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<audio> elements not working on WordPress

Answer 1

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You seem to be missing the controls attribute. This made it all work in Chrome for me:

<audio src="http://files.dannystewart.com/dom2008.mp3" controls></audio>

Note it won't work in Firefox - it doesn't support MP3 files. See http://adactio.com/journal/1669/ for a possible solution.

Olly Hodgson 2010-06-17 13:09:11

I knew it had to be something simple. Thanks so much for your help, that got it resolved.

Danny Stewart 2010-06-17 13:11:31

Answer 2

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Cool sound!

The problem is your doctype: html5 allows <!DOCTYPE html> only. Which is not to say that browsers won't support html5 elements with other doctypes...but YMMV.

sje397 2010-06-17 13:13:39

Incorrect - The browsers will allow you to use new HTML5 features with an old doctype. Also, you can put HTML into your posts using the backtick character: `

Olly Hodgson 2010-06-17 13:19:34

Well I downloaded the page, opened it locally - no sound...then removed the extraneous text, and it works. From the HTML5 spec, I gather the browser is under no obligation to interpret any other doctype as HTML5. (Chrome dev version, Kubuntu Lucid)

sje397 2010-06-17 13:22:18

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