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Usage Recommendation
use it, but don't rely on it
SRC: URL of resource to be embedded AUTOSTART: if the sound/movie should
start automatically
WIDTH: width of area in which to show
resource LOOP: how many times to play the
sound/movie
HEIGHT: height of area in which to
show resource PLAYCOUNT: how many times to play the
sound/movie
ALIGN: how text should flow around
the picture VOLUME: how loud to play the sound
NAME: name of the embedded object CONTROLS: which sound control to display
<EMBED ...> puts a browser plugin in the page. A plugin is a special program located on the
client computer (i.e. not on your web server) that handles its own special type of data file. The
most common plugins are for sounds and movies. The <EMBED ...> tag gives the location of a
data file that the plugin should handle.
In its simplest use, <EMBED ...> uses the SRC attribute to indicate the location of the plugin data
file, and usually also gives a WIDTH and HEIGHT of the plugin area. For example, the following
code embeds a MIDI file of the 1812 Overture in the page:
<EMBED ...> is not a part of the HTML 4 or xHTML 1 specifications, but it is still widely
supported by modern browsers. Unlike other tags, the attributes used by <EMBED ...> depend on
the type of plugin being used (this odd free-attribute concept is why <EMBED ...> has been
rejected by the HTML standards makers).
The only required attribute for <EMBED ...> is SRC, so let's begin there.