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My mp3 music files will not play on my website using Firefox ?

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dkhart21
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I'm using Windows 8.1 and have Firefox as my default browser. When I open my website (dkhart21.tripod.com) with Firefox, the music (MP3 files) that are on each page do NOT play. However, the music plays correctly when I open the webpage with Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I downloaded the latest version of Shockwave Flash (20.0.0.286) on 2/2/2016. However, this problem was occurring BEFORE the new Shockwave version. Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks.

I'm using Windows 8.1 and have Firefox as my default browser. When I open my website (dkhart21.tripod.com) with Firefox, the music (MP3 files) that are on each page do NOT play. However, the music plays correctly when I open the webpage with Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I downloaded the latest version of Shockwave Flash (20.0.0.286) on 2/2/2016. However, this problem was occurring BEFORE the new Shockwave version. Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks.

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I think that this happens because the player is hidden.

You can consider to use an audio tag. With an audio tag Firefox will play the file natively with the HTML5 media player without the need of having a plugin installed. 

<audio src="http://dkhart21.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/pricetag.mp3" autoplay controls>
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dkhart21
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dkhart21 said

I'm using Windows 8.1 and have Firefox as my default browser. When I open my website (dkhart21.tripod.com) with Firefox, the music (MP3 files) that are on each page do NOT play. However, the music plays correctly when I open the webpage with Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I downloaded the latest version of Shockwave Flash (20.0.0.286) on 2/2/2016. However, this problem was occurring BEFORE the new Shockwave version. The error on the website says "A plugin is needed to display this content"..... Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks.
cor-el
cor-el
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I think that this happens because the player is hidden.

You can consider to use an audio tag. With an audio tag Firefox will play the file natively with the HTML5 media player without the need of having a plugin installed. 

<audio src="http://dkhart21.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/pricetag.mp3" autoplay controls>

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dkhart21
dkhart21 Question owner

Thanks !! I tried it and it works.... and it also works with Chrome & IE.... Now all I have to do is change EVERY page on my website !!! I appreciate the help....