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The music in this auction will not play when viewed using Firefox, how come? http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwmixed&1373334572

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lotsoffish
lotsoffish

As of about a week ago suddenly I can not hear the music in any of the auctions I post each week. I can hear it on all other browsers just not firefox.

Here is the auction- http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwmixed&1373334572

Here is the code being used in that auction- 

 <EMBED SRC=http://lotsoffish.tripod.com/more%20more%20more%20music/temptations_-_papa_was_a_rolling_stone.mp3     HIDDEN=true AUTOSTART=true LOOP=5>

As of about a week ago suddenly I can not hear the music in any of the auctions I post each week. I can hear it on all other browsers just not firefox. Here is the auction- http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwmixed&1373334572 Here is the code being used in that auction- <EMBED SRC=http://lotsoffish.tripod.com/more%20more%20more%20music/temptations_-_papa_was_a_rolling_stone.mp3 HIDDEN=true AUTOSTART=true LOOP=5><BR><FONT FACE=Arial SIZE=2>

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krissie
krissie
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I've not done HTML coding for a long time, but the HIDDEN value was deprecated in HTML5.

You should be able to use the following code, until you find a more suitable solution:

<embed src="http://lotsoffish.tripod.com/more%20more%20more%20music/temptations_-_papa_was_a_rolling_stone.mp3" autoplay="true" loop="5" height="1" width="1">

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Please note that the music will not start to play in the browser until the MP3 itself has been buffered. FOr me, it took about 3 seconds the first time.

lotsoffish
lotsoffish Question owner

That new code didn't work on Firefox either. I didn't explain myself well enough I guess. I have been using that specific HTML code to add music to my auctions and website for years. Now suddenly it doesn't work but ONLY when I am using Firefox. That tells me it must have something to do with Firefox but I have no idea what that something is.

Up until about a week ago it worked with Firefox too.

krissie
krissie
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The new code works fine for me in Firefox; the old one does not, however. That is why I formatted it correctly. I also tried the new code in Internet Explorer, where it also works fine.

Did you update Firefox recently? Have you made sure your plugins are up to date?

Also, you might try removing the quotes from the code I pasted; it might be the page you are using it on doesn't render it properly when formatted in this manner.

Modified by krissie

lotsoffish
lotsoffish Question owner

LOL Krissie!

Lets try this.

Click on this closed auction link and you should hear music playing- http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwmixed&1373334572

Yet I can not IF I am using Firefox. I can hear it using any other browser.

I am trying to figure out why that is.

lotsoffish
lotsoffish Question owner

Also Krissie, your code does not work for me on Firefox but it does on Explorer.

cor-el
cor-el
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You need a plugin that supports MP3 if you want to hear MP3 files on Windows XP.

The QuickTime plugin will play such files.

Other plugins will only work if you specify a MIME (content) type is supported by a plugin like "application/x-mplayer2" for WMP or type="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" for the RealPlayer.
You can see supported MIME types and file extensions on the about:plugins page.