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javascripthttphttpresponsehtml5-audioaudio-streaming

How can i check if an audio is empty?

const radio = new Audio('http://myradiostation.com/stream');

Is there a way to know if radio is empty (has no sound/audio)?

Sometimes the radio host forgets to turn on the stream, and I would like to give the end user some feedback when this occurs. Something like an alert that says "The radio host forgot to turn on the stream!!!"

What I want to achieve is something like this:

if(radio.isEmpty){
    alert('The radio host forgot to turn on the stream!!!')
}else{
    radio.play()
}

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • The following did the trick:

     const radio = new Audio('http://myradiostation.com/stream');

  radio
    .play()
    .then(() => {
      console.log('success');
    })
    .catch((error) => {
      console.log(error);
      alert('The radio host forgot to turn on the stream!!!');
    });