e mail mp3 background sound

I've noticed that a .mp3 file will not play in the background of an e-mail received by either the WLMD beta or Windows Live Mail account(Hotmail) but a ..wav file will play in the background. E-mails received and opened via the Comcast website will play a .mp3 file in the background. When sending the e-mail, I've tried changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav but that makes no difference...it does not play. I'm applying the background sound by opening a new Mail message, Format/Background/Sound then browsing to a .mp3 file. Is there anyway I can get an .mp3 file to play in the background for messages sent to Windows Live Mail and WLMD?

PlayPauseStop You would have to use a stationery template pointing to the mp3 file. At this time, the only sound files that work using the method you outline would be a wav or mid file and the recipient would have to have scripting enabled and reading while in the Internet Zone which most users would not have. The scripting is indicated below and you can hear the music being "streamed" from my website.
<DIV id=performer style="Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 420px; WIDTH: 224px; COLOR: #6800d0; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 200px; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV> <DIV style="Z-INDEX: 5; LEFT: 242px; WIDTH: 120px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 500px" align=center><BUTTON id=btn onclick=document.player.Play();>Play</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnpa onclick=document.player.Pause();>Pause</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnst onclick=document.player.Stop();>Stop</BUTTON></DIV> <OBJECT id=player height=1 width=1 classid=CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6><PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://home.comcast.net/~jimpickering/sounds/eternal_father.mp3"> <PARAM NAME="rate" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="balance" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="currentPosition" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="defaultFrame" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="playCount" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="currentMarker" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="invokeURLs" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="baseURL" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="volume" VALUE="100"><PARAM NAME="mute" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="uiMode" VALUE="none"><PARAM NAME="stretchToFit" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="windowlessVideo" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enabled" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enableContextMenu" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="fullScreen" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="SAMIStyle" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMILang" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMIFilename" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="captioningID" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="enableErrorDialogs" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="_cx" VALUE="26"><PARAM NAME="_cy" VALUE="26"></OBJECT> <SCRIPT language=Jscript event="ScriptCommand(bstrType, bstrParam)" for=player> if (bstrType.toLowerCase() == "text") { document.all.performer.innerHTML = bstrParam; } </SCRIPT> -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message

I've noticed that a .mp3 file will not play in the background of an e-mail received by either the WLMD beta or Windows Live Mail account(Hotmail) but a .wav file will play in the background. E-mails received and opened via the Comcast website will play a .mp3 file in the background. When sending the e-mail, I've tried changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav but that makes no difference...it does not play. I'm applying the background sound by opening a new Mail message, Format/Background/Sound then browsing to a ..mp3 file. Is there anyway I can get an .mp3 file to play in the background for messages sent to Windows Live Mail and WLMD?

Jim, thanks for the explanation. Could you explain to me why I could hear the mp3 file that was sent to the Comcast account and was accessed via comcast.net?
When I clicked on "Play", I did not hear your stream play from the website. "Jim Pickering" wrote in message PlayPauseStop You would have to use a stationery template pointing to the mp3 file. At this time, the only sound files that work using the method you outline would be a wav or mid file and the recipient would have to have scripting enabled and reading while in the Internet Zone which most users would not have. The scripting is indicated below and you can hear the music being "streamed" from my website.
<DIV id=performer style="Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 420px; WIDTH: 224px; COLOR: #6800d0; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 200px; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV> <DIV style="Z-INDEX: 5; LEFT: 242px; WIDTH: 120px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 500px" align=center><BUTTON id=btn onclick=document.player.Play();>Play</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnpa onclick=document.player.Pause();>Pause</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnst onclick=document.player.Stop();>Stop</BUTTON></DIV> <OBJECT id=player height=1 width=1 classid=CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6><PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://home.comcast.net/~jimpickering/sounds/eternal_father.mp3"> <PARAM NAME="rate" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="balance" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="currentPosition" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="defaultFrame" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="playCount" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="currentMarker" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="invokeURLs" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="baseURL" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="volume" VALUE="100"><PARAM NAME="mute" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="uiMode" VALUE="none"><PARAM NAME="stretchToFit" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="windowlessVideo" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enabled" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enableContextMenu" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="fullScreen" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="SAMIStyle" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMILang" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMIFilename" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="captioningID" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="enableErrorDialogs" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="_cx" VALUE="26"><PARAM NAME="_cy" VALUE="26"></OBJECT> <SCRIPT language=Jscript event="ScriptCommand(bstrType, bstrParam)" for=player> if (bstrType.toLowerCase() == "text") { document.all.performer.innerHTML = bstrParam; } </SCRIPT> -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message

I've noticed that a .mp3 file will not play in the background of an e-mail received by either the WLMD beta or Windows Live Mail account(Hotmail) but a .wav file will play in the background. E-mails received and opened via the Comcast website will play a .mp3 file in the background. When sending the e-mail, I've tried changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav but that makes no difference...it does not play. I'm applying the background sound by opening a new Mail message, Format/Background/Sound then browsing to a .mp3 file. Is there anyway I can get an .mp3 file to play in the background for messages sent to Windows Live Mail and WLMD?

If you sent it to yourself, it could find the mp3 in the directory referenced, but others users would not find it in that same file path on their computers. If you could not hear the mp3 file in my message, it's most likely that you are not running OE in the Internet Zone and in IE Tools, you have scripting disabled. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message Jim, thanks for the explanation. Could you explain to me why I could hear the mp3 file that was sent to the Comcast account and was accessed via comcast.net?
When I clicked on "Play", I did not hear your stream play from the website. "Jim Pickering" wrote in message PlayPauseStop You would have to use a stationery template pointing to the mp3 file. At this time, the only sound files that work using the method you outline would be a wav or mid file and the recipient would have to have scripting enabled and reading while in the Internet Zone which most users would not have. The scripting is indicated below and you can hear the music being "streamed" from my website.
<DIV id=performer style="Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 420px; WIDTH: 224px; COLOR: #6800d0; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 200px; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV> <DIV style="Z-INDEX: 5; LEFT: 242px; WIDTH: 120px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 500px" align=center><BUTTON id=btn onclick=document.player.Play();>Play</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnpa onclick=document.player.Pause();>Pause</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnst onclick=document.player.Stop();>Stop</BUTTON></DIV> <OBJECT id=player height=1 width=1 classid=CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6><PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://home.comcast.net/~jimpickering/sounds/eternal_father.mp3"> <PARAM NAME="rate" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="balance" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="currentPosition" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="defaultFrame" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="playCount" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="currentMarker" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="invokeURLs" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="baseURL" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="volume" VALUE="100"><PARAM NAME="mute" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="uiMode" VALUE="none"><PARAM NAME="stretchToFit" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="windowlessVideo" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enabled" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enableContextMenu" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="fullScreen" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="SAMIStyle" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMILang" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMIFilename" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="captioningID" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="enableErrorDialogs" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="_cx" VALUE="26"><PARAM NAME="_cy" VALUE="26"></OBJECT> <SCRIPT language=Jscript event="ScriptCommand(bstrType, bstrParam)" for=player> if (bstrType.toLowerCase() == "text") { document.all.performer.innerHTML = bstrParam; } </SCRIPT> -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"Darrell" wrote in message

I've noticed that a .mp3 file will not play in the background of an e-mail received by either the WLMD beta or Windows Live Mail account(Hotmail) but a .wav file will play in the background. E-mails received and opened via the Comcast website will play a .mp3 file in the background. When sending the e-mail, I've tried changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav but that makes no difference...it does not play. I'm applying the background sound by opening a new Mail message, Format/Background/Sound then browsing to a ..mp3 file. Is there anyway I can get an .mp3 file to play in the background for messages sent to Windows Live Mail and WLMD?

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
Thanks again for the explanation...Scripting for IE7B3 is set to disable for the Internet zone.

If you sent it to yourself, it could find the mp3 in the directory referenced, but others users would not find it in that same file path on their computers. If you could not hear the mp3 file in my message, it's most likely that you are not running OE in the Internet Zone and in IE Tools, you have scripting disabled. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Darrell" wrote in message Jim, thanks for the explanation. Could you explain to me why I could hear the mp3 file that was sent to the Comcast account and was accessed via comcast.net?
When I clicked on "Play", I did not hear your stream play from the website. "Jim Pickering" wrote in message PlayPauseStop You would have to use a stationery template pointing to the mp3 file. At this time, the only sound files that work using the method you outline would be a wav or mid file and the recipient would have to have scripting enabled and reading while in the Internet Zone which most users would not have. The scripting is indicated below and you can hear the music being "streamed" from my website.
DIV id=performer style="Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 420px; WIDTH: 224px; COLOR: #6800d0; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 200px; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></DIV DIV style="Z-INDEX: 5; LEFT: 242px; WIDTH: 120px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 500px" align=center><BUTTON id=btn onclick=document.player.Play();>Play</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnpa onclick=document.player.Pause();>Pause</BUTTON><BUTTON id=btnst onclick=document.player.Stop();>Stop</BUTTON></DIV OBJECT id=player height=1 width=1 classid=CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6><PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://home.comcast.net/~jimpickering/sounds/eternal_father.mp3" PARAM NAME="rate" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="balance" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="currentPosition" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="defaultFrame" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="playCount" VALUE="1"><PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="currentMarker" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="invokeURLs" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="baseURL" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="volume" VALUE="100"><PARAM NAME="mute" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="uiMode" VALUE="none"><PARAM NAME="stretchToFit" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="windowlessVideo" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enabled" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="enableContextMenu" VALUE="-1"><PARAM NAME="fullScreen" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="SAMIStyle" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMILang" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="SAMIFilename" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="captioningID" VALUE=""><PARAM NAME="enableErrorDialogs" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="_cx" VALUE="26"><PARAM NAME="_cy" VALUE="26"></OBJECT SCRIPT language=Jscript event="ScriptCommand(bstrType, bstrParam)" for=player if (bstrType.toLowerCase() == "text") { document.all.performer.innerHTML = bstrParam; } /SCRIPT -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"Darrell" wrote in message
I've noticed that a .mp3 file will not play in the background of an e-mail received by either the WLMD beta or Windows Live Mail account(Hotmail) but a .wav file will play in the background. E-mails received and opened via the Comcast website will play a .mp3 file in the background. When sending the e-mail, I've tried changing the extension from .mp3 to .wav but that makes no difference...it does not play. I'm applying the background sound by opening a new Mail message, Format/Background/Sound then browsing to a .mp3 file. Is there anyway I can get an .mp3 file to play in the background for messages sent to Windows Live Mail and WLMD?