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HTML 5 Tutorial. Chapter 4 Audio. Audio. The HTML 5.0 specification allows us playing sound using the <audio> element. The <audio> element can play sound files or an audio stream. The HTML 5.0 specification aims at supporting the following sounds formats: MP3, WAV and Ogg Vorbis. Format.
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HTML 5 Tutorial Chapter 4 Audio
Audio The HTML 5.0 specification allows us playing sound using the <audio>element. The <audio> element can play sound files or an audio stream. The HTML 5.0 specification aims at supporting the following sounds formats: MP3, WAV and Ogg Vorbis.
Format Until now, there has never been a standard for playing audio on a web page. Today, most audio are played through a plugin (like flash). However, not all browsers have the same plugins. Currently, there are 3 supported audio formats for the audio element:
Basic Syntax Basic Syntax to Embed Video : <audio src="music.ogg" controls="controls"> *Content we place in between the tags will be displayed when the browser doesn't support playing audio</audio> The control attribute is for adding the play, pause and volume controls
Basic Syntax The audio element allows multiple source elements. Source elements can link to different audio files. We can add the <source>child elements in between the audio element tags. The browser will use the first supported format. <audio controls="controls"> <source src="mymusic.ogg" type="audio/ogg"> <source src="mymusic.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> browser does not support html 5.0 </audio>
Attribute The HTML 5.0 supports the following attributes :
Reference Hickson, I. (Eds.). (2011). HTML Living Standar. Retrieved from http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/ World Wide Web Consortium. (n.d.). HTML 5 Tutorial. Retrieved from http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp