t:AUDIO Element | audio Behavior(deprecated)

HTML (DHTML)

t:AUDIO Element | audio Behavior?deprecated)

Internet Development Index

This page documents a feature of HTML+TIME 1.0, which was released in Microsoft?Internet Explorer 5. We recommend that you migrate your content to the latest version of HTML+TIME, which implements the SMIL 2.0 Working Draft. See the Introduction to HTML+TIME overview for more information.

Defines a timed audio element in an HTML document.

Syntax

XML <t:AUDIO ID=sID STYLE="behavior:url('#default#time')" />
HTML N/A
Scripting N/A

Possible Values

sIDString that specifies a unique identifier for the object.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the audio object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.

Attributes/Properties

AttributePropertyDescription
t:ACCELERATEaccelerate Sets or retrieves a value that applies an acceleration to the element's local timeline.
t:AUTOREVERSEautoReverse Sets or retrieves whether the timeline on an element immediately begins playing in reverse after completing in the forward direction.
t:BEGINbegin Sets or retrieves the delay time before the timeline begins playing on the element.
t:BEGINAFTERbeginAfter Sets or retrieves a value indicating that the timeline of an element starts when the referenced element ends.
t:BEGINEVENTbeginEvent Sets or retrieves a value that starts the timeline of an element when the referenced event occurs.
t:BEGINWITHbeginWith Sets or retrieves a value that starts an element's timeline at the same time as the referenced element.
t:CLIPBEGINclipBegin Sets or retrieves the beginning point of a sub-clip of a continuous media object.
t:CLIPENDclipEnd Sets or retrieves the end point of a sub-clip of a continuous media object.
t:CLOCKSOURCEclockSource Sets or retrieves whether all the elements within the local time scope are synchronized with this element's timeline.
currTime Retrieves a value indicating the current time along the simple duration as defined by the element's t:DUR or t:END attribute.
t:DECELERATEdecelerate Sets or retrieves a value that applies a deceleration to the end of a simple duration.
t:DURdur Sets or retrieves a value indicating the amount of time the element remains active or displayed.
t:ENDend Sets or retrieves a value indicating the end time for the element, or the end of the simple duration when the element is set to repeat.
t:ENDEVENTendEvent Sets or retrieves a value indicating that the timeline of an element ends immediately when the referenced event occurs, regardless of the element's repeat count or repeatDur property.
t:ENDHOLDendHold Sets or retrieves whether an element remains active if its timeline ends before the timeline on its parent element ends.
t:EVENTRESTARTeventRestart Sets or retrieves whether the element should restart if a beginEvent call occurs while the local timeline is already running.
localTime Retrieves a value indicating the current time along the local duration, as defined by the element's t:REPEAT or t:REPEATDUR attribute.
t:PLAYERplayer Sets or retrieves the object used to render the media associated with this element.
playerObject Retrieves the object that plays media files.
t:REPEATrepeat Sets or retrieves the number of times an element's timeline repeats.
t:REPEATDURrepeatDur Sets or retrieves the number of seconds an element's timeline repeats.
t:SRCsrc Sets or retrieves the source URL of the media.
t:SYNCBEHAVIORsyncBehavior Sets or retrieves the synchronization rules for the element's timeline.
syncTolerance Retrieves the time variance allowed on a timeline with locked synchronization.
t:TIMEACTIONtimeAction Sets or retrieves what action is taken on the element while the timeline is active.
t:TYPEtype Sets or retrieves the MIME type of the media object referenced by the t:SRC attribute.

Events

EventDescription
onbegin Fires when the timeline starts on an element.
onend Fires when the timeline stops on an element.
onmediacomplete Fires when the element's associated media is finished loading.
onmedialoadfailed Fires when an element's media file fails to load for any reason.
onmediaslip Fires when an element's media file fails to keep up with the defined timeline.
onpause Fires when the timeline on an element pauses.
onrepeat Fires when the timeline repeats on an element, beginning with the second iteration.
onresume Fires when an element's timeline resumes from a paused state.
onresync Fires when the element's associated media synchronization is interrupted.
onreverse Fires when the timeline on an element begins to play backward.
onscriptcommand Fires when the Microsoft?Windows Media?Player control receives a synchronized command or URL.

Methods

MethodDescription
beginElement Starts the element on the timeline.
endElement Stops the element on the timeline.

Remarks

The members listed in the preceding table might not be accessible through scripting until the window.onload event fires. Waiting for this event to fire ensures that the page is completely loaded, that all behaviors have been applied to corresponding elements on the page, and that all the behavior's properties, methods, and events are available for scripting. Using any of the behavior-defined members before the window.onload event fires could result in a scripting error, indicating that the object does not support that particular member.

Although different media-based elements exist, there is no functional difference in their current implementation. However, you are encouraged to use elements such as t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, and t:VIDEO for improved document readability and enhanced support.

The prefix t is used to associate this element with an XML namespace. You must include the following line of code in the head section of your HTML document when using this element.

<XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX="t"/>

The t:AUDIO element is available as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, only in the Microsoft Win32?platform.

See Also

Introduction to DHTML Behaviors, Introduction to HTML+TIME, time, time2, Using DHTML Behaviors