boundary Attribute

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

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT boundary= ... >
Scripting N/A

Possible Values

default Default. Play on the musical boundary the composer chose as the default boundary when composing the segment or motif.
beat Come in on the next beat in the music.
grid Come in on the next grid (subdivision of a beat) in the music.
immediate Play immediately instead of waiting for the default musical boundary set for the segment.
measure Come 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) .

Applies To

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