Anyone running background music on their forum?
 

Just curious if anyone else here is running any background music on their forum. If so, how did you go about it. Suggestions welcome, thanks.

i have an mp3 player installed wich opens as popup when you klick on the mp3 link

so nobody have to listen to it...

I have a streaming Mp3 playerthat I use when i need It.

I can set it to auto-play a message as well.

I would recommend against putting background music. I know that I'd immediately close the page if I heard background music, it's a deterrent for me.

Any page that forces background music on me is instantly closed and never visited again, it's one of the most annoying things you can ever do on a site.

Great minds think alike, Paul ;).

User Selects if they want to play.........:p

I hate it on MySpace, when you visit someone's page (headphones on), then suddenly their punk music will blast on and startle you. Gah. Not that I'm a frequenter of MySpace.

I have it in my profile page, but that's it...not forum-wide, that's just irritating.

I agree with Jubei, plus I think MySpace is crap.

Make it right click to switch off but disable that too with one of those cute pop-up warnings.

Ditto. If I'm already listening to music while surfing it just makes for a lot of noise with the two songs combined. And if I'm not listening to anything, it's annoying to suddenly have music coming from somewhere. I have to figure out which tab is the offending one, since I often have many different tabs open at once, and close it down.

Feckie, where can I download the MP3 player like you use. I think letting users select to listen is the only option I will choose. This way, people who don't like music on the forum don't have to listen to it.

I just close pages when I hear background music

I have to say that the autoplay is the biggest turn-off for my members so I added the vb Radio Staions Mod and it is a HUGE hit with my members!:)

I guess it depends if you like the music or not. If I hear something I don't like, I just hit mute. I'm guessing if you have a music related forum or a forum devoted to a particular theme, it's going to be a draw, not a deterent. It just depends on your audience.

Never, ever put background music on a site. At the very least, make the option to start, not to stop the music. It should be off by default. I for one find such sites which have it unprofessional and rather tacky, and generally never return to them again.