MUTE Attribute | mute Property
This topic documents a feature of HTML+TIME 2.0, which is obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 9.
Sets or gets a value that indicates whether the audio is turned on or off.
Syntax
HTML <ELEMENT MUTE ... > Scripting [ bMute = ] object.mute
Possible Values
bMute Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values.
- false
- Default. Sound is turned on.
true
- Sound is turned off.
The property is read/write. The property has a default value of false.
Remarks
You can mute all the timed audio elements in a time container, such as a par or seq, by setting the mute property on that container to
true
. You can mute the sound for all timed audio elements on a page by setting the mute property on the body element totrue
.The mute property does not affect the global system mute available on the sound mixer.
Example
The following example shows how to select the volume of the sound effect, or to mute the volume.
<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time"> <HEAD> <TITLE>volume / mute Property</TITLE> <?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2"> <STYLE> .time{ behavior: url(#default#time2);} </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <t:media id="m1" begin="indefinite;" src="/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/media/shuttle3.wmv" onmediacomplete="Timer2.beginElement();" fill="remove"/> <BR><BR> <BUTTON id="b0" onclick="m1.beginElement();">Start</BUTTON> <BUTTON id="b3" onclick="m1.endElement();">Stop</BUTTON> <BR><BR> <B>Volume control:</B> <input type="radio" name="i1" onpropertychange="m1.mute='true';">Mute <input type="radio" name="i1" onpropertychange="m1.mute='false';m1.volume=25;">25% Volume <input type="radio" name="i1" onpropertychange="m1.mute='false';m1.volume=50;" checked>50% Volume <input type="radio" name="i1" onpropertychange="m1.mute='false';m1.volume=75;">75% Volume <input type="radio" name="i1" onpropertychange="m1.mute='false';m1.volume=100;">100% Volume </BODY> </HTML>
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/volume_mute.htm
Applies To
t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:PAR, t:REF, t:SEQ, time2, t:VIDEO
See Also