Anyone Knows How To Make A Stop Background..

[Crack_man]

I have made a homepage with random background music but sometimes I want to turn the background music off cause I am listening to something else,

I know that I can just hit the stop button which is next to the "Refresh" button but I have made my own picture which I would like to use as a "on/off" button.

This is the random background script I have:

<script>
<!--
//By JavaScript Kit (http://www.javascriptkit.com) More JavaScripts here!
var sound1="sound/onestepcloser.mid"
var sound2="sound/again.mid"
var sound3="sound/waitand.mid"
var sound4="sound/changes.mid"
var sound5="sound/crawling.mid"
var x=Math.round(Math.random()*4)
if (x==0) x=sound1
else if (x==1) x=sound2
else if (x==2) x=sound3
else if (x==3) x=sound4
else x=sound5
if (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer")
document.write('<bgsound src='+'"'+x+'"'+' loop="infinite">')
else 
document.write('<embed src='+'"'+x+'"'+'hidden="true" border="0" width="20" height="20" autostart="true" loop="true">')
//-->
</script>

Now I just want to have a ON/OFF button but I would like to use my own picture as button.

[~FunK_mOb~]

shouldn't this be better of in softwareworld or development?
I think you'll get more replies than in the lounge.

[Crack_man]

Originally posted by ~FunK_mOb~@13 November 2003 - 20:09
shouldn't this be better of in softwareworld or development?
I think you'll get more replies than in the lounge.

I dont know, I dont think this has anything with software or development to do.

[Lamsey]

It is software-related, so it's going there.

Personally, I wouldn't use background music in a webpage - it's supremely annoying.

[SniperInTheShadows]

I know this is not the perfect solution to the problem, but if you can't find out how to make your stop button work then perhap's you could just make a small and empty .wav file which the stop button play's once and then stops instead to make it act like a stop button?

Sniper.

EDIT : Got distracted by the tele and forgot the "." on ".wav" lol

[I.am]

That script is junk. I would prefer writing my own.

[I.am]

Give me few mins

[I.am]

<script>

// Written by I.am 
// for Crack man coz he was using junk script
//****Script****-->
var numberofmid = 2
day = new Date()
myseed = day.getTime()
random = parseInt(((myseed - (parseInt(myseed/1000,10) * 1000))/10)/100*numberofmid + 1,10)

if(random== (1))
midi = ("soundsrcfile1.mid")
if(random==(2))
midi = ("soundsrcfile2.mid")
if(random == (3))
midi = ("soundsrcfile3.mid")

//Make sure to put the right value in numberofmid. If you have 10 mid files then initialize numberofmid = 10
//Add as many random files you want. Increase random by 1 and keep adding the source files.

document.write('<EMBED SRC= "' + midi + '" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=55 AUTOSTART=TRUE>')
document.write('<BGSOUND SRC= "' + midi + '" loop=infinite AUTOSTART=TRUE>')
//<--End of Script, By I.am

</SCRIPT>

Copy it to your page. In place of soundsrcfile give the path to your mid file.

B)
I.am

ps: Btw, this will be truly random. Almost impossible to predict which mid will be played as compared to that simple Math.random() function.

Second Edit: I forgot to mention what this will do. It will have a player on your page where you can control your mid. Play, Pause, Stop, Forward etc. all in there inbuilt.

[Crack_man]

Originally posted by I.am@14 November 2003 - 01:19

<script>

// Written by I.am 
// for Crack man coz he was using junk script
//****Script****-->
var numberofmid = 2
day = new Date()
myseed = day.getTime()
random = parseInt(((myseed - (parseInt(myseed/1000,10) * 1000))/10)/100*numberofmid + 1,10)

if(random== (1))
midi = ("soundsrcfile1.mid")
if(random==(2))
midi = ("soundsrcfile2.mid")
if(random == (3))
midi = ("soundsrcfile3.mid")

//Make sure to put the right value in numberofmid. If you have 10 mid files then initialize numberofmid = 10
//Add as many random files you want. Increase random by 1 and keep adding the source files.

document.write('<EMBED SRC= "' + midi + '" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=55 AUTOSTART=TRUE>')
document.write('<BGSOUND SRC= "' + midi + '" loop=infinite AUTOSTART=TRUE>')
//<--End of Script, By I.am

</SCRIPT>

Copy it to your page. In place of soundsrcfile give the path to your mid file.

B)
I.am

ps: Btw, this will be truly random. Almost impossible to predict which mid will be played as compared to that simple Math.random() function.

Second Edit: I forgot to mention what this will do. It will have a player on your page where you can control your mid. Play, Pause, Stop, Forward etc. all in there inbuilt.

I appreciate that you trying to help me but as I said,I would like to use my own button I have made which I can just turn on/off music.

[I.am]

Well this was the more efficient method. However, as someone else suggested you can have a blank midi and just call that midi when you click stop button. Make another function stop() and call midi in that. Call the stop() on click of the button.