Adding Midi Files to your Webpage
Large music files can cause a webpage to load slowly. Using midi files for background music on a webpage can solve this problem
How do I put midi files on my page? is a question I frequently receive. The code I use to embed midi files on some of my web pages is: EMBED src="midifile.mid" width=145 height=30 autostart=true loop=true surrounded by brackets
midifile.mid is the name of the midi file in the same directory as the webpage. Width and height allow a console to display. If you do not want the player to display on the web page use a width and height of 1 or 2 (0 width and height has caused problems with some players.
If you want the file to automatically start playing when page is loaded use autostart=true If not, autostart=false
loop=true causes the file to play over and over, you can also have loop=false to only play once
You can play midi files in Internet Explorer, or other browsers. You can also select which program will play the midi file. In Internet Explorer, this is controlled by the "Programs" tab (under "Tools", then "Internet Options"). Go to Internet Programs/Set Programs/Associate a File Type or protocol with a program/. In that displayed list of file extensions, look for ".mid or .midi" in the "Name" column. You can see the "Current Default" column and choose what program will be used when you click on a MIDI file on a www page.
Also, for "zipped" files, If you have a recent version of "Winzip", the zipped file can be played without a lot of trouble if you set up Winzip to be the application to start for .zip files. Then, you just click the mid file when Winzip show the contents, and it plays!
If you set up your Helper Apps to "play" the midi song when selected with a particular program, you can always save it (download it) instead of playing it by right clicking on the link to the file file and using the "Save Target as" to save the file to your hard drive. That way, you don't have to delete your "Helper apps" entry for .mid files if you want to save it or have to hunt through your Temporary Internet Files directory, to find the file (which might have a temp name, like "VGKYF9GG" or something strange like that) - 18423
How do I put midi files on my page? is a question I frequently receive. The code I use to embed midi files on some of my web pages is: EMBED src="midifile.mid" width=145 height=30 autostart=true loop=true surrounded by brackets
midifile.mid is the name of the midi file in the same directory as the webpage. Width and height allow a console to display. If you do not want the player to display on the web page use a width and height of 1 or 2 (0 width and height has caused problems with some players.
If you want the file to automatically start playing when page is loaded use autostart=true If not, autostart=false
loop=true causes the file to play over and over, you can also have loop=false to only play once
You can play midi files in Internet Explorer, or other browsers. You can also select which program will play the midi file. In Internet Explorer, this is controlled by the "Programs" tab (under "Tools", then "Internet Options"). Go to Internet Programs/Set Programs/Associate a File Type or protocol with a program/. In that displayed list of file extensions, look for ".mid or .midi" in the "Name" column. You can see the "Current Default" column and choose what program will be used when you click on a MIDI file on a www page.
Also, for "zipped" files, If you have a recent version of "Winzip", the zipped file can be played without a lot of trouble if you set up Winzip to be the application to start for .zip files. Then, you just click the mid file when Winzip show the contents, and it plays!
If you set up your Helper Apps to "play" the midi song when selected with a particular program, you can always save it (download it) instead of playing it by right clicking on the link to the file file and using the "Save Target as" to save the file to your hard drive. That way, you don't have to delete your "Helper apps" entry for .mid files if you want to save it or have to hunt through your Temporary Internet Files directory, to find the file (which might have a temp name, like "VGKYF9GG" or something strange like that) - 18423
About the Author:
Midi expert Cliff Odenkirk is a well known internet musician. Webmaster for Midicity.com music and entertainment news as well as an accomplished midi musician. You can find more music news and articles at Midicity.com music and entertainment articles
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