Revision 391177 of <bgsound>

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<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The HTML Background Sound Element (&lt;bgsound&gt;) is an Internet Explorer element associating a background sound with a page.</p>
<h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2>
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  <dt>
    {{htmlattrdef("balance")}}</dt>
  <dd>
    This attribute defines a number between -10,000 and +10,000 that determines how the volume will be divided between the speakers.</dd>
  <dt>
    {{htmlattrdef("loop")}}</dt>
  <dd>
    This attribute indicates the number of times a sound is to be played and either has a numeric value or the keyword infinite.</dd>
  <dt>
    {{htmlattrdef("src")}}</dt>
  <dd>
    This attribute specifies the URL of the sound file to be played, which must be one of the following types: .wav, .au, or .mid.</dd>
  <dt>
    {{htmlattrdef("volume")}}</dt>
  <dd>
    This attribute defines a number between -10,000 and 0 that determines the loudness of a page's background sound.</dd>
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<h2 id="Example">Example</h2>
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&lt;bgsound src="sound1.mid"&gt;

&lt;bgsound src="sound2.au" loop="infinite"&gt; 
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<h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>
<p>Similar functionality can be achieved in some versions of Netscape using the <code>&lt;embed&gt;</code> tag to invoke an audio player.</p>
<p>You can write bgsound with a self-closing tag <code>&lt;bgsound /&gt;</code>. However, since this element is not part of a standard, making it XHTML-like will not make it validate.</p>
<h2 id="Compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>
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        <th>Feature</th>
        <th>Chrome</th>
        <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
        <th>Internet Explorer</th>
        <th>Opera</th>
        <th>Safari</th>
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        <td>Basic support</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
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    </tbody>
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  <table class="compat-table">
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      <tr>
        <th>Feature</th>
        <th>Android</th>
        <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
        <th>IE Mobile</th>
        <th>Opera Mobile</th>
        <th>Safari Mobile</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Basic support</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
        <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
  <li>{{htmlelement("audio")}}</li>
</ul>
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