Testing sound (audio/midi content-type) in Firefox

Testing support for the HTML element object and for audio/midi content-type (background music) in Firefox

Bee Gees music: 4 min. 6 sec. (41 KB)

MSIE 5.x and MSIE 6 for Windows does not handle nested objects correctly. If an object in a page has an alternate object within its replacement markup, the alternate object is displayed alongside the primary one. taken from Robin's HTML 4 Conformance Test

Latest available versions of media player able to render audio/midi content-type in Firefox
Downloadable free media player (Plug-in)
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Version 7.4.5 for XP SP2 and Vista, version 7.4.5 for QuickTimeInstaller.exe, 21.7 MB Version availability for Windows and Mac	Version 11 for Windows XP SP2: mp11setup.exe, 25,190 KB	Version 11 for Windows XP: RealPlayer11GOLD_en.exe 14,142 KB Help/About and Check for update to get the latest updated version which is RealPlayer version 11 (build 6.0.14.748).

Other references
QuickTime Plug-in properties #1 and QuickTime Plug-in properties #2
QuickTime 7 FAQ
QuickTime Support page
Embedding QuickTime for Web Delivery
Plug-in Parameters and the <OBJECT> Tag
QuickTime for the Web
Mozilla Plug-in Support on Microsoft Windows (excellent!)
Embedding Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player: Invoking Fast Forward and Fast Rewind Methods
RealOne tag parameters
Knowledge Base, Playing Documentation, FAQ, Creation and Delivery Documentation, Content Production and Authoring, etc...

Related Bugzilla bugs:
Bug 161891: object tag doesn't work correctly with params