Large music files can cause a webpage to load slowly. Using midi files for background music on a webpage can solve this problem
People email me with the question, "How do I put midi files on my page?" Here is the code of an embedded midi file I have on one of my webpages.I use EMBED src="midifile.mid" width=145 height=30 autostart=true loop=true surrounded by brackets
In the same directory as the webpage, place your midi file Replace midifile.mid with the name of your midi file . Width and height display a console on the page. If you do not want a player to display on the web page Enter 1 or 2 for the width and height (0 width and height might cause problems with some players).
autostart=true means the file will play automatically when the page loads. autostart=false would not start the file automatically
loop=true causes the file to play and loop, loop=false plays a file once.
There are several ways for your WWW Browser to access MIDI files (or any files for that matter) from Internet Explorer, or other browsers. In Internet Explorer, this is controlled by the "Programs" tab (under "Tools", then "Internet Options..."). Choose "Internet Programs/Set Programs/Associate a File Type or protocol with a program. In that list, look for ".mid or .midi" in the "Name" column. For those entries, the program in the "Current Default" column determines 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!
Also, 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 a file and choosing 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 "GK8DETHN" or something) - 15634
People email me with the question, "How do I put midi files on my page?" Here is the code of an embedded midi file I have on one of my webpages.I use EMBED src="midifile.mid" width=145 height=30 autostart=true loop=true surrounded by brackets
In the same directory as the webpage, place your midi file Replace midifile.mid with the name of your midi file . Width and height display a console on the page. If you do not want a player to display on the web page Enter 1 or 2 for the width and height (0 width and height might cause problems with some players).
autostart=true means the file will play automatically when the page loads. autostart=false would not start the file automatically
loop=true causes the file to play and loop, loop=false plays a file once.
There are several ways for your WWW Browser to access MIDI files (or any files for that matter) from Internet Explorer, or other browsers. In Internet Explorer, this is controlled by the "Programs" tab (under "Tools", then "Internet Options..."). Choose "Internet Programs/Set Programs/Associate a File Type or protocol with a program. In that list, look for ".mid or .midi" in the "Name" column. For those entries, the program in the "Current Default" column determines 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!
Also, 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 a file and choosing 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 "GK8DETHN" or something) - 15634
About the Author:
Cliff Odenkirk has been on the web with midi since 1997. Cliff is 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
