Embedding Sound in Web Pages: Final Thoughts - Doc JavaScript

A Final Word

After reading this column you should know how to embed sound in Web pages, using cross-browser tags such as <EMBED> as well as browser-specific ones such as Internet Explorer's <BGSOUND>. You have learned about internal implementation of sound by Navigator (using LiveAudio Plug-in) and Explorer (using ActiveMovie Control). You have learned about LiveAudio's and ActiveMovie Control's methods and properties. In particular, in this column you learned:

• How to distinguish between different audio file formats.
• How to access plugin objects.
• How to detect which plug-ins are installed in the user's browser.
• How to detect which MIME types are supported by the user's browser.
• How to embed sound tracks with the <EMBED> tag.
• How to customize the control (console) of an <EMBED> tag.
• How to embed sound tracks with the <BGSOUND> tag.
• How to implement LiveAudio's methods.
• How to implement ActiveMovie's properties.
• How to implement ActiveMovie's methods.
• How to build a LiveAudio-based JavaScript application.
• How to program a form-based ActiveMovie Control.