Music to First Page

**Barnum** · Dec 4, 2008 17:35

For whatever reason I am not able to add music to the index page, and would appreciate some help. Tried the <bgsound src="title.wma"> and nada....

**spikeZ** · Dec 4, 2008 17:41

Its not necessarily a bad thing that you cant get music on the page

anyway, try the suggestions on this page: http://www.hypergurl.com/music.html

**Barnum** · Dec 4, 2008 17:48

Yes, I have heard this a thousand times. My wife would like it however. Are any of you married?

The site is www.TheInquisitiveEye.com

**Barnum** · Dec 4, 2008 17:48

Have a short snippet of bach that I want to play...can someone suggest the code?

**spikeZ** · Dec 4, 2008 17:54

well the file you are trying to load is a wma and will most likely only play in the Windows Media player. See if you can locate a midi file of the piece.

This wont work

Code:

<META NAME="keywords" content="Fay Stout, french love affair, Nature, Travel, Butterfly, France, Food, Photography">
<a href="bach.wma">
</head>

however

Code:

<META NAME="keywords" content="Fay Stout, french love affair, Nature, Travel, Butterfly, France, Food, Photography">
</head>

<body>
<embed src="yourmusic.mid"> 
<noembed> <bgsound src="bach.mid"> </noembed>

Should work.

And yes, I am married and yes, I sympathise

**Barnum** · Dec 4, 2008 19:45

Didn't work... Why can't I use BGSOUND SRC?

**kikykuang** · Dec 4, 2008 20:02

Originally Posted by Barnum

For whatever reason I am not able to add music to the index page, and would appreciate some help. Tried the <bgsound src="title.wma"> and nada....

Barnum, why use music on the website? can you tell me is that can improve the sites quality?

**Barnum** · Dec 4, 2008 20:28

You know...

Just forget it.

**Arlen** · Dec 4, 2008 22:23

All browsers but Safari (and probably chrome) support <object> for sound. Safari needs <embed>.

It's a Bad Idea, but if you want to, that should get you started in the right direction.

<BGSOUND> has never worked in any browser except IE, IIRC. It has *never* been part of the HTML spec.

**Knicksfan77** · Dec 5, 2008 09:41

I would never add music to your page that starts automatically. Nothing creates as much of a bad user experience. A user should have the option of hearing music by choice.

**SilentBobSC** · Dec 12, 2008 15:34

Originally Posted by Knicksfan77

I would never add music to your page that starts automatically. Nothing creates as much of a bad user experience. A user should have the option of hearing music by choice.

Yes, but as he stated, his wife wants it and as married folks know, that's all that matters. Personally, I would opt for the MIDI file, as WMAs will cause issues with people not using WindowsMediaPlayer. Also, keep in mind that if your wife's site is going to be popular / commercial in any way, using copyrighted music is a great way to make some new friends at the legal department of the RIAA

. Another option would be to add a flash player for MP3 files, try http://flash-mp3-player.net/ I've used that for several smaller projects with decent results.

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