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<body>All right, this is not exactly how I proposed this, <BR>
but here is a solution that can make it work with "all"<BR>
(Thinking out of my "Old Box")<BR>
<BR >script<BR>
//-----place this higher posible------<BR > var j=0;loc="<A href="http://www.xn--ovg.com/snd/snd/" >http://www.xn--ovg.com/snd/snd/</A>"<BR > var sound=new Array(<BR > loc+'ding.au',<BR > loc+'one.au',<BR > loc+'eight.au',<BR > loc+'two.au'<BR > )<BR>
function preloadAudios() {<BR > for (; i <= 3; i++) {<BR > sound[i] = new Sound()<BR > sound[i].<FONT class="">src </FONT>= sound[i]<BR > }<BR > }<BR > preloadAudios<BR>
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function playnow(){<BR > if(<FONT class="">j </FONT><= 3){<BR > <FONT class=""><FONT class="">plays.<FONT class="">src </FONT></FONT></FONT>= sound[j];<BR > <FONT class=""><FONT class="">playz.<FONT class="">src </FONT></FONT></FONT>= sound[j];<BR > j++;<BR > runtime = <FONT class="">setTimeout</FONT>('playnow()', 1000)<BR > } else { <FONT class=""><FONT class="">plays.<FONT class="">src</FONT></FONT></FONT>=''; <FONT class=""><FONT class=""><FONT class="">playz.<FONT class="">src</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>='';<BR > clearTimeout(runtime);<BR>
/*never forget to destroy the timer <BR>
*for it will run infinitely while interfering with other scripts of pages <BR>
*sometimes causing the brower not to respond or even freeze.<BR>
*/ <BR > }<BR >}<BR >/script<BR>
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***use single playback tags*** <BR > <BGSOUND ID='plays' SRC=''><BR > <EMBED ID='playz' SRC='' HIDDEN='TRUE' HEIGHT='0' WIDTH='0'><BR ><BR>
Using more than one will stress the browser and each will be able to play independently in <BR>
<FONT class="">asynchronous manner and shall interfere with previous instance.</FONT><BR>
Even though onLoad event never gave me the reliable true 'complete' in the past, in this case<BR>
the fault is on the player, it will always take some <FONT class="">noticeable time</FONT> before actually outputting already<BR>
playing sound from the file. But this can only happen during the first initialization of the player. <BR>
Here is the rest of the code:<BR>
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//------place it as low as you can------------<BR>
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script<BR > if(document.getElementById)<BR > { var plays=document.getElementById('plays')<BR > var playz=document.getElementById('playz') }<BR > <BR>
function checkreadystate(){<BR > if(document.<FONT class="">readyState</FONT> != "complete"){<BR > checkreadystate()<BR > } else {<BR > playnow() }<BR >}<BR >onload=checkreadystate<BR >/script<BR >(Im double-checking for the readyState "complete" but you may skip it)<BR>
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While the method you've chosen is more universal, it lacks the accuracy of controlling its behavior.<BR>
Yet in other hand, using a player will give you more control and behavior reliability but will require <BR>
that users not having installed the certain player to download and install several MB just to hear your<BR>
page talk some numbers. But it's a good trade-off, simplicity & universality against robust complicated<BR>
& system dependant solution, -id go for it.<BR>
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P.S.: This code is tested on IE only! But should work the same in most of the major browsers<BR >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>
Troy III<BR>
progressive art enterprise<BR>
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