<object> tag for embedding sound & video

looking for cross browser XHTML replacement for <embed>

[bill]

I was trying to get a site into valid XHTML when I came across a few pages that used the <embed> tag to include .wav files which were used to show how certain products sounded. The client wanted to keep the embedded console in the page and not simply link to the sound files.

I've been messing around with variations of the <object> tag, but I haven't been able to get anything to work cross-browser. At this point I'd settle for something that validated and worked in IE5+, Mozilla & Opera 6+. Is this possible?

[tedster]

This is still a knotty area, isn't it! I can't say I have the answer for you, but this conversation on the W3C lists might help.

Cross browser standards and the object tag [lists.w3.org]

[bill]

Thanks tedster...I didn't realize this was such a problem. My only alternative for these particular pages seems to be to stick with the <embed> tag as that does work cross-browser even if it doesn't validate.