IE 7 Not Playing mp3 links

[bikermanirl]

I just tried adding a link to an mp3 file to a site I'm developing.

It plays fine in Firefox and Opera but with IE7 beta it returns a javascript error.(invalid character & object expected)

I tried it on a few music sites and got the same error so it's not my coding.

Is this a problem with IE7 or just my copy of it?

[keyplyr]

I'm not having any difficulty playing MP3 files (html link) with IE7 using WMP11. You didn't mention which player you're using, but if it's an older release of WMP, try updating.

[bikermanirl]

Thanks, I'm able to play the mp3 links on my local copy of the site so it's probably a security setting problem.

I only use IE to test sites so I'm not worried if it doesn't work on my pc just as long as it works on my clients pc :)

[tomitm]

Why would you have any background music playing on a website?

One of the worst things ever for a website to have, imo.

[tedster]

Hello tomitm, and welcome to the forums.

I agree with you about background music, but bikermanirl is asking about playing the mp3 file from a link -- lots of good reasons to do that.