Slim HTML5 Audio jQuery Plugin with fallback (this embed tag is in any case necessary for IE7 and 8).
<!-- Include the jQuery library -->
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Include this Sound plugin -->
<script src="http://your-site.com/static/js/jquery.sound.js"></script>
$.sound.play('/path/to/media/background_music.mp3');
Pierre-Henry Soria
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