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bgSound element

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Associates a background sound with a page.

The bgSound tag allows inserting a sound into the HTML document in Internet Explorer.

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JavaScript page for this element: bgSound.

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Attributes

Events

Styles

Specifies how the volume will be divided between the left and right speakers.

Sets a unique identifier for the object.

Specifies the number of repeats for a sound or video clip.

Sets the name of an element.

Sets the URL of a sound file to be played.

Specifies the volume for the background sound.

This example illustrates the use of the bgSound element:

<bgsound src="bell.wav" loop="-1">

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Use the object tag for a cross-browser and standardized solution:

<object data="bell.wav" type="audio/x-wav" autostart="true" width="100px" height="20px"></object>

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