Audio in HTML:

View the source code of this page to see some simple tags
that add sound to your page.

The "Embed" tag that automatically plays a sound file when this
page is opened needs Navigator 3.0 (at least) to work properly.

Here is the same sound,
file but with a control panel that the veiwer/listener can control.

Alternatively, a regular, old <A HREF="...> anchor tag can
be used to call up a sound file like this one.

Cross platform (both Netscape and IE) background sound
can be achieved by using this HTML.

NOTE
Beware of background looping sound -
one person's lullaby is another's aural torture.

Some info on Audio File Formats

.au
older format, generated by UNIX platforms,
considered lower quality but small files.

.aif
Audio Interchange File Format, Mac,
stores digital audio at all the sample rates and resolutions possbile.

.wav
Native sound file format for Windows platforms,
stores digital audio at all the sample rates and resolutions possbile.

.mpg
high quality, excellent audio compression,
need extra hardward/software to create and
audience needs to download a helper app to hear.

http://www.mp3.com

Real Audio
Streaming audio - sound downloads as you hear it so that the audience doesn't have to wait
for the entire file to download before they can hear it,
quality has been compared to am radio,
need extra software to create files - RealAudio encoder,
your webserver needs to support RealAudio content by paying RealAudio a server licensing fee.

http://www.realaudio.com

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