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Playing mp3 on my website

So I was wondering what the best way to play an mp3 on my website would be...

I kind of want it to function and appear like the itunes method - a simple play and stop button. like this:

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How should I do this? I don't really want to embed a player.

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Solution

  • The simplest way to do this is to use:

    <embed height="50px" width="100px" src="song.mp3" />

    But this will also show a visible player in most cases.

    Another way to do this is using the audio tag from HTML5 (not supported in older browsers):

    <audio id="audio">
    <source src="song.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
    <source src="song.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
</audio>

    (Using 2 sources here because most browsers either support ogg or mp3. But usually not both)

    The tag shown will generate a controllable (invisible) audio element on your page. You could then use JavaScript to control the audio element with a custom button for example:

    <button onClick="document.getElementById('audio').play()">Play</button>
<button onClick="document.getElementById('audio').pause()">Pause</button>