Introduction to HTML
Audio
Background Embedded Audio Files
Internet Explorer
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In place May 27, 2000.

Playback of audio files in the background of a website to be viewed using the Internet Explorer browser is accomplished with the <BGSOUND> command placed within the <HEAD> Document Segment as shown below (Compare background audio with Netscape)- 

<HEAD>
   <BGSOUND src="../couperin.mid" balance=0 delay=0 loop=-1 
            volume=0>
</HEAD>

Yields -

Pièces de Clavecin, Livre 2, Les Baricades Mistérieuses by Couperin playing in the background.

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