boundary Attribute

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Sets when music should begin to play by using Microsoft?DirectMusic?

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT boundary= ... >
ScriptingN/A

Possible Values

defaultDefault. Play on the musical boundary the composer chose as the default boundary when composing the segment or motif.
beatCome in on the next beat in the music.
gridCome in on the next grid (subdivision of a beat) in the music.
immediatePlay immediately instead of waiting for the default musical boundary set for the segment.
measureCome in on the next bar in the music.

Remarks

The boundary attribute is only valid if the PLAYER attribute is set to DMusic.

Example

The following example shows how to specify a secondary music segment that comes in on the next beat.

<t:MEDIA CLASS="time" ID="seg2" PLAYER="DMusic"
SRC="http://www.hearmusic.com/jazz/hancock.sgt"
BEGIN="7.2" DUR="19.5" SEGMENTTYPE="secondary" BOUNDARY="beat"/>

Standards Information

This attribute is a Microsoft extension to Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:VIDEO, t:MEDIA, t:REF

See Also

Using HTML+TIME with DirectMusic, Introduction to HTML+TIME