How to add background music to a web page?

Answer 1

The tag is Internet Explorer-specific and will thus not work in other browsers such as FireFox. The tag should work in FireFox if you use it correctly. It will use a browser plug-in to play the sound. Below is an example:

• loop="true" specifies to play the sound repeatedly.
• src="sound.wav" specifies the relative path of the sound file to play. The variety of formats you can play depends on what type= you specify.
• hidden="true" indicates to not show the media player's interface. Hide it if you want the user to not be able to pause, stop, or navigate through the sound.
• type="video/quicktime" specifies to use a Quicktime component, which means the client must have Quicktime installed. Use application/x-mplayer2 for Windows Media Player or audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin for Real Player audio. Quicktime plays more formats and is probably what you will want to use.

Alternatively, use