Why won't the MP3 play on Mac's IE or Firefox? Fine on Safari!

[h0kie99]

I am using this code to embed an MP3 file into a pop-up window (don't worry, I've got controls and the user actually has to click to start the song):

<embed src="mysongname.mp3" autostart="true" hidden="true" loop="true">

This works fine on IE and Firefox for PC and it works fine on Safari for Mac. The problem is that the song does NOT play on IE or Firefox for Mac! Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[rozwell]

<embed src="mysongname.mp3" autostart="true" hidden="true" loop="true"/>

that might be it... browsers are lame like that and that slash could be it.

 

[mnkeybsness]

are you surrounding the <embed> tag with an <object> tag?

<object height="24" width="100">
<embed src="mysongname.mp3" autostart="true" hidden="true" loop="true" />
</object>

 

[h0kie99]

Still no go...

I just tried both suggestions... still works fine on PC's IE & Firefox and Mac's Safari, but not Mac's IE or Firefox. I have been googling and get nothing but crap. Any other suggestions?

My current code:
<object height="1" width="1">
<embed src="mysongname.mp3" autostart="true" hidden="true" loop="true" />
</object>

Hmmm...

 

[ChicoWeb]

Have you checked your MIME types on your server? I had the same issue w/ a clients server. It would just display the text URL.

 

[mkrishnan]

Have you tried it on someone else's computer other than yours, to make sure it's a FF/IE/Safari code issue and not an issue with the settings of FF and IE or of QT on your computer? For instance link it and let us try?

Also, if you force-specify the MIME type by adding:

type="audio/x-mp3"

to the <embed> tag, what happens?

 

[h0kie99]

Not working yet...

I tried all suggestions in this thread and the song still won't play on Mac's IE or Firefox. It is not just my computer that won't cooperate, it is also the client's computer.

Try this link... http://www.saucedesigns.com/sauce.html (warning - the song will immediately play when you load this link... it is designed to be a pop-up that is initiated by the customer... so they don't have to listen if they don't want to!)

You will see how the song plays on Mac's Safari, but not IE/Firefox. It plays just fine on IE/Firefox for PC, so it isn't a browser-specific thing, it has to be a Mac/PC thing. Right?

Thanks!

 

[mkrishnan]

Yes, I can confirm that it does what you describe in Safari and DPA2 on my computer. But... did you try putting in the type="audio/x-mp3" in the tag? I didn't see that in the source code as it is now.

 

[ChicoWeb]

I tried all suggestions in this thread and the song still won't play on Mac's IE or Firefox. It is not just my computer that won't cooperate, it is also the client's computer.

Try this link... http://www.saucedesigns.com/sauce.html (warning - the song will immediately play when you load this link... it is designed to be a pop-up that is initiated by the customer... so they don't have to listen if they don't want to!)

You will see how the song plays on Mac's Safari, but not IE/Firefox. It plays just fine on IE/Firefox for PC, so it isn't a browser-specific thing, it has to be a Mac/PC thing. Right?

Thanks!

Define your mime type in .htaccess...If that doesn't work, call your host and they may be able to update the settings..