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Sound Animation and Movies
This section gives some information about using sound, movies, and other multimedia to make your Web pages more exciting.
- What is a MIDI file?
- How do I embed MIDI files?
- How can I get MIDI music on my homepage?
- How do I play movies on my page?
- Can I use Quicktime movies on my page?
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A MIDI file is a data file that stores musical notes as digital information, so that the music is playable by computers equipped with MIDI sound cards.
You can embed MIDI music files in your Web page just as you would embed any other file such as a picture, by using a link. The command looks something like this:
<EMBED SRC="my_midi_file.mid" HIDDEN=TRUE>
Q: How can I get MIDI music on my homepage?
To make a MIDI file play automatically (on browsers like Netscape 3.0
and others, with the proper plug-in) you can take advantage of the
<EMBED> tag, like this:
<EMBED SRC="my_midi_file.mid" HIDDEN=TRUE AUTOSTART=TRUE>
For more information and other options, check out Netscape's LiveAudio Syntax page.
Q: How do I play movies on my page?
Once you have the movie file ready, you can link to it like any other file, using a tag:
<A HREF="movie.mov">Click here to see a
movie!</A>
When including a movie, it's a good idea to include a thumbnail, some text showing how big the movie file is, and even include a link to a viewer.
Q: Can I use Quicktime movies on my page?
Yes. Two other movie formats that are popular on the Web are AVI (Video for Windows) and MPEG.