Safari popup declares that a MIME type is unspecified...

Hi Fellow Safari Users!
Whenever I open certain websites (e.g. my own - http://www.bespoke-webwork.com/), Safari tells me that certain features are disabled because Mime Type is unspecified - i.e. a .mp3 file I optionally play on my homepage.
As a newcomer I am frustrated by the inability of Safari to cater universally for Mime types - specifically playing .mp3 files, without having to download RealPlayer... (why could it not be coped with internally by Safari??).
If anyone can suggest a way in which one can avoid such popups, without having to troubleshoot each one differently, I would be extremely grateful.
P.S.
Does downloading RealPlayer cure the problem anyway?

Windows XP

Posted on Jan 19, 2010 12:17 AM

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Jan 19, 2010 12:44 PM in response to JiminSA

Interesting. I'm not a web developer, but there's some issues with your page coding showing up in the W3C markup validator, including in areas of your code relating to the embed tags around your mp3 links. See:

[Errors found while checking this document as HTML 4.01 Transitional!|http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bespoke-webwor k.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0]

If you attend to those issues, does the page behave a bit better in Safari?

Jan 20, 2010 2:07 AM in response to JiminSA

As b noir suggests your html code is the cause of your troubles and this free software can help you write perfect code:
http://www.qtbridge.com/pageot/pageot.html
Your current code doesn't give proper instructions to any browser plug-in. The "embed" tag isn't properly closed. The "object" tag (used by Internet Explorer) uses the wrong audio "type" for the QuickTime plug-in. When I view your link I get two versions of the same song.
Fix the page code and your page will work with any browser.

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