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by Ian Lloyd

volume (HTML attribute)

Spec
Depr. Version
No N/A
Browser support full matrix
IE5.5+ FF2 Saf3 Op9.5
Full None None None
volume="volume of audio file"

Example

<bgsound src="50_005a08.wav" volume="-4000"/>

Description

Sets the volume of the audio file.

Value

Value between "-10000" and "0" where, strangely, 0 is full volume (it may be preferable to think of volume as ‘amount of volume reduction’. Note that in tests, a value of "-5000" did not appear to be equivalent to halving the volume.

Compatibility

IE5.5Full
6.0Full
7.0Full
Firefox1.0None
1.5None
2.0None
Safari1.3None
2.0None
3.0None
Opera9.2None
9.5None

This attribute is only supported by Internet Explorer.

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