Comments on: Using the html5 audio element from javascript

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:10:33 +0000

Thank you for the note about run-time muting. I could not find that anywhere else!

By: shirish

shirish — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:50:27 +0000

Very good tutorial but i think to play sound javascript is the best option i found a good tutorial with demo to play sound using javascript http://talkerscode.com/webtricks/play-sound-on-notification-using-javascript-and-php.php

By: Silver Moon

Silver Moon — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:00 +0000

In reply to Richard Dickinson. thanks for pointing it out. made the correction.

By: Richard Dickinson

Richard Dickinson — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:00 +0000

Hi nice article….thanks

I have to say the first point is wrong though afaik… HTML5 audio controls only display if the ‘controls’ attribute is present in the audio tag. In your example you have left this out! Your example needs javascript / html/css controls added (unless you want autoplay where you simply add attribute ‘autoplay’ to the audio tag). Best wishes :-)

By: Silver Moon

Silver Moon — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:17:00 +0000

In reply to Richard Dickinson.

The canPlayType() method can return one of the following values :

“probably” – the browser most likely supports this audio/video type and will be able to play it.
“maybe” – the browser might support this audio/video type.
“” – (empty string) the browser does not support this audio/video type

empty string clearly indicates that the media type cannot be played. so it can be used to detect support for a given format or type.

By: Richard Dickinson

Richard Dickinson — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:37:00 +0000

Hi thanks for this post- I especially wanted a js file format check but the result makes me want to laugh or cry!

Eg:
ogg support status probably
mp3 support status maybe
wav support status probably
m4a support status maybe

What’s with probably/maybe? Yes or no would be good! :-) :-(