While the HTML5 video element gets the lion’s share of attention because of its potential to eliminate the need for Flash on popular sites like YouTube, the HTML5 audio element is equally useful. Like , element in your pages. Covering everything from the basics of embedding a file to more advanced topics like preloading, looping and syncing audio files; the post makes a great introduction to the world of the HTML5 at all. Still, it’s nice to see Microsoft encouraging developers to embrace the new HTML5 audio tag.
Once you understand the basics of how the audio tag works, it’s well worth checking out pre-built solutions like MediaElement.js, which make it easy to target every web browser, including those that don’t understand the tag.
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