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Background sounds (bgsound=123.wav) won't play. Why not?

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On some of the web sites that I write and host there is a background sound. The html is bgsound=filename.wav. The sounds play on IE but don't play on Firefox. Why not?

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== always

On some of the web sites that I write and host there is a background sound. The html is bgsound=filename.wav. The sounds play on IE but don't play on Firefox. Why not? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == always

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cor-el
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bgsound only works in IE and not in other browsers. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Background_music_does_not_play

See also [tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=392255]

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Export the .wav to both .oga and .mp3 formats using Audacity, then do the code like this: <audio autoplay><source src="filename.oga"><source src="filename.mp3"><bgsound src="filename.mp3"></audio> This will play it in the latest versions of all 5 major browsers.