[malcolmd3111]

I would like the simplest method possible for playing an MP3 audio file in Javascript. No rollovers, no start buttons etc. I've looked at various suggested ways and none of them work.

This works in html:

<EMBED height="96" src="Audio/wwintro00.mp2" autostart=true hidden=true width="128">

How to do this in Javascript? Thanks for any suggestions.

Malcolmd3111

[brendandonhu]

Any JavaScript is just going to create HTML code similar to that anyway, is there a particular reason you need to use JS?

[malcolmd3111]

Yes! I have an existing JS script which creates a series of 36 timed images building a sequence of the Wisdom Wheel. see

"thewisdomwheel.com/indexpdf.html"

It's hard to synchronize a large mp3 file to all the "stones" being placed. It's easy to create 36 short audio clips and play them when the various stone images are laid down so to speak.

Hope this helps,

Malcolmd3111

[brendandonhu]

You can have a javascript change the src of the <embed> tag when the image is changed. but any way you do this is going to have timing problems, as it will take quite a while for the mp3s to download.

[cristobal03]

The thing about javascript is that it was designed to "manipulate" a document's objects on the client side. What you're trying to do involves client-server interface; I think you'll probably need a more robust combination than javascript/HTML to get the functionality you're after. You could possibly do it by switching the embed, as Brendan suggests, if you preload the mp3s. But I wouldn't bank on that.

chris.

[malcolmd3111]

Chris,

you're correct. Javascript client side isn't the way to go. It's becoming too messy. I'll need to look at another method. Thanks for the comments. BTW, I have a script running, but I cannot synchronize the image placement with the audio clips. The audio clip plays immediately, not delayed as required.

malcolm