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Let's put some sound on your page! On WebTv you can link to midis, wav's and some realaudio.Since I first got on the Web I have been using the <embed src> tag. And it seems to work well on WebTv but the <bgsound src> tag also works fine.

<embed src="http://URL of sound-file"> is the Netscape code. Use it within your <body> tag for background-music and/or hotlinks.

<bgsound src="http://URL of sound-file"> is the Microsoft Internet Explorer code. Use it in the same way as above.

I write my code like this:

This code will create a clickable button on your page and your viewer must click on it to hear the sound.

Like this:

To make your sound start automatically (when someone visits your page), use the following code:

NOTE: When using the Microsoft IE <bgsound src> tag, you don't have to use the " autostart=true>" attribute, your sound will start automatically and the "loop=?" and "infinite" attributes work the same in both tags, but you must use the Netscape-friendly <embed src> tag if you want the clickable button to appear.

Here's how you make text linkable to a sound-file.

Here's how you make text linkable to a <a href="https://webdood.tripod.com/midees/diarymadman.mid"> sound-file.</a>

You can make your sound play more than once too, by using the loop attribute to your code. It looks like this:

<embed src="http://URL of sound-file here" autostart=true loop=1>

...or loop=2>, 3 or however many times you want.Use the following code to make the sound-file play forever...

<embed src="http://URL of sound-file here" autostart=true loop=infinite>

To allow your sound to automatically play on both browsers use the following code:

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