Posted by dorayme on 05/28/07 22:24

In article
<1180387898.542614.205980@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
Photog <lac229nyc@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this is a silly question or posted in the wrong forum. I'm
> adding music to a website and I'd like to have a few tracks (MP3s)
> play back to back. I'm using the code below but I can't find the
> syntax to play multiple tracks - only a single track. Can this be done
> with the <embed src> tag? I know there are others ways to do this but
> I am looking for the simpliest way.
>
> <tr>
> <td width="100%" colspan="2">
> <p align="center">
> <noembed>Your broswer does not support embedded music. This site is
> best viewed in Internet Explorer 6 or higher.</noembed>
> <embed src="song.mp3" width=150 height=25 autostart=true repeat=true
> loop=true bgcolor=white></embed>
> </td>
> </tr>


There are likely server side ways, even javascript ways but
simpler, you could join all the MP3's into one file. (On OS X
there is, apparently, a 10 sec way to do it). You lose the
advantage of having separate files which make it easier for the
user to turn off or skip tracks more easily.

But, best of all, go read:

<http://alistapart.com/articles/byebyeembed>

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dorayme

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