new Audio('sounds/mysound.mp3').play();
Im using the above javascript to play sounds on a web project, everything works fine at home on my laptop which is running Windows 7 , tested in both Firefox, and Google Chrome.
The problem i have is that on Windows XP, the sounds wont play at all? I do understand that browser support for the above is a bit sketchy at the moment, as mp3 is not fully supported apparently, in firefox for example.. so im a bit confused?? why does it play on my windows 7 machine, but not on windows xp machines, even in the same browser?
I may well have to look at doing the sounds with a plugin or something, can jPlayer play sounds with no visbable player icons etc.. as all the demos show some form of player on screen?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks Paul
EDIT*** I think if OGG files will work, i`ll have to have both sound file formats in my sounds folder, and then use a javascript variable to add the .ext required depending on what broswer is being used.
check which browser
extVariable = either '.mp3' or '.ogg' accordingly
new Audio('sounds/mysound'+extVariable).play();
That way i dont need if else statments everytime i wish to call a sound :) just set the .ext variable up at the top of page.
i made the following audio test over at http://codepen.io/PaulBrUK1972/full/pGdza and just as i thought using windows XP, the ogg file will play in firefox, but the mp3 wont. It would be interesting to know if the mp3 plays on other peoples windows 7 machines, like it does on mine, even though it shouldnt??
Firefox relies on codex available on the machine to play mp3 to get around licensing issues, so that could cause issues.
If you are looking for a sound library to abstract away the issues of supporting audio on browsers with variable support, I'd recommend SoundJS, which I help develop. It uses the latest audio standards when available, and has a flash fallback for older browsers and systems. using SoundJS, you can write a single codebase that is broadly supported, including on mobile devices.
Hope that helps.