Embedded sound plays in Firefox 3.6.15 for Linux (i586), but not in the same version for Linux (i686)
The same embedded 10-sec0nd sound-clip within my Welcome page plays within the version running on my old, 450-MHz, AMD K6-III+ machine in openSUSE 10.2, but does not play within the exact same version running on my newer, 1.4-GHz, Pentium IV machine in openSUSE 11.2. This same page was opened from the same USB flash-drive on both machines, so there is no coding difference within the page itself, and neither it, nor the sound-file is corrupted.
I did not disable JavaScript within this browser on the newer machine, and I doubt this is a sound-configuration or plug-in problem on the newer machine, since randomly selected sound-effects from my JavaScript multiple-choice quiz app (located in the same directory on the flash-drive) plays on it in-response to user input (i.e., right or wrong answers).
The sound-related code within the Welcome page is as follows:
<span id="dummy"></span> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- playSound(); //--> </script>
The code within the linked JavaScript source-file is as follows:
/*Play truck sound on index page.*/
function playSound() {
if(document.getElementById)//Test by function if browser is DOM 2-compliant.
{
document.getElementById("dummy").innerHTML="<embed src='sounds/18wheeler.wav' hidden='true' width='0' height='0' autostart='true' loop='false' />";
}
else
{
alert("Sorry! This browser does not have the DHTML capability required to play sound according to the JavaScript coding within this page. To enable sound, please update your browser.");
}
}
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Karl
Modified by cor-el
All Replies (5)
Sorry, I thought I posted all of the sound-related code within the Welcome page, but apparently your system has problems displaying all of it. Here it is (with quotation marks added to the missing piece to enable it to display):
<span id="dummy"></span> "<script type="text/javascript"> <!-- playSound(); //--> </script>"
Modified by cor-el
Let's try this again with escape characters added:
<span id="dummy"></span> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- playSound(); //--> </script\>
Modified by cor-el
Please disregard my last reply; apparently, my previous replay displayed properly once I submitted it.
I've edited your posts to show the code correctly.
Do you have a link to that web page?
To play .wav files you need a player like Gecko media player and MPlayer to play that sound. You can also try to unhide that player to see if the player shows.
I am using the Xine plugin, which opens the Xine player. That information has been cut-and-pasted from within the Troubleshooting Information page. I will try unhiding the player now to see if it displays. . .
Yes, the Xine player is visible in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The screen capture file is attached. However, this page has not been uploaded to a web-server; I intend to distribute these pages on a CD instead.
Please note that the 3 seconds shown within the attached file is actually an instantaneous value; this is a countdown timer whose initial value is 10 seconds. Evidently, it took 7 seconds for me to capture this image.
Modified by pencilneck_geek