Play a sound:
The <audio> tag defines sound, such as music or other audio streams.
Currently, there are 3 supported file formats for the <audio> element: MP3, Wav, and Ogg:
Browser | MP3 | Wav | Ogg |
---|---|---|---|
Internet Explorer | YES | NO | NO |
Chrome | YES | YES | YES |
Firefox | YES | YES | YES |
Safari | YES | YES | NO |
Opera | YES | YES | YES |
Format | MIME-type |
---|---|
MP3 | audio/mpeg |
Ogg | audio/ogg |
Wav | audio/wav |
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.
Element | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
<audio> | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 10.5 |
The <audio> tag is new in HTML5.
Tip: Any text inside the between <audio> and </audio> will be displayed in browsers that do not support the <audio> tag.
= New in HTML5.
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
autoplay | autoplay | Specifies that the audio will start playing as soon as it is ready |
controls | controls | Specifies that audio controls should be displayed (such as a play/pause button etc) |
loop | loop | Specifies that the audio will start over again, every time it is finished |
muted | muted | Specifies that the audio output should be muted |
preload | auto metadata none |
Specifies if and how the author thinks the audio should be loaded when the page loads |
src | URL | Specifies the URL of the audio file |
The <audio> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
The <audio> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
HTML DOM reference: HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference
None.