Does anyone know a code that will play midi files on all browers?

The standard embed tag plays audio files on Internet Explorer, but it doesn't work on Google Chrome.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Chrome is probably the fastest web browser which is why I like to use it.

It's strange because it can play WAV and MP3 files on a browser, but not MIDI files for some reason.

The code you provided doesn't work on Chrome for me. It displays the "If you're seeing this" error message. Does it mean I need a plug-in or something?

Update:

I found another way to play a MIDI file in Chrome. This also works in Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. I confirmed this myself in each of those browsers.

The following is what helped (referenced here):

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If this doesn't work for you, then it's simply a matter of installing the required plug-in, which is what others may have to do as well.

Miss Emily wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 11:47am:

If it's any consolation, even after you correctly add the proper code to play a MIDI file, or you reference any other media file, it's not uncommon for an error message to be displayed to let that person know they need to update their browser with a specific media player, and/or a plug-in.

The good news is that once this is done for any given media file with any given browser, that browser will always be able to play that type of media.

So except for occasional updates to any given media player or plug-in, this would be a one-time installation.

Well, for each browser for any that need it.  Sigh. 

Miss Emily wrote on Apr 15^th, 2012 at 10:01pm:

At least when I tried playing a MIDI file with Chrome, an option was given to play the file once, or all the time.

Additionally, after I followed the instructions that I posted here in this topic, I was also given the option to use the plug-in that had been installed for Internet Explorer.

On a related note, it seems that Chrome will play MIDI files if plug-ins have been installed for either Safari or Firefox.

If this is important to you, especially since surfers to your site will evidently get different messages depending on what they have or haven't installed, you may want to place a notice on your site to indicate that a certain song should be heard on your site, and if it isn't being heard they can download the appropriate plug-ins.

Or just give them another way to play the song, i.e., give them a direct link, and let their browser tell them what they need to play it.

To be perfectly frank, all you can really do is to do what it takes for you to hear your MIDI file in all browsers, and then not worry about whether or not other people can hear it. Otherwise, this issue will drive you nuts.

This is the nature of the Internet. 

Miss Emily wrote on Apr 16^th, 2012 at 3:01am:

Oh, good! I'm glad you got it to work. 

Ironically, until you mentioned it here, I had inadvertently done the same thing, and fixed it by taking out that embedded code like you had done. I just didn't think to mention it as a "fix" for you. Still, you figured it out.

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I'm reminded of a recent edit I made to add a particular sponsor to our forum. The forum seemed to be working just fine after the edit except that I suddenly realized I was no longer able to scroll through the text of a new message, nor was I am to scroll to edit an existing message. This was an irritating problem.

Almost 2 days passed before I figured out what caused the problem. 

This problem affected my use of Firefox. But more importantly, it affected my use of an older version of Netscape, which I like to use because the older version renders the text of longer lines all on one line (like in YaBB's code box) ... handy for scrolling up and down in a straight line to very quickly edit a bunch of lines at once.

This didn't affect my use of Internet Explorer, but again, that browser doesn't keep longer lines of text on one line. So it had its limits when I needed to quickly edit a bunch of lines.

It finally dawned on me that I must have done something in the forum to alter the way it worked. The only change I could think of was the addition of a sponsor's ad, and sure enough, that was what had caused the problem.

So I changed the way the ad renders itself, and I was able to once again use an older version of Netscape to more quickly edits longer lines of text.

Whew! 

Yes, that seems to be the case, and I agree; it would be nice if all browsers were the same.

I sometimes forget to test the different browsers to check how an edited page may look.

Now we have iPads and other tablets, which I might add, YaBB looks great on an iPad. Although, come to think of it, embedded media files won't play on an iPad.