Using MIDI files - plugins

pblacken wrote:
> Hi, new to CS4 but seem to be doing quite well learning on my own. I have
> created a website and trying to put simple midi files on for music. It works
> for me but when others refresh their page only one of the pages plays music.
> When testing the website it says can't find plugin.

This means that your system is set up to play midi files in a web page, but others aren't. You can't be sure that visitors will be able to play certain media types.

> The instructions say go to
> action and behavior tabs but when I go there I find nothing. I have read some
> instructions and not sure about all of ActiveX so if you can lend a hand it
> would be greatly appreciated.

What instructions are you talking about that talk about going to the behaviors?

I've never had a need to add a midi file to a page, but a quick Google search returned this page, perhaps it will help:
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/midi.html

Also, if there is not a very specific reason to be using midi files, then perhaps you'd want to generate MP3 files instead, as those tend to be easier to work with, and you can get a Flash player front end to be able to play/pause/stop and adjust volume. Maybe start out here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=flash+mp3+player

And maybe take a look at some of the Dreamweaver extensions that seem to support MP3 files (shortened URL of adobe.com/exchange with a search in the DW exchange for mp3):
http://tinyurl.com/dgkj8a

And maybe even take a look at SoundManager2 a JavaScript (and Flash) solution that can play sounds
http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/

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