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The HTML <audio> element is used to play an audio file on a web page
To play an audio file in HTML, use the <audio>
element:
<audio controls>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
The controls
attribute adds audio controls, like play, pause, and volume.
The <source>
element allows you to specify alternative audio
files which the browser may choose from. The browser will use the first recognized format.
The text between the <audio>
and </audio>
tags will only be displayed
in browsers that do not
support the <audio>
element.
To start an audio file automatically, use the autoplay
attribute:
<audio controls autoplay>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
Note: Chromium browsers do not allow autoplay in most cases. However, muted autoplay is always allowed.
Add muted
after
autoplay
to let your audio file start playing automatically (but muted):
<audio controls autoplay muted>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the
<audio>
element.
Element | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
<audio> | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 10.5 |
There are three supported audio formats: MP3, WAV, and OGG. The browser support for the different formats is:
Browser | MP3 | WAV | OGG |
---|---|---|---|
Edge/IE | YES | YES* | YES* |
Chrome | YES | YES | YES |
Firefox | YES | YES | YES |
Safari | YES | YES | NO |
Opera | YES | YES | YES |
*From Edge 79
File Format | Media Type |
---|---|
MP3 | audio/mpeg |
OGG | audio/ogg |
WAV | audio/wav |
The HTML DOM defines methods, properties, and events for the <audio>
element.
This allows you to load, play, and pause audios, as well as set duration and volume.
There are also DOM events that can notify you when an audio begins to play, is paused, etc.
For a full DOM reference, go to our HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference.