An audio player:
The src attribute specifies the location (URL) of the audio file.
The example above uses an Ogg file, and will work in Firefox, Opera and Chrome.
To play the audio file in Internet Explorer and Safari, we must use an MP3 file.
To make it work in all browsers - use <source> elements inside the <audio> element. <source> elements can link to different audio files. The browser will use the first recognized format:
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
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src | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 10.5 |
The src attribute is supported in all of the major browsers, however, the file format defined may not be supported in all browsers.
The <audio> tag is new in HTML5.
Value | Description |
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URL | The URL of the audio file. Possible values:
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