Supported Formats
Here is a quick chart to show you which audio formats are supported by which browsers. We are not going to use version numbers here, because we assume the latest version of each product:
Platform | .ogg | .mp3 | .wav |
|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | X | X | X |
Firefox | X | X | |
Safari | X | X | |
Opera | X | X | |
Internet Explorer | X |
The situation is much like that of the <video> tag. To support <audio>, we will need to use multiple
separate formats for each piece of audio we want to play. To be on the
safe side, we will use three formats: .mp3, .ogg, and .wav. At this point, we will probably never
see Opera and Firefox support for .mp3 files. The license fee associated
with the format is prohibitive for those browsers.
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