Need help getting an embedded mp3 to play in both Firefox and IE

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I have a website with an embedded mp3.

I first used the following code:

<embed src="ft.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true" type="audio/mpeg">

The above seemed to work in both IE and Firefox until I got on my computer at work which doesn't have the Apple Quicktime plugin for Firefox. Isn't Firefox smart enough to realize that I still have Windows Media Player available to play it with?

Anyways, I tried this next:

<embed TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&sbp=mediaplayer&ar=Media&sba=Plugin&" SRC="ft.mp3" Name="MediaPlayer" loop="true" ShowControls="0" autostart="true"></embed>

This made it play in both Firefox and IE, but for some reason on my win2k box IE plays the mp3 in Apple Quicktime and the player isn't hidden!

How the heck do I get an embedded mp3 to play in both IE and Firefox with whatever freaking media player the user has? Yes, I read the FAQs about Firefox, and nothing helped.