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Name

Background Sound

Description

Plays music or a sound when the web page loads, which can loop a number of times or continuously.  The format of the sound must be supported by the browser - you will be safe with WAV and MIDI files.  It is unwise to use large files such as full length tracks in MP3 format due to the time it would take people with slow connections to download.  The BGSOUND tag must be used within the HEAD tag.

Attributes

LOOP

The number of times the sound will be repeated.  Set to 'infinite' to loop continuously.

SRC

Specifies the file to play.  To play a file on the same site use the local path e.g. src="sound.wav" or src="folder/music.mid".  You can also use dots to play a file in the parent folder e.g. src="..\beethoven.mid".  To play a file on another site, use the full URL e.g.: href="http://www.martin2k.co.uk/music.mid".

Related Tags

The BGSOUND tag is used within the HEAD tag.

Example

Code

<head>
<bgsound src="rock1.mid" loop="infinite">
</head>

Code

<head>
<bgsound src="lion.wav" loop="1">
</head>

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