| From: | Robbin Van Ooy |
| Date: | 29 May 2000 at 15:52:31 |
| Subject: | Re: serious problem -need answer quick :) |
At 29-May-00, Neil Bothwick said something about
Re: [amigactive] serious problem -need answer quick :), resulting in this
reply.
>> The BGSOUND, the Embed, or perhaps javascript? (we prefer not to use the
>> latter, for obvious reasons)
>BGSOUND plays the sound when the page loads.
Well, if its the most compatible tag, we'd settle for it.
>EMBED is a bit crap, OBJECT is better
I have never heard of this tag, is it supported in all browsers?
>To play on demand, you only need the A tag.
><a href="somenoise.mp3">Click here to hear a godawful racket</a>
Heh, it probably will be :^)
I understand what you're saying, but probably wasn't clear enough. Let me
give it another shot :)
1) What file format should I use? mp3 sounds logical, but how many browsers
support this tag? remember, plugins arent allowed, it has to work in all
browsers, starting from V2 or something. So, does Netscape2 handle mp3
by itself? In that case, I would definately go for mp3. But if I did
that, does it automatically 'stream'�the audio? (plays while
downloading, or the other way around of you want?) Hmm hang on that was
question 2 actually.
2) Does a simple <a href="blah.mp3"> 'stream'�the audio?
There, thats better :) Now for question 3.
3) I was thinking more about a .wav file, the sounds wont be larger than
10 seconds or so, so a .wav file, although much bigger than .mp3, would
be sufficient wouldnt it? If I did that, what tag should I use?
You mentioned <bgsound> only being able to play it while a page 'loads.
but we could make a link like
<a href="track01.html" target="_blank">click here to play</a>
and then in another page we could use the <bgsound>, a .wav file and
some txt saying 'now playing track 01'. Ugly, but compatible?
But theres more, ofcourse :)
4) Realaudio. Now, I know for sure that this has more support than mp3, but
unfortunately, there arent any tools on amiga that will let me make .ra
(or .ram? or .rm??? whats the difference anyway :) streams. BUt if your
answer would be 'go for realaudio, it works on every pc/mac browser' we
would do just that, so what PC tool do I need to build realaudio files?
5) Last question, Im sure someone on this list uses a PC to surf the web.
And I know for sure that this person has visited a site where music
plays when you click on something, or enter the site. And perhaps this
person thought 'hey, Im quite bored actually, lets quit IE and try
Netscape on this site'�so he knows that the site works on both browsers
IM LOOKING FOR SUCH A PERSON!!! Uh.. such a site.
Now, having read all this, what do you think? Do I need more sleep? And by
the way, what fileformat and what tag is the most compatible of all the
options mentioned?
Thanks %)
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