous post I made reference to some HTML code for embedding and
playing MIDI files which was supposed to resolve some conflicts betweem
Miocrosoft and Netscape. Ignore that code!
Here's what I've found out since then:
"WHAT DOES NOT WORK WITH THE NEW BROWSERS!
"<EMBED SRC="yoursong.mid" ... AUTOSTART="true" LOOP="false">
<NOEMBED><BGSOUND SRC="yoursong.mid"></NOEMBED>
"This commonly used combination of <EMBED> and <NOEMBED><BGSOUND> no
longer works.... We recommend dropping the use of the obsolete
<BGSOUND> tag altogether....
"WHAT WORKS RIGHT NOW!
"The following code will embed a midi file on your homepage which will
play as soon as the page is loaded and [play it] once....
"<EMBED SRC="yoursong.mid" WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=60 AUTOSTART="true"
LOOP="false">
"The width and height suit the Crescendo plugin version 3.0 and also
Netscape's LiveAudio."
http://midistudio.com/Help/Help_HomePg.htm
There are problems with that solution, however: (1) "EMBED" is not
recognized by the current standards. (2) The Crescendo plugin (and
Netscape's LiveAudio?) is no longer used. Another suggesstion is to use
the Microsoft Media Player, but not everyone ues Windows.
If there is a way it can be done that will work with all browsers
(including Safari), I haven't found it yet.
Barry Traver
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