/**
 * jQuery sound plugin (no flash)
 * 
 * port of script.aculo.us' sound.js (http://script.aculo.us), based on code by Jules Gravinese (http://www.webveteran.com/) 
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Jörn Zaefferer (http://bassistance.de) 
 * 
 * Licensed under the MIT license:
 *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *   
 * $Id$
 */

/**
 * API Documentation
 * 
 * // play a sound from the url
 * $.sound.play(url)
 * 
 * // play a sound from the url, on a track, stopping any sound already running on that track
 * $.sound.play(url, {
 *   track: "track1"
 * });
 * 
 * // increase the timeout to four seconds before removing the sound object from the dom for longer sounds
 * $.sound.play(url, {
 *   timeout: 4000
 * });
 * 
 * // stop a sound by removing the element returned by play
 * var sound = $.sound.play(url);
 * sound.remove();
 * 
 * // disable playing sounds
 * $.sound.enabled = false;
 * 
 * // enable playing sounds
 * $.sound.enabled = true
 */

(function($) {
        
$.sound = {
        tracks: {},
        enabled: true,
        template: function(src) {
                return '<embed style="height:0" loop="false" src="' + src + '" autostart="true" hidden="true"/>';
        },
        play: function(url, options){
                if (!this.enabled)
                        return;
                var settings = $.extend({
                        url: url,
                        timeout: 2000
                }, options);
                
                if (settings.track) {
                        if (this.tracks[settings.track]) {
                                var current = this.tracks[settings.track];
                                // TODO check when Stop is avaiable, certainly not on a jQuery object
                                current.Stop && current.Stop();
                                current.remove();  
                        }
                }
                
                var element = $.browser.msie
                        ? $('<bgsound/>').attr({
                        src: settings.url,
                                loop: 1,
                                autostart: true
                      })
                        : $(this.template(settings.url));
                        
                element.appendTo("body");
                
                if (settings.track) {
                        this.tracks[settings.track] = element;
                }
                
                setTimeout(function() {
                        element.remove();
                }, options.timeout)
                
                return element;
        }
};

})(jQuery);