Can I safely create a "dummy" .smi file?

I don't want needless errors in my logs

[balam]

I've added a link to a MP3 file - <a href="widget.mp3">Widget Song</a>. While testing, I discovered Window Media Player asking for a non-existant file, "widget.smi". SMI? Huh?

Before you know it, I'm at the W3C and have discovered SMIL [w3.org]. Oh wow, information overload...

Now all I want is a link to a MP3 that will run in the visitor's default player. I got that, but I also got more. Since there's no .smi file, there's an entry in my error log and I also send my 12KB 404 page to the player - I don't want or need either to happen.

As noted, WMP asked for the file, and I imagine other players, like RealPlayer, will ask for .smi files as well. While SMIL sounds interesting, I'm not really interested in learning it just so I can have a clean error & save some bandwidth.

So, can I safely create a "dummy" .smi file like this...

<smil>
</smil>

...and expect it to not have anything untoward happen on the visitor's (player's) end (whatever the player may be)?