BG Sound

Support Key: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE2|M2|N|O2.1]
What is it?
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Standards Details:
NA
XHTML Modules:
NA
CSS 'display' Type:
NA
CSS Mapping:
play-during: url() repeat
Default Rendering:
Plays a sound clip while a page is viewed/experienced
Official Docs:
Microsoft's MSDN documentation
What is it?
A Background Sound specifies an audio file to be played in the background while viewing a document.

Common Attributes
%Core%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N|O5]
%Language%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N|O]

Specific Attributes
Balance
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1 |M|N|O]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute determines how sound output will be balanced in right/left stereo output situation. A value of -10000 is left-only balance, and a value of 10000 represents right-only balance. A value of 0 represents balanced output between the two stereo output devices.
Values: Integers with values from -10000 to 10000 with zero (0) being DEFAULT.
Delay
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M3|N|O]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
Specifies the number of seconds to delay before playing the indicated sound file.
Values: Positive integers representing the number of seconds to delay.
Loop
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE2|M3|N|O2.1]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
Allows the author to specify the number of times the sound will play.
Values: Positive integers or Infinite, which will play the sound continuously.
Src
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE2|M2|N|O2.1]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
Specifies the URL of the audio file. Allowed formats are .Wav, .Au and Midi files.
Values: Either an absolute or relative URL. All URLs should be URL encoded where required.
Volume
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N|O]
Standards Details: NA
Required? No
Description:
This attribute controls the loudness level on the output device of the background sound. A value of zero (0) represents full volume output while -10000 represents zero output volume.
Values: Integers with values from -10000 to 0 with zero (0) being DEFAULT.
Example
<bgsound src="http://www.foo.com/foo.wav" loop="infinite" />
Parent Model
%In-line Parent% | %Block Parent% | <Head>
Content Model
This element does not accept any content.
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