Search code examples
javascriptframeworkstidesdkappjs

Sound not playing in appJS and tideSDK

I have developed a web app that I want to package as desktop application using a framework. I tried doing so in appJS and tideSDK. Everything is working fine except for one function that plays a sound.

Here is the audio element and the button for playing the sound.

<audio id="audioElem" src="clap.mp3"></audio>
<input type="submit" value="Play" onclick="playSound();" />

This is the function for playing sounds

function playSound(){
    document.getElementById('audioElem').play();
    return false;
}

Everything is working fine when I test the stuff in the browsers, but the sound is not playing when I publish the app using these frameworks. The audio file is in MP3 format, and I think this format is supported in the frameworks since they are based on webkit.

Please help me.

Solution

  • I have found that chromium browser, on which both tideSDK and appJS work does not support MP3 unlike chrome browser.

    Video and audio tags in the two browsers.

    chrome : AAC, MP3, Vorbis and Theora

chromium : Vorbis and Theora by default

    It is because of the format support issue that the audio is not playing.