The <BGSOUND> element allows authors to create pages that will play background sound clips, or background soundtracks while being viewed.
<BGSOUND
BALANCE=n
CLASS=Style Sheet class name
ID=value
LANG=language
LOOP=n
SRC=url
TITLE=text
VOLUME=n
>
Parameter |
Description |
BALANCE |
Determines how the available volume will be divided between the left and right speakers. Valid values for this attribute are in the range of -10,000 to +10,000, with 0 being "Wave Output" center balanced. |
CLASS |
Class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a subclassed style sheet with the tag. |
ID |
SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underscore character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position. |
LANG |
Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form. |
LOOP |
Specifies how many times a sound will loop when activated. |
SRC |
Specifies the URL of a sound to be played. |
TITLE |
The TITLE attribute is for advisory information (unless used with a mailto: attribute). The Title attribute should provide the title of the document whose address is given by the HREF attribute. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a tooltip during the mouse moves on the link. Internet Explorer 4.0 (and above) is the only browser to implement this. |
VOLUME |
The VOLUME attribute accepts values between '-10000' and 0 and can be
used to set the volume at which the sound file will play. |
<BGSOUND src="../my_documents/sound/titanic.mid">
This element may be used within the HEAD tag. The start tag is required, and the end tag is optional.
Sounds can either be samples (.WAV or .AU format) or MIDI (.MID format).