Hi Stephen,
As stated the best method to embed sound is using Flash but there are other
techniques.
This is the last version I used for playing a single MP3 with a play / stop
button:
In XHTML:
<object id="sound" classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
height="25px" width="25px">
<param name="AutoStart" value="0" />
<param name="ShowAudioControls" value="0" />
<param name="ShowTracker" value="0" />
<param name="filename" value="/sounds/systole.mp3" />
<embed id="sound2" src=/sounds/systole.mp3" controls="smallconsole"
autostart="false" align="absbottom" height="18" width="18"></embed>
</object>
In CSS:
#sound {display:inline; margin:0 0.5em}
Personally it's an awful method, and it does not validate.
I'd wait for Patrick Lauke's example then look at Sam Sherlock's post "make
poverty history" for methods to embed it into a page.
Mike 2k:)2
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stevio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 17 May 2005 18:30
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WSG] Playing a sound file - what is the best way?
Is there no standard way then to play an audio file (say mp3 for arguments
sake) using the object tag?
Is the only standard way to just link to it using <a href="file.mp3">?
Stephen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Foskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:14 PM
Subject: RE: [WSG] Playing a sound file - what is the best way?
I completely agree, use Flash.
I'd say the same for video too, for the same reasons.
Why:
One solution multiple platforms.
Saturation on all computers is over 90%. That's more than any browser.
No platform compatibility issues Mac / PC.
No browser issues Firefox / IE / Netscape / Opera.
With a single start / stop button in Flash, alongside a link to download the
file.
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