BGSOUND VOLUME PROBLEM

[arthurbr]

I am using the following tags:
<BGSOUND src="Rapsat.mp3"loop="infinite">
and I would like to do something about the volume.
I added the volume attribute but the volume did not change ( I tried values between-10.000 and 0 but no change)
How can I achieve this, and what is the correct syntax when you have many attributes?
Many thx

 

[BabyJeffy]

There are only three attributes that are available - and setting the volume is not one of them! You can set the following:
[ul][li]src - the source of the sound file[/li]
[li]loop - how many times the sound file will loop[/li]
[li]autostart - whether the sound will play automatically or not[/li][/ul]
You can put them in any order within the <BGSOUND> tag.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[arthurbr]

Thanks Jeff,
I seem to have misunderstood something, because even MS describes this attribute

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/BGSOUND.asp

??

 

[BabyJeffy]

It's an IE only tag that never got adopted... and whilst there is support for it in all the IE builds I have access to, it appears that the documentation (even that at Microsoft) is not complete.

I looked at google results for this tag and drew my conclusions from there. I missed the Microsoft documentation and could have checked what they had to say before replying.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[arthurbr]

Thank you Jeff, I'll have to do without controlling the volume (lol)

 

[ChrisHunt]

Maybe you can set it somehow within the MP3 file?

I should point out, however, that having an infintitely looping background noise is a good way to get visitors reaching for the back button. The best volume to pick is "0", and that's easy to set...

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