The new element named <audio> is introduced to play audio files on your web-pages.
Before HTML5, to display audio and video files you have to use a plugin like Flash.But with HTML5,you just need to specify the location of files .
<audio>This is the tag which is used to embed audio files in your web-page. It has both open and close tag.
Audio Format: wav , mp3 and ogg are commonly used audio formats.
Below is a simple example of audio tag.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Audio Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<audio src="audio1.mp3" controls>
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
</body>
</html>
Attributes
controls:
Specifies that video controls such as play, pause, volume etc.
loop(A Boolean attribute):
If specified, the audio player will automatically seek back to the start upon reaching the end of the audio.
muted(A Boolean attribute):
This indicates whether the audio will be initially silenced. Its default value isfalse.
src:
The source of file
autoplay(A Boolean attribute):
If this specified, the audio will automatically begin playback as soon as page load, without waiting for the entire audio file to finish downloading.
fallback comment:
The content inside <audio></audio> known as fallback comment, if browser doesn’t support the file included that comment will display.