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Audio element in HTML5

Anonymous User7338 21-Jul-2011

HTML5 introduced new element <audio>. This element specifies audio file on html document. By using this element user can listen audio file.HTML5 specifies a standard way to add audio file on web page with the help of audio element. <audio> element support three format of audio

  1.  Ogg Vorbis : This format is supported by firefox3.5 or later, opera10.5 or later and google chrome 3.0 browser.
  2.   MP3: This format will be supported by IE9, google chrome3.0 and safari3.0 or later.
  3.   Wav: This format is supported by firefox3.5 or later, opera10.5 or later and safari 3.0 or later.
Syntax to use Audio element in html5

<audio src="source-file location" controls="controls">

 </audio>

Audio element properties
  •  src: In this attribute we have to pass the URL of the audio file.
  •  autoplay:This attribute specifies audio file is ready to play.
  •  loop: This attribute specifies audio file should replay or not.
  •  control: This attribute specifies to show control on page (play/pause/stop button).
  •  preload: This attribute specifies audio file should be preloaded or not.
Following example demonstrate use of audio element in html5
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!DOCTYPE HTML>    
<html>
<body>
    <audio src="Video/Sleep Away.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>
</body>
</html>
Output of following code snippet is as follows

Audio element in HTML5


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