Which browsers support the html 5 <audio> tag on Windows today?
Edit: Trying http://moztw.org/demo/audioplayer/ as a test. Chrome 2, and Safari 4 not working for me.
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10opera doesn't AFAIK
borisCallens
2010-01-14 08:35:44
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Here is a wikipedia article comparing each browser's HTML5 support: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(HTML_5)
Jon Tackabury
2009-06-17 14:06:30
That fooled me as well, since there is no mention of versions in that article. Besides, I'm hearing alot about html 5 <video> support these days, so either that page is wrong, or its out of date?
BenB
2009-06-17 14:13:20
Probably best not to make decisions based on Wikipedia articles. try Modenizr instead http://www.modernizr.com/
cofiem
2010-10-01 06:45:48
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Gecko, Webkit and Presto engines are suppose to support it, but I think only partly. So Firefox 3.5 and Opera are your best bet.
Stephen
2009-06-17 15:17:43
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The page (moztw.org/demo/audioplayer) works OK in Chrome 3 (dev channel)
Thomas Broyer
2009-06-17 16:11:19
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Safari 3.1+ and Firefox 3.5 both support the audio element. Opera 10 does not support the audio element though it does support an older version of it in the form of an Audio object. Chrome 3 will likely support the audio element.
(Just saw you wanted to know support for that specific page. That mostly depends on the codecs you are using I'm afraid.)
(Disclaimer: I work for Opera and am a member of the HTML WG.)
Anne
2009-06-17 19:14:45
Cheers. However, I tried safari 4 on the Moz page and it doesn't seem to work. If you have time, could you please confirm?
BenB
2009-06-17 23:39:16
As I suspected the reason is codecs. Safari uses QuickTime which by default does not support the Ogg/Theora/Vorbis codecs Firefox 3.5 does ship with. You will need to install http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html and then it should work as far as I can tell.
Anne
2009-06-19 15:55:31
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if this evaluates to true:
!!document.createElement('audio').canPlayType
, then you have audio tag support in your browser. Doing a feature detect like this is a lot better than parsing userAgent strings.
Alternatively, you can use something like Modernizr to handle this detect and many others for you.
Paul Irish
2009-09-11 01:28:44
Other ideas/tools for detecting support: Dive into HTML5 reference http://diveintohtml5.org/everything.html jPlayer http://www.happyworm.com/jquery/jplayer/HTML5.Audio.Support/
cofiem
2010-10-01 06:46:38
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For Safari to support audio on Windows, Quicktime needs to be installed. The javascript snippet reports correctly if it's supported or not.
goibhniu
2010-02-08 20:27:10
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All of these browsers support the functionality of the tag. The reason your player does not work on Safari is because you are using OGG files. OGG is supported on Firefox and Chrome.
Firefox supports only WAV and OGG.
Chrome supports everything.
Opera supports only WAV.
Safari supports everything but OGG.
Good luck!
Brandon Lewis
2010-06-12 02:10:44