Firefox is not playing web site music

I am using Mozilla Firefox (I love it). I know that some web sites I visited/visit with IE have music as soon as you enter web page. Firefox is not playing music. Does anyone know why is that?

 

El Camino,

You need a media player for the embedded music files on those sites. Most likely they are midi files. I would recommend Crescendo to play embedded midi files. It is freeware, and can be downloaded here:
http://easylistening.freeyellow.com/crescendo.html

If you have Quick Time installed it will also play the embedded midi file, but it also has very poor audio quality.

Ramona

 

It depends on which HTML tag they use for the music. The <bgsound src= "yourmusic.mid "> one is IE-specific. Only the embed tag will work with Firefox.

 

Thanks shadowhawk. Thanks Ramona.

It is MP3. Does that change situation?

 

I have half a dozen players which can play mp3 files. Why don't give us a link, so that it can be tested. But shadowhawk is right, it may depend on the coding.

 

Thanks to all of you.
I am from Bosnia. This is one of the links, it is in Bosnian language. This site has beautiful articles which are against Saudi terrorists - wahhabis.

http://www.ehlisunet.com/

 

El Camino,

This site is using a Microsoft proprietary sound tag, and that's why you hear no music. This is the tag:
< bgsound src= "http://www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09.mp3" loop= "-1" >

Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox do not recognize the bgsound tag.

If you want to hear the MP3 file, then paste this link in the Location Bar:
http://www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09.mp3
You can then download the file and listen to it.

Ramona

 

I could not even get to the original website, but I can play the mp3 file the way Ramona posted it. I am using Irfan View as an mp3 player (isn't Irfan Bosnian?)
By the way most of the music is in Real Player format.

 

Yes he is Bosnian.

 

Thanks Ramona. Sorry but I do not understand which Location bar?

 

El Camino,

The Location Bar is the field at the top of your page, which show the current URL. Clear the field, then paste the link for the MP3, click enter.

Ramona

 

Thanks.

 

I used computers for almost 10 years, and have been on the web for at least six, and I found out, a few days ago, that it is necessary to clear the location bar, i.e. the http:// etc go. I just click on the part which I want to replace, and either type in the new address, or paste it. It will replace the old one, then enter.

 

Thanks Westside. Neat little trick.

 

Ramona or anyone else.

Does anyone of you know what is the string
(beside this one <bgsound src= "http://www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09.mp3" loop= "-1 ">)
one should write on the web page so that Firefox will automatically play this music?

Help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

El Camino,

This is what I use, altho it may not be up to W3C standards:

<EMBED SRC= "http://........../......../dinferno.mid" AUTOSTART= "True" HIDDEN= "false" LOOP= "false" height= "16" width= "16 ">

This is my Media Player Test Page: http://home.att.net/~cherokee67/mediatests.html

Ramona

 

Ramona thanks. I assume in the dotted area I have to insert "//www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09.mp3 "
What is this "dinferno.mid "? Thanks

PS. Is this going to give me net effect -- automatic playing as with IE or will open a player and than play. Thanks. Sorry for giving you headache.

 

El Camino,

This is what the dots are for:
You can see from all the links for my Solutions pages: home.att.net/~cherokee67/

dinferno.mid is the name of the midi file, which is Disco Inferno

You will have autoplay, and that's what this tag does: AUTOSTART= "True "
Whatever player the user has designated for the default player of midi files is what opens on the individual PC. John may use Quick Time, but Marsha might use Crescendo.

There are tags that can be used for specific players, but if the user doesn't use that player, e.g., Windows Media Player, then the page won't work for that individual.

No headache yet!

Ramona

 

My dear Ramona,

Could you, please, be as sweet as you are knowledgable (since you still do not have headache ), and write for me the string for this web site so we can insert it. I am thanking you in advance.

Web site is http://www.ehlisunet.com/
folder - mp3/
mp3 - track_09.mp3

http://www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09.mp3

 

El Camino,

Now how could I possibly resist after all that flattery!

Since you want to stream the MP3 file, this is done differently than a midi file.

I'm going to go ahead and do this for you, but will point you to a page which explains in detail how it's done. You can bookmark the page in the event you forget how...

Open Notepad, and paste in this link, which points to your MP3 file:

http://www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09-hi.mp3

Now, click on File | Save
Save the file as an m3u file, e.g., stream.m3u

Upload this file to the same directory as your track_09.mp3 file is located.

Next:
Rename the track_09.mp3 file to: track_09-hi.mp3
This is because you want Hi Quality MP3 playback

Now create your web page, or if it is created, then add this tag:

<A HREF= "http://www.ehlisunet.com/mp3/track_09-hi.mp3 "><b>Any Text Here</b></A>

That's it, and here is the link for the instructions:
http://www.blogdrive.com/site/musicmp3.html

Let me know if you have questions...

Ramona